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A public and global affairs radio show and podcast, brought to you by The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston; committed to student success in an equitable world, and broadcast exclusively on WUMB Radio. In depth public interest conversations include; inequality, urban issues, education in the 21st century, governance, foreign affairs, diversity, public service and policy careers, and more.
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Ellen Cassedy was a founder and longtime leader of 9 to 5, the national association of women office workers. Working 9 to 5 is her first-person account of this exciting movement, which began in the early 1970’s, mobilizing women across the country to organize for rights and respect on the job. The movement inspired Jane Fonda’s hit movie and Dolly Parton’s enduring anthem. 9 to 5 is still active today.Starting out in Boston in 1973, the women of 9 to 5 built a nationwide feminist moveme...
Leonce Ndikumana is a Burundian Professor of Economics and specialist in African economy development, macroeconomics, external debt and capital flight. He is particularly interested in the macro-economic policy and in Africa economy. He focuses his career on the causes of weak African economies, its consequences and solutions needed. He served as Director of Research and Operations of the African Development Bank and Head of Macroeconomic Analysis at the United Nations Economic Commission for...
Leonce Ndikumana is a Burundian Professor of Economics and specialist in African economy development, macroeconomics, external debt and capital flight. He is particularly interested in the macro-economic policy and in Africa economy. He focuses his career on the causes of weak African economies, its consequences and solutions needed. He served as Director of Research and Operations of the African Development Bank and Head of Macroeconomic Analysis at the United Nations Economic Commission for...
Dr. Mary K. Grant is a national leader in public higher education with more than 30 years of experience championing the arts, deepening community partnerships, cultivating civic engagement, and fistering access, diversity, equity, and inclusion across higher education. She is the President of Mass College of Art and Design.A McCormack Graduate School alumna, Grant served in leadership roles at UMass Boston from 1992-2002.Topics include women leaders, embracing equity, gender leadership in pub...
Dr. Mary K. Grant is a national leader in public higher education with more than 30 years of experience championing the arts, deepening community partnerships, cultivating civic engagement, and fostering access, diversity, equity, and inclusion across higher education. She is the President of Mass College of Art and Design.A McCormack Graduate School alumna, Grant served in leadership roles at UMass Boston from 1992-2002.Topics include The MSPA founding class, challenges for named public affa...
Senator Adam G. Hinds is an American politician. He currently serves as the CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. From 2017 to 2022 he represented the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden district the Massachusetts Senate. He attended Wesleyan University and then studied international law and negotiation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is a Truman National Security fellow.
Senator Adam G. Hinds is an American politician. He currently serves as the CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. From 2017 to 2022 he represented the Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden district in the Massachusetts Senate. He attended Wesleyan University and then studied international law and negotiation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is a Truman National Security fellow.
Dahlia Lithwick is an award-winning journalist and author, and Senior Editor at Slate, having written their Supreme Court Dispatches and Jurisprudence columns since 1999.Lithwick also hosts Amicus, Slate’s award-winning biweekly podcast about the law and the Supreme Court. Lithwick earned her BA in English at Yale and her JD degree at Standford. She has held visiting faculty positions at numerous Universities. My guest’s latest book, Lady Justice: Woemn, The Law, and the Battle to Save ...
Sumbul Siddiqui is an American lawyer and politician, who served as the 77th mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Siddiqui was elected mayor in 2020 by the Cambridge City Council, after serving in the body for 3 years. She succeeded Marc C. McGovern in January 2020, becoming the first Muslim mayor in Massachusetts history.
Barry Bluestone is the Russell B. and Andrée B. Stearns Trustee Professor Emeritus of Political Economy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as the founding director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy from 1999 to 2015, and the founding dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs from 2006 to 2012. Before assuming these posts, Bluestone spent twelve years at the University of Massa...
Barry Bluestone is the Russell B. and Andrée B. Stearns Trustee Professor Emeritus of Political Economy in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as the founding director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy from 1999 to 2015, and the founding dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs from 2006 to 2012. Before assuming these posts, Bluestone spent twelve years at the University of Massa...
Tania Fernandes Anderson was born in Cape Verde and age 10 she immigrated to Roxbury, MA., two places she says formed the foundation of her unwavering commitment to community. Councilor Anderson was elected to the Boston City Council in November 2021, becoming the first African immigrant and Muslim-American elected to the Boston City Council. She proudly represents District 7, which includes Roxbury, Dorchester, Fenway, and part of The South End of Boston.Before serving as Councilor, Ta...
Tania Fernandes Anderson was born in Cape Verde and age 10 she immigrated to Roxbury, MA., two places she says formed the foundation of her unwavering commitment to community. Councilor Anderson was elected to the Boston City Council in November 2021, becoming the first African immigrant and Muslim-American elected to the Boston City Council. She proudly represents District 7, which includes Roxbury, Dorchester, Fenway, and part of The South End of Boston.Before serving as Councilor, Ta...
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