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Join hosts Jim Braude and Margery Eagan for a smart local conversation with leaders and thinkers shaping Boston and New England. To share your opinion, email bpr@wgbh.org or call/text 877-301-8970 during the live broadcast from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Join us live at our Boston Public Library studio every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. We stream every day on YouTube.com/GBHNews.

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Dartmouth brings back SAT requirement, joining elite schools reinstating tests

The university cites new research finding SAT scores can predict a student's success and help disadvantaged students gain admittance.

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Boston Teachers Union supports teachers' right to strike and Thrive Act

Boston Teachers Union President Jessica Tang supports legalizing a teachers right to strike and ridding MCAS as a high school graduation requirement.

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Migrant shelter system is ‘rapidly changing’ to meet demand, Wu says

Boston’s mayor said the influx of migrants is tied to "a federal broken system" and should be addressed through local, state and national coordination.

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Has Black History Month become too corporate?

"It does bother me the way they think they can repackage Woodson, Washington and Du Bois as a product. ... But we've seen this a number of times."

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Ukrainian orchestra performs in Worcester for the first leg of its US tour

The 90-member, Kyiv-based National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is stopping by Mechanics Hall in Worcester on Friday

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Newton Teachers Association president responds to criticisms over 11-day teachers strike

Opponents of the strike have argued that the action took learning time away from students who are already academically behind as a result of the pandemic.

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Margery Eagan

Margery Eagan is the co-host of 89.7 WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio. She has worked with co-host Jim Braude for 18 years, first doing a TV show together at NECN then a radio show at WTKK. The duo came to WGBH in 2013.

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Jim Braude

Jim Braude

Jim Braude

Jim Braude is the co-host of Boston Public Radio.During law school, Jim ran a small retail business in Provincetown (HUBE - Help Us Break Even!). He started his professional career as a legal services lawyer in the South Bronx handling housing and prisoners’ rights cases. He was the founder and first president of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, a union representing staff in civil legal offices for the poor in 35 states. NOLSW helped lead the fight to preserve the national program when President Reagan proposed its abolition.

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