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The move comes amid an impasse between the auditor’s office on the one hand and the Legislature and attorney general’s office on the other.

Diana DiZoglio believes the attorney general will not represent her office in court.

Americans need to stand together for democracy — abroad and at home — Fiona Hill says.

Former education secretary Paul Reville discussed the clawback of unspent pandemic relief funds.

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley and other lawmakers are calling for the release of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk.

Andrew Natsios, USAID administrator during the George W. Bush administration, said crucial public health and anti-terrorism efforts will be wasted.

Today:Political philosopher Michael Sandel, author of “Democracy’s Discontent" joins Jim and Margery at the Boston Public Library.

The Culture Show's Jared Bowen on Bob Ross' paintings on the auction block to support public media, "Sardines" at the Huntington, Taylor Swift's record-breaking record sales, and other arts and culture news. Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on President Trump's troop orders to Portland and Chicago, the air traffic controller debacle nationwide, and more. Political philosopher Michael Sandel (author of the celebrated 1996 book "Democracy's Discontent") joins us ahead of his GBH Ralph Lowell Annual Lecture Thursday night.Tufts food policy analyst Corby Kummer is joined by retiring Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema, who exposes his face to us for the first time.

Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses our constitutional crisis, as the Supreme Court starts a new term.

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Today:Paul Dama was here in the U.S. legally seeking asylum from Boko Haram, when he was taken by immigration officials on his way to church. He was held for months, and made to re-submit his asylum claim while detained; only granted freedom two weeks ago. He has returned to his job at Suya Joint in Nubian Square, alongside sister, chef and owner of the restaurant, Cecilia Lizotte. They both join us to discuss.