Meghna Chakrabarti is a host at WBUR, where she leads the award-winning program On Point. With a focus on regional interest and world news, her reporting covers a diverse range of themes including culture, society, health, and international affairs. Meghna's work has been featured in Support Brookline, MPR News, and WBUR.
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When his mother fell for an online romance scam, Carlos Barragán flew to Nigeria to track down the con artist. What he uncovered was so much bigger.
By: Meghna Chakrabarti, Willis Ryder Arnold
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wants to shut down immigration because he believes many immigrants refuse to "assimilate". But what does assimilation mean to immigrants themselves?
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut says the “current version of capitalism isn't working” for Americans. And he thinks Democrats have been “way too timid” in confronting corporate power. What's his plan for his party — and for our country?
Companies rushed to replace workers with AI. Now, some of these same companies are hiring back human workers. What happened?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is asking Congress for a record amount of money, $1.5 trillion, as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran continues. What do those taxpayer dollars pay for?
In the 1980s, artists like John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen sang swelling anthems about working people, family farms and factory towns. But heartland rock is also deeply political — and often misunderstood.
Humans have been obsessed with fitness for centuries. But how did this fascination start? In the new book “When Fitness Went Global” historian Conor Heffernan examines the rise of physical culture worldwide.
Billions of dollars of federal grants support everything from medical research to community services. Now, the Trump administration wants to tie that money to the president's political priorities.
By: Willis Ryder Arnold, Meghna Chakrabarti
Redistributing wealth through things like taxpayer-funded welfare programs gets a lot of pushback in the U.S. But what if income inequality could be fixed, not after the fact, but before it happened?
How can you wear an XS shirt in one fabric, brand or style — but an XL in another? Guests
