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A former hospital aide has filed a discrimination lawsuit over the n-word being scratched into an elevator at his prior place of work.

The mayoral candidate also spoke about the state of her mayoral race, saying she's anticipating a 'very exciting year' for the city of Boston.

The city counselor and Roxbury native said she believes that, with the right leadership, Boston has the resources and expertise to become an international leader on issues of racial equity.

DeMaria's defense concerned a Jan. 25 comment where he said he'd "love to be able to shut some pictures off with some people" on Zoom, in reference to Everett Councilor-at-Large Gerly Adrien.

Travel expert Rick Steves discusses why traveling may soon require passengers to show a COVID-19 vaccine passport.

A recent surge of anti-Asian violence in the San Francisco Bay area has left many badly injured.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, February 25th, 2019. Jennifer Nassour, former chairman of the MassGOP and COO of ReflectUS, and Steve Kerrigan, president and co-founder of the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund and former CEO of the DNC, joined us to talk about the latest political headlines and preview Michael Cohen testimony on Wednesday. Charlie Sennott, WGBH news analyst and the founder of the GroundTruth Project, discussed President Trump's peace summit with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un in Vietnam this week. Roger McNamee, the founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners, talked about his new book, * Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe* Keith Lockhart, Boston POPS Conductor, previewed the upcoming season of the POPS. Irene Monroe,syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour’s African American Heritage Trail, a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at Boston University School of Theology, and Emmett Price, professor and founding executive director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, talked about the recent Vatican summit on the church's legacy of sexual abuse. Robert Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a trustee professor of television and popular culture at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse, talked about the Oscars and what to watch this week. We opened the lines to hear what you thought about last night's Oscars.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Friday, February 22nd, 2019. Rep. Ayanna Pressley joined us to talk about how she is fighting against Trump’s emergency declaration. President of the Boston Public Library David Leonard and the founder of the internet archive Brewster Kahle talked about their joint effort to digitize the library’s record collection. The host of WGBH’s Beat The Press Emily Rooney talked about the owner of the Patriots Robert Kraft being charged with soliciting prostitutes. Michael Norton, a Harold M. Brierley professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School, talked about his most recent study that shows hostile moderators are more effective than kind ones. His latest book is* Happy Money, the Science of Happier Spending.* Shirley Leung, interim editorial page editor for the* Boston Globe,* discussed the latest news about the Wynn casino. Callie Crossley, the host of *Under The Radar *on WGBH, discussed the recent privacy violations and Facebook posts about Malia Obama. The human editors of the world’s only by cats for cats magazine, Feline, Molly Bales and Renessa Ciampa, joined us for the news quiz.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Thursday, February 21st, 2019. Chuck Todd, the moderator of Meet the Press, called in to talk about the latest developments in the Mueller investigation. You can catch Meet the Press Sunday mornings at 10:30 on NBC Boston, that’s channel 10 on most providers. Todd is also the host of Meet the Press Daily on MSNBC, and the political director for NBC news. Congressman Stephen Lynch, chairman of the House of Representatives’ National Security Subcommittee, was in the studio to discuss immigration, among other national issues. Lynch represents the 8th district. Andrea Cabral, the CEO of Ascend, former Suffolk County sheriff and secretary of public safety, joined us to discuss the latest developments regarding actor Jussie Smollett's fabricated hate crime. Geoff Edgers, the national arts reporter for The Washington Post, *joined us to talk about his new book, *Walk This way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith and the Song that changed American Music forever Paul Reville, former state secretary of education of Massachusetts, discussed school funding formula reform. Reville is a professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education where he runs the Education Redesign Lab. Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University Julian Zelizer talked about his latest book, FAULT LINES: A History of the United States Since 1974. Zelizer is also a CNN Political Analyst. It is has become common place for parents to share to much about their children on social media. We opened the lines to hear if you are one of these oversharing parents or do you keep the lives of your kids private.

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Wednesday, February 20th, 2019. Former Acting Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe told Anderson Cooper last night that it is possible President Trump is a Russian asset. We opened the lines to hear your thoughts about McCabe’s comments and if you feel numb by onslaught of dramatic news? Robert Kuttner, co-editor of the The American Prospect, joined us to talk about his recent article on rise of radicalism in America. Boston Globe Cannabis Reporter Dan Adams discussed all the latest news regarded Massachusetts budding marijuana industry. WGBH Arts Editor and the host of Open Studios Jared Bowen talked about the hot plays and movies to see this week. Shirin Jafaari, a reporter at PRI’s The World, discussed her recent travels throughout Saudi Arabia and how the country is changing. Journalist, Naturalist and BPR contributor Sy Montgomery gave us her thoughts on the latest stories throughout the animal kingdom. Her latest book is How to Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals. We opened the lines and asked you what your favorite activities are to do alone.

Food critic Corby Kummer joined BPR to talk about the future of genetically produced meat.