Rupa Shenoy

The city’s old, sprawling greenhouse is located in Franklin Park, made up of 16 structures housing thousands of plants. Boston is one of the only major cities that has its own greenhouse and focuses on homegrown landscaping.

Luc Schuster, executive director of the Boston Indicators Research Center at the Boston Foundation, argues everyone is making a bigger deal out of this law than it needs to be. He joined WBUR’s Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to explain why.

Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy sat down with historian Kellie Carter Jackson to learn a piece of Boston’s Black History. She’s an associate professor at Wellesley College who focuses on slavery and abolition and a historian in residence for the Museum of African American History in Boston.

This November, Pamerson Ifill became the first Black person appointed to head the Massachusetts Probation Service in the organizations 145 year history. He joins WBUR’s Morning Edition to talk about his role, systemic racism in the criminal justice system and changes he wants to bring to the organization.

WBUR’s Morning Edition hears from Sam Mintz, editor of Brookline News, about a new zoning proposal that passed last night at a town meeting in Brookline. The plan will put the town in compliance with state regulations requiring multifamily zoning within communities serviced by the MBTA.

Chrissy Lynch takes the helm of the state AFL-CIO during a big moment for labor. She joined WBUR’s Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to talk more about this.

The city of Boston recently released a public database detailing people who were enslaved in the city. WBUR’s Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy speaks with curator Kyera Singleton to learn more about the database and the legacy of slavery in Massachusetts.

Aid groups are getting more details on a new waitlist for the state-run family shelter system — and they are sounding alarm bells.

WBUR’s Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy talks with Gary Washburn, basketball reporter for the Boston Globe, about how the Celtics look ahead of the season opener.

Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo talks with WBUR’s Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy about the benefits and drawbacks of being an iconic Halloween destination.