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Black voters in southern states live within the history of discrimination, Crossley said, and will do everything they can to continue racial progress.

Google and Facebook are among the companies canceling annual events over concerns about coronavirus.

On Thursday, Sen. Chuck Schumer was rebuked by both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Chief Justice John Roberts for comments he made about Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. The comments were made on Wednesday when Schumer addressed a pro-choice rally held outside the court.

On Thursday, Warren announced that she would suspend her campaign for president.

Jacoby called the film, which follows the life and career of Jeff Bezos, “the everything story."

The business columnist spoke about the local-to-global effects that businesses are facing from coronavirus.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for Ask The Mayor.Then NBC Sports Boston anchor/reporter Trenni Casey discusses an NCAA $2.8 billion settlement, the Red Sox Mookie Betts trade getting Trump's attention and the Women's Final Four. CNN's John King zooms in for the latest national political headlines.Plus, Andris Nelsons & Chad Smith of the Boston Symphony Orchestra join ahead of a Friday Yo-Yo Ma performance of the works of Shostakovich.

Anand Giridharadas of The Ink newsletter discusses national politics & this weekend's protests across the countryRetired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses Trump's third term talk and the latest on cases before the Supreme Court.Fiona Hill, senior fellow at Brookings and was the senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council during Trump's first administration on what has/hasn't changed.Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett Price discuss the decline of empathy as a valued trait in certain faith communities

Today:Fiona Hill has spent decades studying Putin and Russia – both as a scholar and as a US intelligence official – serving in George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump administrations. She discusses the shift in foreign policy agenda in the first few weeks of Trump's second administration, and threats to Democracy worldwide.

The Boston Lyric Opera's 80th anniversary production of "Carousel" starts tonight, and brings the beloved show back to its beginnings at the historic Colonial Theater – in 1945.We speak with Boston Lyric Opera CEO Bradley Vernatter, director and visionary Anne Bogart, and Boston Foundation's Lee Pelton, making his theatrical debut. Plus, performances from Chelsea Basler, Brendan Shapiro, and Mary Kray.

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