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Margery and Jim have the day off. BPR regulars Andrea Cabral and Shirley Leung take over the mics.It's Live Music Friday with Grammy-nominated violinist Christina Day Martinson and filmmaker Nathaniel Hansen. Martinson is a Grammy-nominated violinist with Handel and Hyden and Boston Baroque, and the focus of Hansen's documentary A Second Movement.Molly Baldwin leads the community violence reduction nonprofit Roca and Jenna Leschuk is Senior Director of Development at 826 Boston. They join to discuss resisting federal pressure even as they continue to embrace DEI.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses HHS secretary RFK Jr. rolling back vaccine recommendations and the primary care physician shortage in Massachusetts.  It's "Press Play" with GBH's Callie Crossley and The Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell, who discuss a rise in local news nonprofits, NPR's lawsuit against the Trump administration, and more.

We open the lines to talk about election anxiety across the political spectrum and what we can do to combat it in the final days ahead. Live Music Friday with folks from Music Worcester, who are kicking off an 11-year series around the music of Bach. We'll talk with Executive Director Adrien Finlay and 25 year-old cello master Zlatomir Fung, who's headlining this weekend's BACHtoberfest.Bay State Banner co-publishers Ron Mitchell & André Stark discuss dual interviews with Ayanna Pressley, drama over at the LA Times about a decision not issue a presidential endorsement and split opinions on Ballot Question 5.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung discusses what we know (and don't know) about the Celtic's sale and the local businesses getting support through Jaylen Brown's incubator project. We hear from you about whether fish should be banned from small spaces.GBH News arts and culture reporter James Bennett II talks about the era of flop movies, like Megalopolis & Joker 2. He'll also talk about an exhibit about the occult at the Peabody Essex, a new BSO program to encourage young kids of color to take up classical music, and more.Boston is ranked as the 12th rattiest city, according to the pest control company Orkin. We ask listeners about the rats – stories, fears and if we should just learn to live with them already.

The opened the show with thoughts on day three of the Democratic National Convention. GBH culture editor Jared Bowen discussed an economic whiplash for emerging artists, new documentaries on the lives of Elizabeth Taylor & Ol' Dirty Bastard, and a weekly rundown of local arts & culture.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discussed flooding in Connecticut and New York. She'll also talked about security at the DNC, the final reports on the Lewiston Maine shootings, and the latest for the Gaza cease-fire talks.Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley called in from the DNC, hoarse after a night of celebrations. Lauren Cook & Amy O'Leary return for a panel discussion on early education and funding milestones in the state's 2025 fiscal year budget. Lauren is the CEO of Ellis Early Learning & Amy is executive director of Strategies for Children.  Ron Mitchell from the Bay State Banner joins to discuss some of his recent Banner op-eds, plus news on achievement gaps in Boston schools & racial disparities in the state's housing crisis.  Naturalist Sy Montgomery returns to talk about animals in the news. This week that's a pair of Przewalski's horses sold as mules at a Kansas auction, dolphins attacking beach-goers in Japan, and one brave English Shepard helping treat canine blindness.Then we heard from you about the pros and cons of all-you-can-eat buffets.

Ron Mitchell, the co-owner of the Bay State Banner, is marking one year of owning the paper with a gala tonight. He spoke with Paris about why he's excited about the paper's future and why it's important to have Black representation in the media landscape.

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox joins us to discuss changes and reform in the Boston Police Department. Then, we get analysis from WBUR's Deborah Becker and Yawu Miller, formerly of the Bay State Banner.

Best Of BPR 12/13: Bay State Banner Highlights Black Artists & Margery Gets To The Bottom Of Male Buttock Aesthetics

Local journalist Yawu Miller, recently of the Bay State Banner, joins us to dig into this week's headlines, from the recent spate of summer violence, to the success of this year's NAACP convention in Boston.

Late last month, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's student debt forgiveness program – a huge disappointment for thousands of borrowers who were hoping for some financial relief. The blow was particularly discouraging for Black borrowers, who typically hold $25k more in debt than white borrowers. Tanisha Bhat, an intern with the Bay State Banner and a rising senior at Boston University, joins The Common to discuss how local Black borrowers are reacting to the decision. Greater Boston's daily podcast where news and culture meet.

Rachel Rollins is in the headlines. We wanted to hear thoughts from listeners if and when someone can come back from disgrace. Ron Mitchell and Mel Miller discuss the leadership change at the Bay State Banner. Andrea Cabral addresses an ethics probe into Rachael Rollins' conduct as US Attorney, leading to her resignation. Shirley Leung from the Boston Globe talks about hearings on Beacon Hill to address the gender and racial wage gap, a public transit/housing law in Brookline, and the Globe's support for imprisoned WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. Michael Curry talks about the Mass League of Community Health Centers launching a new research division, the challenges posed by an influx of migrants in Massachusetts, and the significant life expectancy gap between Back Bay and Nubian Square. Ismael Samad, co-founder of Nubian Square Markets, and Kamaal Jarrett, founder of Hillside Harvest, discuss the grand opening of Nubian Markets, showcasing flavors from the African diaspora. We wrapped up the show by asking listeners if Boston should also go the way of Seoul, South Korea, and ban children from entire zones?

We talk with the Banner's outgoing Managing Editor, Yawu Miller.

Plus, we check in on local and regional sports.

Ronald Mitchell, publisher and editor and André Stark, chief operating officer and production manager join us.

Today on Boston Public Radio, live from the Boston Public Library: South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was found for guilty of the murder of his wife and son. We opened the phone lines to hear from listeners about their thoughts on the verdict. Shirley Leung discusses Healey's tax proposal, Wu's plan to revitalize downtown Boston, and the new leadership at MassBio and John Hancock. Callie Crossley discusses Melvin B. Miller passing the torch over at the Bay State Banner, Brian Flores' discrimination case against the NFL, diverse casting in Disney's Peter Pan remake, and her excitement for the return of McDonald's Shamrock Shake and her love for Breakfast all day. James Bennett II talks Cocaine Bear, Academy Award categories that deserve more recognition, A.R.T's “The Wife of Willesden,” a women in cartography exhibit on the BPL, and the Celebrity Series of Boston Jazz Festival. Vincent Pastore who played “Big Pussy” on the Sopranos joins to reflect on the show before his Sopranos Q&A with a few other cast members at the Boch Shubert Theater. St. Patrick's Celtic Sojourn peformed live for Live Music Friday this week. This included Brian and Lindsay O'Donovan, guitarist Keith Murphy and fiddle player Katie McNally. We ended the show by asking listeners if they would consider living on Life at Sea Cruises for just $30,000 a year with all expenses included. That's around the average price of living in a studio apartment in Boston but the difference is you'd be sailing all around the world.

11/3/22-- This week on The Horse Race, Lisa and Jenn are easing out of spooky season and into more T drama. Steve Poftak, current general manager of the MBTA, will be stepping down on January 3, only two days before a new governor will take office. Later in the show, the team sets the stage for election day with the help of Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner. From the top of the ticket, to down ballot races, we run through what to watch in the upcoming week. Then Chris Oates, founder of Legislata, drops by the pod to talk Twitter. He's done research into the purpose of the app in the political sphere and who uses #mapoli (and how it's pronounced). Don't forget to listen to our ballot question rundown episodes if you haven't voted yet!

The City of Boston is in the midst of redrawing its voting map, which happens every 10 years. Yawu Miller, Senior Editor of the Bay State Banner, shares his reporting on this year's redistricting process. 

8/11/2022 -- On this week's episode, the team breaks down a new MassINC Polling Group poll. The poll looks at upcoming policy questions like the Fair Share Amendment, as well as what the numbers look like for the upcoming democratic primary. Then Jenn talks to Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner, and Marco Cartolano of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette about the domino effect of elected officials running for new seats.

The Democratic primary contest to succeed outgoing Attorney General Maura Healey has become one of the most interesting races in Massachusetts this election cycle. In this episode of the Scrum, labor lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan discusses what she believe sets her apart from rivals Andrea Campbell and Quentin Palfrey. Plus, Politico's Lisa Kashinsky and Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner size up the Mass. GOP convention in Springfield and the Second Suffolk State Senate race, in which former Senator Dianne Wilkerson is trying to make an electoral comeback

3/10/11-- This week, while certain industries are seeing patrons come back in droves amid the bottoming out of COVID cases -- arts and culture venues, restaurants, gyms -- one space that has yet to see such an influx are corporate office. Steve wrote about the risk this phenomenon poses to downtowns like Boston in CommonWealth. And later, it's caucus season in Massachusetts. Yawu Miller, reporter for The Bay State Banner covered the ins and outs of the 2022 Massachusetts season. He stops by to share his insights about the importance of Ward 18, drastic changes to the caucus landscape since the 90s and even the 2010s, and what it all means for the electorate writ large.

In their first joint media appearance, Republican governor and LG candidates Chris Doughty and Kate Campanale join Adam Reilly to discuss their political identities, their take on outgoing Governor Charlie Baker's anti-COVID efforts, and their priorities if they win. First, though, Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner and Mike Deehan of GBH News recap the week in city and state politics, including Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's push to limit residential protests and raise new money for affordable housing.

Boston journalists Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner and Gin Dumcius of the Dorchester Reporter look back at Michelle Wu's landslide win in the Boston mayor's race and look ahead to what a Wu administration in City Hall could portend.

Today on Boston Public Radio: EJ Dionne discusses the voting rights measure and infrastructure spending package as the Senate returns from their August recess this week. He also weighs in on whether or not Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer should retire. Dionne is a columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. His latest book is "Code Red: How Progressives And Moderates Can Unite To Save Our Country.” Then, we talk with listeners about their opinions on masking indoors as the Delta variant continues to spread. Yawu Miller gives listeners a primer on tomorrow's Boston Mayoral primary, a historic race for its racial diversity and female-majority among major candidates. He also discusses current polling data and voter patterns along demographic lines. Miller is a Senior Editor of The Bay State Banner. Bruce Marks talks about what the Supreme Court's end to the eviction moratorium means for Massachusetts, and what his organization, the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) is doing to help. Marks is the CEO and founder of NACA, the nation's largest Housing and Urban Development-certified nonprofit. Revs. Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III speak out against the Islamophobia in the United States that has persisted following 9/11. In the days before Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, they also argue about what forgiveness means. Monroe is a syndicated religion columnist, the Boston voice for Detour's African American Heritage Trail, and a visiting researcher in the Religion and Conflict Transformation Program at the Boston University School of Theology. Price is the founding pastor of Community of Love Christian Fellowship in Allston. Together, they host GBH's All Rev'd Up podcast. Richard Blanco gives a poet's take on poetry, reading famous quotes and weighing in on the purpose and impact of the art form. Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history. His new book, "How To Love A Country," deals with various socio-political issues that shadow America.  In the days leading up to Yom Kippur, we end the show by asking listeners what atonement and forgiveness should look like in a deeply divided country.

We're closing in on Boston's preliminary mayoral election, so this week, The Scrum asks: How did the city get here? A field with five major candidates who are all people of color, four of them women, in a city that has exclusively elected white men to the mayor's post. GBH News' political editor Peter Kadzis gives a brief history lesson on local Boston politics. A lot of credit, Kadzis says, goes to Ayanna Pressley's 2009 election to City Council. Then Reilly and Wintersmith get into what this election is all about with Yawu Miller, the senior editor of the Bay State Banner, and Gin Dumcius, the managing editor of the Dorchester Reporter. Until Sept. 14, The Scrum will be focusing its episodes on Boston's preliminary mayoral election. Tune in next week to hear about the candidates “chasing the Walsh vote” and those who are aiming for a different part of the electorate. Ever wish you could be in Peter's kitchen while these episodes are taped? Well, now you can. The first video podcast version of The Scrum is available here: https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2021/08/26/bostons-changing-political-dna-how-did-we-get-to-this-historic-group-of-mayoral-candidates

Chanel Thervil is a Haitian American artist and educator that uses varying combinations of abstraction and portraiture to convene communal dialogue around culture, social issues, and existential questions. At the core of her practice lies a desire to empower and inspire tenderness and healing among communities of color through the arts. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Pace University and a Master's Degree in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She's been making a splash in Boston via her educational collaborations, public art, and residencies with institutions like The Museum of Fine Arts, The Boston Children's Museum, The DeCordova Museum, The Harvard Ed Portal, and The Cambridge Public Library. Her work has been featured by PBS Kids, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Bay State Banner, WBUR's ARTery, WGBH, and Hyperallergic.

Right now, any talk about the 2022 Massachusetts governor's race is likely to be speculative. Maybe Charlie Baker will seek a third term! Maybe Maura Healey will finally challenge him! But there's one notable exception: Ben Downing, the former Democratic state Senator, is in and has already been running for months. In this episode, Adam Reilly and Mike Deehan chat with Downing about his vision for the state and how his biography informs his political worldview — but first, Adam, Peter Kadzis, and Bay State Banner senior editor Yawu Miller size up Downing's potential Democratic rivals.

The intense national interest in Kim Janey's ascension that her stewardship of Boston could change, or begin to change, perception of the city. It could also change the way the Boston sees itself. But there are some important caveats attached to the Janey era — starting with the fact that it could end in November, when Boston holds the final election to replace former mayor Marty Walsh. Yawu Miller, the senior editor of the Bay State Banner, talks about what it's been like as a Black Bostonian to watch the transfer of power from Walsh to Janey, and how the candidates who've already said they're running can respond to the undeniable advantage Janey now enjoys. First, though, Janey gets some friendly advice from Jane Swift, who ran Massachusetts after Paul Cellucci became ambassador to Canada — and might have been elected in 2002, if Mitt Romney had turned his focus to Utah a bit earlier than he did.

After the 2020 presidential election and the harrowing events that followed it—which are still playing out—the question of whether the United States can survive as a functioning polity is real and pressing. In this episode of the Scrum, Bay State Banner senior editor Yawu Miller joins Peter Kadzis and Adam Reilly to size up where we've been and where we're heading.

On this episode, Mark Simon talked to Bay State Banner reporter Morgan Mullings, a recent grad of St. John's, whose opportunity to begin her professional journalism career began via Report for America.Morgan talked about her work with the Banner, and why it's important for a newspaper whose readership is geared to the African-American community to have a young black female writer. She shared her experience in past internships and what led her to apply to Report For America, which helps place aspiring journalists with news outlets to fill important needs in their coverage.Morgan also talked about her passion for news literacy, how she comes up with story ideas, the different type of writing she's done, and gave tips for both applying to Report for America (applications for this year due January 31) and getting around Boston (spoiler: get a bike!).Thank you for listening. If you have any thoughts on this episode, please e-mail us at journalismsalute@gmail.com or find us on Twitter at @JournalismPod. Please rate and review the podcast if you can.Important LinksMorgan Mullings TwitterBay State Banner websiteBay State Banner TwitterReport for America websiteReport for America Twitter

Child care providers can reopen under Massachusetts' Phase 2 response. But will new health guidelines force many to close? With street demonstrations calling for police reform, faculty at UMass Boston protest local police using the campus as a staging area. And, generational differences lead to two very different vigils for George Floyd in Everett. These stories and more during our Local News Roundtable. Guests: Gin Dumcius - digital editor for the Boston Business Journal. Seth Daniel - senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal. Yawu Miller - senior editor for the Bay State Banner. Later in the show: The coronavirus outbreak has driven up demand for facemasks — the main tool scientists agree is crucial to stopping the spread of the virus. But how do we weed through the flood of face mask information to determine the most effective ones to wear? How is the garment industry using fashion and function to make their masks stand out? And will face coverings become an integral part of our culture? Guests: Dr. Erin Bromage - comparative immunologist and professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Marissa Goldstein - founder of Rafi Nova, a Needham based business that's pivoted to producing face masks. Show Credits: That's it for this week's show. Under the Radar with Callie Crossley is a production of WGBH, produced by Hannah Uebele and engineered by Dave Goodman. Rebecca Tauber is our intern. Our theme music is FISH AND CHIPS by #weare2saxys', Grace Kelly and Leo P.

Like Governor Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has been consistently supportive of the recent protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd last month. While he's condemned violence and destructive behavior, Walsh has also backed the protesters' right to make their voices heard, even during the COVID pandemic, and he's made it very clear he's sympathetic to their cause. But recently he went further, pledging to make Boston a national leader when it comes to racial reconciliation and justice. It is — to put it mildly — an ambitious goal. But what would pursuing and attaining it actually mean? And what are the political risks if Boston voters decide Walsh can't deliver on his promise? Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis talk it over with Yawu Miller, the senior editor of the Bay State Banner.

Does Michelle Wu's ticket-topping win mean she'll run for mayor? Is a city council comprised mostly of women and people of color a purely symbolic development, or something more? And what's next for Dudley (a/k/a Nubian) Square? Peter Kadzis and Adam Reilly size up these storylines, and a few others, with Sue O'Connell of NECN and Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner. It's both the #bospoli fix you want *and* the #bospoli fix you need.

It's the biggest story in Boston politics — a scandal that's been brewing in City Hall ever since John Lynch, a former employee at the Boston Planning and Development Agency, admitted that he took a $50,000 bribe from a developer and, in return, convinced a member of Boston's Zoning Board of Appeal to allow a project in South Boston to move forward, thereby netting the developer in question an extra $500,000. The scandal is still unfolding. Depending on where it goes next, it could spell trouble for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh if and when he seeks a third term. But one thing is already clear: Lynch's guilty plea, and the surrounding circumstances detailed by the U.S. Attorney's Office, raise troubling questions about the way development has worked in the city for decades. Peter Kadzis and Adam Reilly talk it over with Yawu Miller, the senior editor of the Bay State Banner, who's reported extensively on how Boston development seems to favor the well connected and leave ordinary residents feeling powerless and frustrated.

How do you balance public safety and neighborhood quality of life concerns with support for the most marginalized people in a community? Those issues exploded into public view with the recent arrests of homeless people and drug users as part of “Operation Clean Sweep,” a set of Boston police actions centered on the streets near Newmarket Square where the city's South End, Roxbury, and Dorchester neighborhoods converge. But the issues are nothing new to state Rep. Liz Miranda and her constituents. She grew up in the shadow of Newmarket Square in a tight-knit Cape Verdean enclave of Roxbury, and says residents have been dealing for years with problems stemming from the concentration of drug treatment facilities and homeless shelters on their doorstep. The situation has gotten dramatically worse, she said, since the 2014 closing of the city's shelter and addiction treatment facilities on Long Island. For the former community organizer who is serving her first term in the House, the controversy that boiled over earlier this month brought some satisfaction that attention is finally being paid to the problems, mixed with concern over the approach city officials took, and questions about why longstanding community calls to deal with the deteriorating situation had gone ignored until now. This “is a community that's been speaking up pretty loudly for the last couple of years saying we need help,” Miranda said on The Codcast. “There's a clear saturation of services at this corner that I don't see another city or town or even another neighborhood being able to withstand.” “This is a statewide problem,” she said. “Boston cannot solve it alone.” Miranda was joined by Yawu Miler, senior editor of the Bay State Banner, who wrote about the issue in the paper's current issue.

5/29/2019-- While drama abounds in our nation's capital, Steve and Jenn are squarely focused on state-level issues. But first, they discuss exit polls with MassINC Polling Group Research Director Maeve Duggan. Exit polls have traditionally been the basis for understanding what happens on election night. Now, exit polls are evolving in a big way. Jenn and Steve are then joined by Commonwealth Magazine Associate Editor Michael Jonas, who breaks down legislation centered on education funding, as well as the current charter school debacle happening in New Bedford and its statewide implications. Finally, Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner joins Jenn to discuss the numerous contenders for this year's Boston City Council seats, and whether the activity surrounding the race will lead to an uptick in municipal election turnout.

Is Michelle Wu Boston's mayor in waiting? That's the contention of the Atlantic, which recently published a glowing profile of the at-large city councilor. But would Wu actually challenge incumbent Marty Walsh — especially since sitting mayors are notoriously tough to beat? Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis talk it through with Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner and Joan Vennochi of the Boston Globe (spoiler alert: signs point to yes). Then the foursome tackles two other #bospoli topics of note: the 2019 city-council elections, which could end with that body controlled by women and people of color, and the soon-to-be-completed search for Boston's new school superintendent, which has elicited some frustration among BPS parents.

Race, gender, class, crime: a host of hot-button issues are at play in the simmering dispute between Rachael Rollins, the new, reform-minded Suffolk County District Attorney, and Republican Governor Charlie Baker. Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis unpack the subtexts with Yawu Miller, senior editor of the Bay State Banner, and some extra help from activist Monica Cannon-Grant.

Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and Congressman Mike Capuano clashed recently in a debate sponsored by UMass Boston, the Boston Globe, and WBUR; in a few days, they'll meet for another tete-a-tete hosted by WGBH News's Jim Braude. Which parts of the incumbent's and challenger's pitches are working, and which are falling flat? And what — if anything—should Capuano and Pressley do differently in the race's final weeks? Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis talk it over with the Globe's Joan Vennochi and Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner — and delve into some state-level primary fights that also pit progressive incumbents against progressive challengers.

Jessicah Pierre is a Public Relations Professional, Blogger, and Social Entrepreneur whose work has been featured in local outlets such as the Bay State Banner to national outlets like BET. Growing up in a Haitian-American household, her interest in politics was sparked at a young age from listening to her family's debates around Haitian and American politics. Jessicah has used this passion and her communications skills as an avenue to create social change in her community while inspiring others to do so as well. Jessicah has always been dedicated to advocating around women's issues, particularly women of color. She is the founder and CEO of Queens Company, an organization dedicated to empowering women of color by hosting networking events, workshops, and by providing a mutual support system. Recently, Jessicah launched her personal platform – with content to promote civic engagement, entrepreneurship, motivation, and fashion/beauty – in an effort to influence others to be their best self. Learn more at jessicahpierre.com. In this episode, Jessicah discusses: Building her tribe and how much they mean to her Starting a company by accident with her girlfriends Seeking out answers when you don't know what you're doing (AND that it's OKAY to ask for help) Learning what she loves to do by exploring what she didn't like You can find Jessicah on the following platforms: Websites –  JessicahPierre.com + QueensCo.com Facebook –  @JessicahPierreMedia + @TheQueensCompany Instagram – @JessicahPierre + @QueensCompany

Jessicah Pierre is a Public Relations Professional, Blogger, and Social Entrepreneur whose work has been featured in local outlets such as the Bay State Banner to national outlets like BET. Growing up in a Haitian-American household, her interest in politics was sparked at a young age from listening to her family's debates around Haitian and American politics. Jessicah has used this passion and her communications skills as an avenue to create social change in her community while inspiring others to do so as well. Jessicah has always been dedicated to advocating around women's issues, particularly women of color. She is the founder and CEO of Queens Company, an organization dedicated to empowering women of color by hosting networking events, workshops, and by providing a mutual support system. Recently, Jessicah launched her personal platform – with content to promote civic engagement, entrepreneurship, motivation, and fashion/beauty – in an effort to influence others to be their best self. Learn more at jessicahpierre.com. In this episode, Jessicah discusses: Being authentic in a digital space How being a child of an immigrant motivates her towards her goals The shame of failure in getting fired and overcoming it You can find Jessicah on the following platforms: Websites –  JessicahPierre.com + QueensCo.com Facebook –  @JessicahPierreMedia + @TheQueensCompany Instagram – @JessicahPierre + @QueensCompany

The Scrum rounds out its conversations with the Democratic candidates for governor with Setti Warren, the former mayor of Newton. Yawu Miller, senior editor at the Bay State Banner, joins WGBH News's Peter Kadzis and Adam Reilly for the conversation.

We know Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was just re-elected by a big margin. Look closer at the results of Boston's municipal election, though, and some provocative themes and questions start to emerge. The Scrum dove into the results at the Banshee Pub in Dorchester with a panel of media experts **— **Meghan Irons of the Boston Globe, Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner, and Jennifer Smith of the Dorchester Reporter **— **and then took some sharp questions from the audience.

Adam Reilly and Peter Kadzis hash out the result of Boston's mayoral primary with Joan Vennochi of the Boston Globe and Yawu Miller of the Bay State Banner.

When it comes to the November match-ups for mayor in Boston and Lawrence, it looks like very different tales of two cities, one where a highly competitive race is now on tap, and one where that seems unlikely. That's the assessment from this week's Codcast with Yawu Miller, senior editor of the Bay State Banner, and Ted Siefer, a CommonWealth contributor who penned a feature for the magazine's summer issue taking stock of Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera's first term and teeing up the reelection race he was facing.

Melissa James is President and CEO of The Tech Connection, the premier marketplace for purpose driven, diverse technical talent. Her mission is to help people reach their highest potential by accelerating their individual pathway to success. She believes that every individual should live by one principal to ‘Be the CEO of You”. She not only inspires people to realize their full potential she connects them to high performing companies that will accelerate their growth.  She has a strong track record of building high performing teams for elite companies such as Google, Teradata, and local Boston businesses such as RA Capital, and Sample6. At the root of her work is a passion for community service. On top of running her business, Melissa is the founder of the Black Tech Boston Meetup, a platform created  to celebrate the impact of technology within African American communities. She previously served on the board for Youth Institute of Science and Technology and the Young Black Women's Society. Melissa has been recognized as a “Woman on The Move” by Boston Business Journal. She has been featured in numerous news outlets such as the Improper Bostonian, Bay State Banner, Boston Herald, and Bloomberg Business. She recently received the U.S. Presidential Service Award and the 2015 Pursuer award from the African Youth Excellence organization for her relentless commitment to the community. Melissa was born and raised in Boston, MA and  graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.