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WBUR's All Things Considered Broadcast: July 13, 2020

WBUR's full All Things Considered broadcast.

Photos: Hundreds Of Drivers For MBTA's Para-Transit Service, The RIDE, Go On Strike

Teamsters Local 25 said the members voted unanimously Sunday to reject the company's latest bid and go on strike immediately.

Residential Schools — After Months Of Elevated Risk — Get Help From Baker Administration

Despite $16 million in aid to schools that serve students with the most severe disabilities, the risk isn’t over.

SJC Rules GOP Candidate Brady Will Make 9th District Ballot In Bid To Unseat Keating

Republican candidate Helen Brady will challenge Congressman Bill Keating this fall after all. The state's highest court ruled Brady is indeed eligible for the ballot, overturning a decision from the...

WBUR News

5 hours ago

Black Lives Matter protesters outside the State House, before the march devolved into destruction and clashes with police. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Police Union Objects To Key Portions Of Police Reform Bill In State Senate

Radio Boston

24:285 hours ago

Massachusetts Scales Down Contact Tracing Efforts As Businesses, Public Spaces Reopen

Where we are on contact tracing, and do we have the system we need now, and down the line?

Radio Boston

07:596 hours ago

Luisa Schaeffer scrolls through her COVID isolation case list for the day: one woman is out of milk, another needs help finding a doctor and making an appointment. A man asks about help paying his rent. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Why Massachusetts Has Scaled Down Contact Tracing Efforts

Plus, a bill proposing sweeping police reform is up for debate this week in the State House. We speak with the president of Boston Police Patrolman's Association on his objections...

Radio Boston

47:426 hours ago

Reopening And COVID: Ask The Docs

Medical experts answer listener questions about the ongoing pandemic and how Massachusetts is handling the reopening process.

Radio Boston

15:146 hours ago

Harvard University as seen from across the Charles River. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

More Than 200 Schools Back Harvard/MIT Lawsuit Over Foreign Student Rule

The schools have signed court briefs arguing that a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy jeopardizes students’ safety and forces schools to reconsider fall plans they have spent months preparing.

Edify

8 hours ago

“I voted early” stickers at early voting in Cambridge, Mass. in February 2020. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Emergency Lawsuit Filed To SJC To Ensure State Meets Vote-By-Mail Application Deadline

The civil rights group said many of the voters represented in the suit do not have easy access to computers and have underlying physical health conditions that make them fearful...

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8 hours ago

Roger Stone leaves Federal Court after a sentencing hearing on February 20, 2020. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

'Body Blow To Rule Of Law': Rep. Adam Schiff On Trump Commuting Roger Stone's Prison Sentence

The House Intelligence Committee chairman says Trump’s decision to commute Roger Stone's prison sentence is “an appalling degradation” of democracy in the U.S.

Here & Now

05:439 hours ago

Former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho (Photo credit: 8 Degrees PR)

Emmanuel Acho Lets White People Ask About Race In 'Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man'

Emmanuel Acho's video series "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" was created as an educational tool for white people on race and racism.

Here & Now

09:279 hours ago

As gyms in Massachusetts start to open up again, Courtney Nowicki from Brookline gets back to her workout at Healthworks in Coolidge Corner. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Gyms Reopen, Duck Boat Tours Resume As Boston Enters Phase 3

Boston begins phase three on Monday, a week after most of the rest of Massachusetts, allowing museums, movie theaters, historical sites and gyms to reopen with certain restrictions.

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WBUR's Morning Edition Broadcast: July 13, 2020

Morning Edition

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Showers and storms are likely later this afternoon. (Courtesy:COD Weather)

Today's Weather: Showers And Storms

Showers and storms are likely today, some of which can be strong.

WBUR News

Jul 13, 2020

The front windows of Dorchester Brewing Company display a Black Lives Matter sign and fist. (Courtesy Dorchester Brewing Company)

'Keep The Momentum': How Mass. Companies Say They'll Start — And Continue — To Fight Racism

After recent protests against police brutality, some local businesses are trying to take on racism — even within their own organizations. Companies are examining their workplaces, and how they can...

Bostonomix

05:06Jul 13, 2020

Medical workers in face masks hold signs during a rally organized by a group named White Coats for Black Lives in Central Park on June 6, 2020. (Maria Khrenova/Getty Images)

The 'Shame And Rage' Of Being A Minority In America Kept Me Silent. Not Anymore

I will never be the one with a bullhorn, leading the rally, writes Huma Farid. That doesn’t mean that the only other alternative is silence that will uphold the status...

Cognoscenti

Jul 13, 2020

A view of the New York Stock Exchange is seen at Wall Street on June 29, 2020 in New York City.(Angela Weiss/AFP)

Economic Roundtable: Checking In On The Economy As COVID-19 Surges

Our favorite finance experts are back.

On Point

47:32Jul 13, 2020

Movers unload mattresses from a truck into the Best Western Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. Pine Street is leasing the property near Boston Medical Center as part of a plan to avoid shelter overcrowding ahead of another potential surge of the coronavirus. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston's Pine Street Inn Secures Hotel Building In Effort To Control Coronavirus

Pine Street Inn, Boston's largest homeless shelter, is leasing a hotel near Boston Medical Center to avoid overcrowding at the shelter and reduce the chance of another surge of COVID-19....

CommonHealth

Jul 13, 2020

Tourists walk down Commercial Street in Provincetown. The Trump administration announced last month that it was extending a ban on green cards and adding many temporary visas to the freeze, including J-1 cultural exchange visas and H-2B visas, impacting foreign workers there. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

As Mass. Beach Towns Open, Businesses Are Short Foreign Workers

Businesses in beach communities and mountain getaways up and down the East Coast are fretting about a shortage of workers as the summer season picks up steam.

WBUR News

Jul 12, 2020