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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.

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.

Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the NYT, zooms in for Press Play.Poet Robert Pinsky performs for Live Music Friday.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses SCOTUS' ruling against a conversion therapy ban.And Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther zooms in to praise Peeps marshmallows.

BPR Full Show 4/2: AITA For Asking What's For Lunch?

Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung and business reporter Jon Chesto join to discuss their recent stories at the paper: income tax cuts, Mass Pike rest stops, and the likelihood Boston will truly be a women's sports town.National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the communities fighting against ICE's expanding detention footprint, and the recent IDF action against a CNN crew in the West Bank.Axios business editor Dan Primack discusses rising gas prices, the Pentagon's AI push, and Jeff Bezos seeking to buy up manufacturing companies and accelerate their automation.And we talk to Yuly Fuentes-Medel, executive director of The Footwear Collective, a non-profit devoted to building circular solutions for the footwear industry, and program director of MIT’s Climate Project, about how to make running shoes more eco-friendly.

BPR Full Show 3/31: Gas Prices And Travel