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Warren is calling on President Biden to take executive action to cancel $50,000 of student debt for borrowers.

Federal prosecutors are adding conspiracy charges for a number of people involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

"Why didn't anyone know?" Andrea Cabral asked.

After a call with Democrats and Biden, Neal says the president is open to adjusting the plan to pass something before supplemental unemployment payments expire in March.

The 350.org founder expressed some renewed optimism with efforts made by Biden to slow the root causes of climate change, but he stressed that the crisis remains an existential threat to humanity.

Black and brown communities are being underserved by the vaccine rollout, the Revs says.

Cuban journalist Daniel Montero Zooms in from Havana to talk about the humanitarian crisis there. At the library, we talk with Sylvia Rozwadowska-Shah, the owner of Colibri travel company which leads tours to Cuba, and Michelle Wojcik, Owner of Galeria Cubana, Provincetown, MA. And, it’s Live Music Friday – the Handel and Haydn society perform some of Handel’s Water Music, ahead of two shows this weekend at Symphony Hall. Then, NPR's Pentagon Reporter Tom Bowman zooms in for "Press Play" to discuss covering the war in Iran, Pete Hegseth's disdain for journalists and more.

BPR Full Show 4/9: Former Secretary John Kerry And The Iran War

Tufts International Politics professor Daniel Drezner discusses the latest developments in Iran, after President Trump announced last night there would be a two-week cease fire.Naturalist Sy Montgomery explains how New Hampshire's new turtle tunnels are reducing amphibian and reptile road mortality rates.Lyndia Downie, executive director at Pine Street Inn, discusses how they've been expanding transitional housing, and how the city's unhoused population fared during a particularly cold winter. Boston Athletic Association's Scott Stover discusses Boston Marathon sustainability efforts.

BPR Full Show 4/7: Trump Threatens Iran

We check back in with two Boston-based Black business owners to about the reality of doing business with the city and the Commonwealth: Ricardo Pierre Louis, the Founder & CEO of Privé Parking, and Rose Staram, owner and founder of RoseMark Production.MIT economist Jon Gruber discusses the long-term economic impacts of a war in Iran.Mitchell Garabedian, renowned Catholic Sex scandal victims' attorney and advocate, joins with a survivor of the Catholic Sex Scandal, Dr. Herbert Brennan, to discuss a new report out of Rhode Island.GBH’s Jared Bowen reviews The Outsiders, now playing in Boston.