Today on Boston Public Radio:
Sen. Ed Markey explained why he believes President Donald Trump should be impeached in the wake of last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol. He also touched on the future of progressive legislative efforts now Democrats will control both houses of Congress and responded to recent reporting on his bizarre donut-eating habit. Markey is the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
Next, we opened our phone lines to let listeners weigh in on whether Trump should be impeached a second time after last week's attempted coup.
Charlie Sennott discussed global reaction to last week's storming of the Capitol, historic levels of voter registration in Georgia ahead of the 2020 election and the vital role that journalists have played in documenting rising authoritarianism at home and abroad. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project.
Michelle Singletary returned to talk about her ongoing Washington Post series, “Sincerely, Michelle," about racial inequities in the world of personal finance. She also addressed misconceptions about race and philanthropy and why 2021 tax season is going to be, in her words, "a hot mess." Singletary is a nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post whose award-winning column, "The Color Of Money," provides insight into the world of personal finance.
The Rev. Irene Monroe and the Rev. Emmett G. Price reflected on the historic Senate win of the Rev. Raphael Warnock in Georfia and on chilling images of the Confederate battle flag being carried through the halls of Congress during last week's attempted coup. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Together, they host GBH’s All Rev’d Up podcast.
Shirley Leung discussed the response from local corporations and businesses in New England to last week’s riot at the Capitol and news that Boston City Council President Kim Janey is poised to become the city’s first Black and female mayor. Leung is a business columnist for The Boston Globe.
We closed out Monday’s show by returning to listeners, getting their thoughts on news that Patriots coach Bill Belichick is slated to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
