Senator Ed Markey On The Green New Deal 2.0, Expanding The Supreme Court & More
Ahead of President Biden's first Congressional address as president, Jim Braude spoke with Senator Ed Markey about his thoughts on the administration's first 100 days, the re-introduction of the Green New Deal, his recent calls to expand the Supreme Court, police reform and more.
Brookline Firefighter On State’s Top Court Supporting Him In Decade-Long Workplace Discrimination Case
More than ten years after Brookline firefighter Gerald Alston first filed a complaint over a racist voicemail left for him by his supervisor, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court sided with him this week in the matter. He joined Jim Braude to talk about his decade-long quest for justice, along with Jesse Mermell, a Brookline Select Board Member at the time who publicly apologized for her role in the matter two years ago – in contrast to continued efforts by the town to appeal a ruling by the state Civil Service Commission in Alston’s favor.
