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Week-In-Review: Harvard Admissions Case, Supervised Consumption Sites, Vaping Ban, Impeachment

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In this 2018 photo, the John Harvard statue looks over Harvard Yard at Harvard University. (Charles Krupa/AP)
In this 2018 photo, the John Harvard statue looks over Harvard Yard at Harvard University. (Charles Krupa/AP)

It was a busy week in the news.

From the court ruling in favor of Harvard's race-conscious admissions policy, to the renewed debate over the legality of supervised consumption sites, to the legal tussle over Governor Baker's temporary ban on the sale of vaping products, and the latest on the impeachment investigation, we break it all down in our week in review.

Guests

Renee Loth, columnist for the Boston Globe and a contributor to WBUR's Cognoscenti. She tweets @reneeloth.

Joe Battenfeld, political columnist at the Boston Herald and host of "Battenfeld" on Boston Herald Radio. He tweets @joebattenfeld.

This segment aired on October 4, 2019.

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