Today on Boston Public Radio:
Saraya Wintersmith updated us on the investigation into former Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White amid allegations of domestic violence. Wintersmith covers Boston City Hall for GBH News.
Next, we opened the phone lines, talking with listeners about transparency in police departments.
Rob Anderson talked about what the past year has been like for The Canteen, his Provincetown-based restaurant — from the psychological impact of trying to keep business afloat during COVID-19 to a drop in employees. Anderson is The Canteen's chef and owner.
Charlie Sennott discussed the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how U.S. politicians have responded to the rising crisis. Sennott is a GBH News analyst and the founder and CEO of The GroundTruth Project.
Ali Noorani spoke about President Joe Biden’s meeting with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients last week and the administration’s decision to lift the refugee resettlement ceiling for this fiscal year. Noorani is president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum. His latest book is "There Goes The Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice And Meet The Challenge Of American Immigration.”
The Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III weighed in on House lawmaker advancing a bill that would form a commission to develop proposals on reparations for slavery. They also previewed this week’s episode of All Rev’d Up. 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 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.
Then, we asked listeners how they felt about Gov. Charlie Baker’s updated COVID-19 guidelines.
Bob Thompson discussed the end of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and comedian Ziwe Fumidoh’s new Showtime series, “ZIWE.” He also talked about the endurance of sitcoms. Thompson is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a professor of television and popular culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
