Phillip Martin
The Scene from MIT — and Listener Messages for Boston
Along with most of Boston, the MIT campus is on lockdown this morning after the death of campus police officer Sean Collier in a shootout with the Boston bombing suspects last night. Fotini Christia is an associate professor of political science at MIT. Ryan Borker is a student at MIT who ran the the Boston […]
Investigating the Underground Trade of Human Trafficking
In a speech last year, President Obama used the term “modern slavery” to describe human trafficking. The trafficking of people – for sex or forced labor – is a multibillion-dollar worldwide criminal enterprise that is well organized and operates mostly undercover. Phillip Martin, senior investigative reporter for our partner WGBH, has been examining human […]
How Race Factors Into Our Political Leanings
Republican Sen. Scott Brown faced off against his opponent, Democrat Elizabeth Warren, in the third debate last night in Massachusetts. Their race for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts is very close. While much of the race has focused on the local economy, the Warren campaign has been sidetracked by criticisms from her opponent over her claims of […]
Fenway Park’s Troubled Racial Past
Fenway Park, the Boston Red Sox’s storied ballpark, celebrated its 100th birthday late last month. And in honor of the centennial, moments in Red Sox history were remembered and relived, like the “Curse of the Bambino,” the 86-year World Series drought, and the reversal of the Curse in 2004. Today we’re talking about one element […]