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Two MIT professors, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on global inequality.

Margaret Marshall, the former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, says it’s not about health or mental competency, but about making way for a new generation of leaders.

Wu said her administration is preparing for all scenarios.

The Massachusetts congressman warns that aversion to debate will weaken Dems during a second Trump presidency.

The Boston Civic Symphony celebrates its 100th year with a performance at Jordan Hall.

Former Suffolk County sheriff Andrea Cabral discussed the legal forces in play in Trump’s upcoming term.

GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen discusses an Edvard Munch exhibit at the Harvard Art Museum and Francis Ford Coppola at a 'Megalopolis' showing at the Coolidge Corner Theater.Patty Tahalongva is director, producer and writer of PBS Frontline's latest film "Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages." She joins via zoom to discuss the film, which follows the immediate impacts of climate change on indigenous communities forced to relocate.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery talks about crows with math skills, booze-fueled feasts for wild chimps and the Cape Ann woodpecker.Former Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral on the Justice Department halting funds for victims of hate crimes and child abuse, and a new report from Harvard University report on antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus.

Today:Lawyers Defending American Democracy Executive Director Lauren Stiller Rikleen and former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbargar discuss attacks on the American legal system, and what their group is doing to hold bad actors to account.

NBC Sports Boston's Trenni Casey discusses the Bill Belichick CBS interview, the NFL draft and someone who heckled Jarren Duran over his disclosure of suicidality.Lauren Rikleen and Scott Harshbargar of Lawyers Defending American Democracy join to discuss their efforts to defend the rule of law. Harshbargar is the co-founder and Rikleen is executive director.Sisters Vanessa and Casey White of Jaju Pierogi join at the BPL to discuss their growing pierogi business and their Shark Tank appearance, which airs on May 2.CNN's John King zooms in to discuss how Trump supporters are feeling about the first 100 days and the leftward turn in Canada's election.

Today:Legendary Boston broadcaster Liz Walker joins us in Studio 3 to talk about her memoir and experience building community for decades, “No One Left Alone”.And, president of the Boston chapter of the Ukraine Congress committee, Vsevolod Petriv joins with Brian Nolen, founder of New Hampshire-based aid group NH4Ukraine, who has just returned to the states after a year-long stint in Kharkiv.

Evan Horowitz of Tufts Center for State Policy Analysis discusses the economy as it relates to Trump's unpredictability and the Massachusetts' ability to plan for spending.Ilan Stavans of Amherst discusses the religious solidarity of Pope Francis and the surge of nationalism in Mexico amid Trump threats.Rev. Liz Walker discusses her memoir "No One Left Alone"A Ukraine panel with Vsevolod Petriv, president of the Boston chapter of the Ukraine Congress Committee, and Brian Nolen, New Hampshire man who founded an aid group and has spent the past year in Kharkiv delivering aid directly to the front lines.