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The federal government's handling of protesters makes our country look like a place that limits freedom of expression, Sennott says.

The Grammy Award-winner will be performing a livestream concert on Friday evening at Club Passim.

Massachusetts guidelines advise people to wear face coverings, even outside, if they cannot keep their distance from others. Not everyone is doing that.

"It's really become a gathering space. I thought wow, what a way to reinvent in the moment," Crossley said.

Trader Joe's follows in the steps of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's in removing branding critics say is racist.

The congressman said further federal relief is critical to support struggling families and educators, and to bolster coronavirus testing capabilities.

Today: A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalling decades later.GBH’s Megan Smith joins alongside Alex Green, vice-chair of the commission behind this report. And, naturalist Sy Montgomery is back to talk about axolotls, as researchers at Northeastern look into whether humans could ever tap into their secrets around limb regeneration.

BPR Full Show 6/10: Fact From Fiction

Today:Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett of the Boston Medical Center joins to discuss the latest medical headlines.And, ahead of this year’s Embrace Ideas Festival, we talk with Embrace Boston CEO Imari Paris Jeffries. Plus, joining Imari both at the festival – and today’s show – Giselle Byrd. She’s the first Black trans woman to lead a regional theatre company in the United States at Boston’s The Theater Offensive.

BPR Full Show 6/9: National Guard In Los Angeles

Today:Trump deployed the national guard in California, without the consent of Governor Gavin Newsom. We talk through the existential questions of presidential authority with retired federal judge Nancy Gertner. Plus, her suspicions about the government's new charges of human trafficking against a man they wrongly deported, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.And, journalist Adam Chandler argues in his new book “99% Perspiration” that the American Dream equating hard work with success has turned out to be more of an American fantasy.