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She previously served as \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaelrollins/\"\u003eSuffolk DA\u003c/a\u003e from 2019 until 2022, when she was named U.S. Attorney.","The move to take back her old job comes less than three years after \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/05/17/rachael-rollins-federal-probes-hatch-violations\"\u003efederal investigators\u003c/a\u003e accused her of ethics violations and \"abuse of her power.\"","Rollins resigned after just under a year-and-a-half in office.","She did not immediately return a request for an interview Wednesday evening.","Rollins on Tuesday had fueled speculation that she planned to run again, with a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/darollins/status/2041649051192430779?s=46\u0026t=k2ukAiK5Fov1UuY7JUzUsg\"\u003esocial media post\u003c/a\u003e that said, \"Major announcement coming tomorrow.\" Her X handle is @DARollins.","Kevin Hayden is currently the Suffolk County DA."],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[{"id":282858,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/05/19/rachael-rollins-resigns-us-attorney","prefix":"","title":"Rachael Rollins resigns as U.S. attorney after damning accusations of 'abuse of authority'","index":1},{"id":282859,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/05/17/rachael-rollins-federal-probes-hatch-violations","prefix":"","title":"Two federal investigations accuse U.S. Attorney Rollins of abuses of power","index":2}],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":61,"type":"category","name":"Boston","description":"","slug":"boston","series":false,"global":false,"count":62474,"hide":false,"primary":true},{"id":73,"type":"category","name":"News","description":"","slug":"news","series":false,"global":false,"count":78260,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":75,"type":"category","name":"Politics","description":"","slug":"politics","series":false,"global":false,"count":35033,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":64,"type":"category","name":"Crime \u0026 Justice","description":"","slug":"crime-justice","series":false,"global":false,"count":13248,"hide":false,"primary":false}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":null,"images":[{"type":"featured","url":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rollins-scaled.jpeg","width":2560,"height":1707,"title":"Rachael Rollins addresses members of the media at the federal courthouse in Boston in May of 2022. 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Israel said it was targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah, despite a U.S. ceasefire with Iran. 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Israel said it was targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah, despite a U.S. ceasefire with Iran. (AFP via Getty Images)","credit":"AFP via Getty Images","type":"featured","url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4813x3209+0+0/resize/4813x3209!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2F6a%2F272f116d4cb9962b4ee4ea592e72%2Fgettyimages-2269788591.jpg","sizes":{"thumb":{"width":200,"height":133,"file":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4813x3209+0+0/resize/200?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2F6a%2F272f116d4cb9962b4ee4ea592e72%2Fgettyimages-2269788591.jpg","type":"thumb"},"medium":{"width":400,"height":267,"file":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4813x3209+0+0/resize/400?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2F6a%2F272f116d4cb9962b4ee4ea592e72%2Fgettyimages-2269788591.jpg","type":"medium"},"large":{"width":1000,"height":667,"file":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4813x3209+0+0/resize/1000?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2F6a%2F272f116d4cb9962b4ee4ea592e72%2Fgettyimages-2269788591.jpg","type":"large"},"full":{"width":4813,"height":3209,"file":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4813x3209+0+0/resize/4813?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2F6a%2F272f116d4cb9962b4ee4ea592e72%2Fgettyimages-2269788591.jpg","type":"full"}}}],"content":["\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510366/state-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eClick here to listen to NPR's \u003c/em\u003eState of the World\u003cem\u003e podcast, a human perspective on global stories in just a few minutes, every weekday.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","The U.S. and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire, with Israel saying it supports the agreement but is continuing its assault on Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran and several Gulf Arab countries also reported some attacks, in an early test of the fragile truce.","The Israeli attacks in Lebanon, including what Israel called its largest strikes in Beirut since the start of the war, drew condemnation from Iran and criticism from mediator Pakistan.","Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose government has acted as an intermediary between Washington and Tehran, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/cmshehbaz/status/2041883560836264032\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecalled out violations\u003c/a\u003e of the agreement and urged \"all parties to exercise restraint and respect the ceasefire for two weeks, as agreed upon, so that diplomacy can take a lead role towards peaceful settlement of the conflict.\"","The ceasefire announcement marked a breathtaking comedown from President Trump's pledge that a \"whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again\" if Iran did not reach a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday night. His threat had drawn rebukes from other countries and from Pope Leo XIV, who called it \"truly unacceptable\" and appealed for dialogue.","Trump \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116367088879643074\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehailed the ceasefire agreement\u003c/a\u003e early Wednesday as \"a big day for World Peace!\" ","As Trump pledged the U.S. would help free up the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route for the world's fuel and goods that Iran has largely blocked during the war, global investors breathed a sigh of relief, markets surged and \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5776818/wall-street-stocks-oil-trump-iran-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecrude oil prices plunged\u003c/a\u003e.","But as the day wore on, reports emerged that the vital oil chokepoint had been closed by Iran in response to Israel's continued attacks on Lebanon. The White House denied the reports, saying they are false and that there was an uptick in traffic in the strait on Wednesday. Meantime, Lloyds List, which tracks maritime intelligence data, said that only \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LloydsList/status/2041927836219367903?s=20\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethree ships\u003c/a\u003e had transited the waterway since the ceasefire was announced.","\u003cfigure class=\"article-fig size-large\"\u003e\n                        \u003cimg class=\"size-large article-image\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x683+0+0/resize/1000?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff3%2Ff4%2Fe2dc89184d7c992dcbce8c8a6a78%2Fgettyimages-2269718620.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n                        \u003cfigcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\"\u003e\n                            Protesters in opposition to the war with Iran gather outside of Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)\n                        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n                    \u003c/figure\u003e","In another morning \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116368825638596650\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esocial media post\u003c/a\u003e, Trump said the U.S. will work with Iran to \"dig up and remove\" Iranian nuclear material he said is buried after U.S. bombings. ","The president also warned the U.S. would \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116368854361048135\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eslap an immediate 50% tariff\u003c/a\u003e on imports from any country supplying weapons to Iran.","Here are more updates from the region:","\u003cem\u003eClick the links below to jump down to a specific section.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates#two\"\u003eIsrael pounds Beirut\u003c/a\u003e |\u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates\"\u003eStrait of Hormuz confusion\u003c/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates#five\"\u003eAttacks in the region\u003c/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates#one\"\u003eIran hails ceasefire win\u003c/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates#six\"\u003eWhat are the negotiation \"points\"?\u003c/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates#three\"\u003eIsraeli opposition fumes\u003c/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates#five\"\u003eShelly Kittleson freed\u003c/a\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","\u003ch2 id=\"two\"\u003eIsrael carries out its largest strikes in Beirut and south Lebanon\u003c/h2\u003e","Lebanon declared a national day of mourning on Thursday, after Israeli attacks killed more than 250 people and left more than 1,160 wounded, according to the country's civil defense department. ","Israeli officials said its military struck 100 Hezbollah targets in just 10 minutes, making it the largest attack in Lebanon since the start of the war. The violence marred the start of a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran in the wider Middle East war. But Israeli officials justified the assault by asserting that the new deal did not include a pause in its fight against Lebanon's Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.","The sudden airstrikes hit multiple neighborhoods in the heart of Beirut during morning rush hour, causing panic around the capital.","Rana Dimashk was among them. She moved to the city's seaside Corniche promenade six weeks ago after fleeing Beirut's southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has offices. She said she stayed up all night, in the vacant building where she and her family have been sheltering. Together, they rejoiced at the news of a ceasefire.","\"We thought, we will go home! But then the bombs appeared,\" Rana said, adding that the building shook from nearby explosions.","Other displaced Lebanese had packed up their belongings upon hearing the announcement and started driving back to their evacuated homes, only to be caught in the bombing.","Lebanese news reports showed a car in flames hit by an Israeli strike on the seafront in Sidon, a city in southern Lebanon. The southern port city of Tyre was also targeted, as well as, a unit of paramedics affiliated with Hezbollah, state media reported.","Lebanon's government asked displaced people to stay put saying that it was still dangerous.","The International Committee of the Red Cross says it's outraged by such attacks in densely populated urban areas. The capital has absorbed more than a million people displaced by Israeli attacks.","Israeli military spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani explained why Israel made a surprise attack on Beirut.","\"Leading up to this operation, we've seen Hezbollah disperse over different areas, taking advantage of the warnings that we provide for civilians to also hide for themselves among the civilians, moving, trying to scatter their operations in different locations and to hide behind civilian locations,\" he said.","Since Hezbollah entered the fray last month in support of Iran, Shoshani said the group was firing more than 100 rockets at Israel on most days.","The death toll in Lebanon has surpassed 1,600 since the start of Israel's assault, according to Lebanese authorities.","Meantime, the dispute over whether Lebanon is included in the ceasefire terms remains unresolved. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/IsraeliPM/status/2041714151374856232\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e said in a statement\u003c/a\u003e Wednesday morning that his government supports Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but that the ceasefire doesn't include Lebanon.","That's despite the fact that when Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, acting as mediator, announced the Iran-U.S. ceasefire, he specifically mentioned it would also take effect\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CMShehbaz/status/2041665043423752651\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e in Lebanon\u003c/a\u003e.","Hezbollah said in a statement that it insists the U.S.-Iran ceasefire includes Lebanon. But the militant group said \"if the Israeli enemy does not adhere\" to it, then \"no party will commit to it, and there will be a response from the region, including Iran.\"","Iran\u003ca href=\"https://t.me/irna_1313/398653\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e condemned the continued assault\u003c/a\u003e on Lebanon and said it was the U.S. government's responsibility to put an end to it. In a\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/araghchi/status/2041929940678144097\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e post on social media\u003c/a\u003e, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, \"The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments,\" above a screenshot of the Pakistani statement including Lebanon in the truce.","Araghchi\u003ca href=\"https://t.me/s_a_araghchi/10638\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e said he discussed\u003c/a\u003e alleged ceasefire violations in Iran and Lebanon by Israel with Pakistan's army chief.","President Trump, meanwhile, echoed Netanyahu's understanding of the deal. Asked by\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/ElizLanders/status/2041878299454955640\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e a PBS reporter\u003c/a\u003e why Lebanon was not included, he said, \"Because of Hezbollah. They were not included in the deal. That'll get taken care of too.\"","\u003cfigure class=\"article-fig size-large\"\u003e\n                        \u003cimg class=\"size-large article-image\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x683+0+0/resize/1000?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F49%2F63%2F25dbf861405d8389862062b17715%2Fgettyimages-2269754523.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n                        \u003cfigcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\"\u003e\n                            A man flashes the V-sign while driving a vehicle loaded with belongings through the al-Qassimyah area en route to southern Lebanon early on Wednesday, after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire. Israel continued its strikes in Lebanon saying it was not part of the truce. (Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images)\n                        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n                    \u003c/figure\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","\u003ch3\u003eAs Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, confusion reigns and ships remain idle\u003c/h3\u003e","Trump has repeatedly said that the deal is dependent on the free movement of ships in the Strait of Hormuz to ease the global energy crisis. The strait is a critical throughway that carries about a fifth of the world's oil and provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. ","Before the war broke out, Iran allowed an average of 120 to 150 ships per day to sail through unimpeded. But in the last five weeks, that traffic has come to a grinding halt. And despite Tuesday's announcement of ceasefire terms that required Iran to reopen the strait for safe passage, more than a hundred ships remained effectively stalled a day later. ","According to Lloyds List, a London-based company that tracks maritime intelligence data, only three ships transited the strait on Wednesday. That includes an Iranian vessel. Another three ships were queued up to cross, but had yet to do so by nightfall. ","That's likely due to Iran's alleged closure of the strait.","Details about the strait's status remain unclear. While Iran announced it had ceased transit operations in response to Israel's continued attacks on Lebanon, the White House denounced the reports as false and said closing the waterway would be completely unacceptable.","If the strait was open, hundreds of other ships in and around the strait still chose to stay put out of an abundance of caution. Ship owners, insurance companies, and seafarers say they are seeking clarity as Iran threatens to attack any vessel transiting without permission. ","Erik Broekhuizen, a U.S.-based ship broker and energy consultant with Poten \u0026 Partners, told NPR that another concern for the ships is Iran's decentralized military command. ","\"You don't really know who to talk to, who is in charge, and whether all the sort of regional commanders have gotten the memo that the strait is open and they should stop attacking vessels,\" Broekhuizen said. ","More than 20 ships have been attacked by Iran since the war began. ","Operators are also confused by Iran's new fee system and how payments will be collected as the government rolls out new toll procedures. According to analysts, several oil tanker operators said they have paid at least $1 million to transit the strait. ","An English language VHF broadcast was blasted to the hundreds of ships in and around the strait on Wednesday. It warned those aboard idling ships that they need permission before they try to transit.","\u003chr /\u003e","\u003ch2 id=\"five\"\u003eIran says a refinery was hit and Gulf Arab countries report Iranian attacks\u003c/h2\u003e","Iran said its Lavan oil refinery was attacked around 10 a.m. local time, after the ceasefire took effect, and several Gulf Arab countries reported interceptions of Iranian drones and missiles.","Israel's military said it was not behind the strike on the Iranian refinery.","Kuwait's army said drone attacks caused significant damage to oil facilities, power stations and water desalination plants. ","People were injured by fallen debris in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, where the country's main gas complex also caught fire.","According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/115eb832-9a62-424f-a893-57156ce8abf7?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/saudi-arabias-east-west-oil-pipeline-hit-iranian-attack-damage-being-assessed-2026-04-08/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eReuters\u003c/a\u003e, Saudi Arabia's critical east-west oil pipeline was also attacked.","In Iraq, Iranian-backed militias continued drone attacks near the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center and Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://iq.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-baghdad-iraq-april-8-2026/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eU.S. Embassy in Iraq\u003c/a\u003e.","\u003chr /\u003e","\u003ch2 id=\"one\"\u003eIranian leaders hail ceasefire as victory\u003c/h2\u003e","Iranian leaders touted the ceasefire as a victory, noting they believed the \u003ca href=\"https://t.me/presstv/184362\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"criminal U.S.\"\u003c/a\u003e agreed to \"the general framework\" of Iran's 10-point proposal.","\"Good news to the dear nation of Iran! Nearly all the objectives of the war have been achieved,\" the Supreme National Security Council \u003ca href=\"https://t.me/presstv/184363\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esaid\u003c/a\u003e in a statement.","But the statement warned any deviation from the agreement could lead to future violence. \"Our hands are on the trigger, and the moment the enemy makes the slightest mistake, it will be met with full force,\" the Supreme National Security Council said.","Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif for his role in the negotiations.","\u003cfigure class=\"article-fig size-large\"\u003e\n                        \u003cimg class=\"size-large article-image\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x683+0+0/resize/1000?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2Fde%2F0b87fa884c8eb9b9bf30839179ee%2Fgettyimages-2269736146.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n                        \u003cfigcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\"\u003e\n                            A vendor displays morning newspapers at his roadside stall in Islamabad on Wednesday. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the United States, Iran and their allies had agreed to a ceasefire \"everywhere,\" including Lebanon, following mediation by his government to stop weeks of fighting. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)\n                        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n                    \u003c/figure\u003e","\"If attacks against Iran are halted our Powerful Armed Forces will cease their defensive operations,\" Araghchi said in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/araghchi/status/2041655156215799821\" target=\"_blank\"\u003estatement\u003c/a\u003e. \"For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran's Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.\"","\u003chr /\u003e","\u003ch2 id=\"six\"\u003eUncertainty around the terms of agreement\u003c/h2\u003e","In his \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116365796713313030\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emessage announcing\u003c/a\u003e the ceasefire with Iran late Tuesday, President Trump said, \"We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.\" ","On Wednesday, the White House dismissed reports about the specifics of the proposal. NPR has been trying to independently verify the terms.","A plan published by the Iranian \u003ca href=\"https://t.me/s/enmehrnews\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMehr news agency\u003c/a\u003e said the points include Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, acceptance of its nuclear enrichment, the withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces from the region, the lifting of all sanctions and U.N. resolutions against Iran, compensation for damage as well as cessation of war on all fronts, including in Lebanon. ","On Wednesday, Iran's Parliament speaker later accused the U.S. of \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/mb_ghalibaf/status/2041943537386958858/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eviolating three\u003c/a\u003e of the points Iran claims the U.S. has agreed to. He said the violations were the noncompliance of the ceasefire in Lebanon, the entry of a drone into Iranian airspace and the denial of Iran's right to enrichment.","White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called it \"absurd\" to think President Trump would accept an Iranian wish list.","\"The Iranians originally put forward a 10-point plan that was fundamentally unserious, unacceptable and completely discarded. It was literally thrown in the garbage by President Trump and his negotiating team,\" Leavitt said.","She said with Trump's Tuesday night deadline approaching to reach a deal, Iran \"put forward a more reasonable and entirely different and condensed plan to the president and his team. President Trump and the team determined the new modified plan was a workable basis on which to negotiate and to align with our own 15-point proposal.\" She did not provide details about the plans.","Trump also \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116369934305888462\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esaid on social media\u003c/a\u003e that terms were being circulated by people who had nothing to do with the negotiations.","\"There is only one group of meaningful 'POINTS' that are acceptable to the United States, and we will be discussing them behind closed doors during these Negotiations. These are the POINTS that are the basis on which we agreed to a CEASEFIRE,\" he wrote.","\u003chr /\u003e","\u003ch2 id=\"three\"\u003eIsraeli opposition slams Netanyahu\u003c/h2\u003e","Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid blasted the ceasefire \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/yairlapid/status/2041743545137057858\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eon social media\u003c/a\u003e, saying, \"there has never been such a political disaster in our entire history.\" He criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu for not being a party to the ceasefire agreement, adding that Netanyahu \"failed to meet a single one of the goals he set for himself.\"","Netanyahu and Trump spoke on the phone before Trump announced the ceasefire with Iran, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.","\u003cfigure class=\"article-fig size-large\"\u003e\n                        \u003cimg class=\"size-large article-image\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x683+0+0/resize/1000?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6e%2F99%2F59327a24458aaeb9890325c00d20%2Fgettyimages-2269769796.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n                        \u003cfigcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\"\u003e\n                            A projectile is seen moments before hitting a building during an Israeli airstrike in the area of Abbasiyeh, on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, on Wednesday. (Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images)\n                        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n                    \u003c/figure\u003e","Netanyahu spoke on TV Wednesday defending the ceasefire, saying Israel was stronger than ever and Iran had been rendered weaker than ever. ","Netanyahu also said Iran's highly enriched uranium, which could be used to create a nuclear weapon, would be removed from Iran whether through negotiations or by force.","A senior Israeli official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations, said the U.S. has assured Israel that it will insist on the removal of enriched uranium from Iran, an end to further enrichment and \"the elimination of the ballistic missile threat\" during negotiations. ","\u003chr /\u003e","\u003ch2 id=\"five\"\u003eAmerican journalist Kittleson is freed\u003c/h2\u003e","Freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released a week after she was kidnapped by Kataib Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Iraqi militant group.","\"We are relieved that this American is now free and are working to support her safe departure from Iraq,\" Secretary of State Marco Rubio \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/secrubio/status/2041676716343509184?s=12\u0026t=q8qn4iXHBYgCfSKvki2SRQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewrote\u003c/a\u003e in a statement on X on Tuesday evening.","Kittleson, 49, has spent over a decade covering the Middle East, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjr.org/analysis/shelly-kittleson-iraq-abduction-middle-east-kidnapped-journalist.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eaccording to Columbia Journalism Review\u003c/a\u003e. She was captured by the militia group on March 31, in broad daylight on a\u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5769805/iran-war-trump\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e Baghdad\u003c/a\u003e street corner. Her release was a multi-agency effort, according to Rubio.","\u003cfigure class=\"article-fig size-large\"\u003e\n                        \u003cimg class=\"size-large article-image\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1380x2070+0+0/resize/1000?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb2%2F77%2F2df58f48447da06f6848584fdc05%2Fap26091475096609.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\n                        \u003cfigcaption class=\"article-fig-caption\"\u003e\n                            U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a cellphone photo in a cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, March 30. (AP)\n                        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n                    \u003c/figure\u003e","\"The U.S. Department of State extends its appreciation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of War, U.S. personnel across multiple agencies, and the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council and our Iraqi partners, for their assistance in securing her release,\" Rubio said.","He added: \"Under President Trump, the wrongful detention or kidnapping of U.S. nationals will not be tolerated. We will continue to use every tool to bring Americans home and to hold accountable those responsible.\"","Kataib Hezbollah, one of Iraq's most powerful Shia paramilitaries, announced earlier on Tuesday that it was releasing Kittleson in appreciation of \"the patriotic positions\" of Iraq's prime minister, who helped negotiate her release. It said she had to leave the country immediately.","The group in Iraq is not related to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It's part of a coalition of Iran-backed militias that have been attacking U.S. military and government targets in Iraq. The U.S. and Israel have launched airstrikes in response.","When Kittleson was kidnapped last week, the U.S. State Department said it had warned her of threats against her beforehand, and that it was working with the FBI to secure her release. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has said all American citizens should leave Iraq because of attacks.","\u003cem\u003eLauren Frayer in Beirut, Daniel Estrin and Carrie Kahn in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Jane Arraf in Amman, Jordan, Jackie Northam in Washington, D.C., and Vanessa Romo in Los Angeles contributed to this report. \u003c/em\u003e"],"nprTranscriptID":"","audio":[],"relatedLinks":[{"id":282854,"url":"/npr/nx-s1-5776818/wall-street-stocks-oil-trump-iran-ceasefire","prefix":"","title":"Oil prices plunge and stocks soar after U.S. and Iran agree on a ceasefire","index":1},{"id":282855,"url":"/npr/g-s1-115929/israel-south-lebanon-evacuation","prefix":"","title":"After Israel's invasion, many in southern Lebanon worry they'll never go home","index":2}],"superTitle":null,"bylines":[{"name":null,"relativeURL":"","id":""},{"name":"NPR Staff","relativeURL":"https://npr.org/people/125167196/npr-staff","id":"125167196"}],"channel":"NPR","fullChannel":null,"channelType":"","channelURL":"","id":"nx-s1-5777291","wordpressSlug":"","wordpressID":null,"guid":"","source":"NPR","headline":"A fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire shows cracks as attacks continue across the region","publishDate":"2026-04-08 03:55:01","updatedDate":"2026-04-08 22:26:52","relativeURL":"/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/stories?id=nx-s1-5777291\u0026org=npr","externalURL":"","shortLink":"","miniExcerpt":"Fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire shows cracks as Israel pounds Lebanon","excerpt":"Iran and the U.S. and Israel said they would suspend strikes but countries in the region continued to report attacks and Israel said it would not stop its assault in Lebanon.","nprID":"nx-s1-5777291","nprURL":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates","dateline":"","superTitleURL":"","postType":"","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":null,"broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":"","itunesSeason":"","itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"volume":3,"suppressAudio":false,"slug":"iran-war-updates","taxonomy":[{"title":"Middle East","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/middle-east/","id":1009,"type":"topic"},{"title":"World","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/world/","id":1004,"type":"topic"},{"title":"News","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/news/","id":1001,"type":"topic"},{"title":"National Security","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/national-security/","id":1122,"type":"topic"},{"title":"Apple News","link":"","id":0,"type":"topic"},{"title":"Politics","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/","id":1014,"type":"topic"},{"title":"National","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/national/","id":1003,"type":"topic"},{"title":"Home Page Top Stories","link":"https://www.npr.org/","id":1002,"type":"topic"}],"embedMeta":null,"index":2,"editorCreated":true,"isAd":false,"videos":[]},{"id":148303,"created_at":"2026-04-08T15:14:34.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T15:18:02.000000Z","wordpressID":null,"headline":"First listen: WBUR's new climate fiction podcast for the tweens in your life","type":"stories","excerpt":null,"url":"https://podcasts.wbur.org/the-midnight-rebellion","nprID":null,"index":3,"section_id":20058,"displayAsPullquote":0,"editorCreated":true,"images":[{"id":4879,"url":"https://media.wbur.org/config/2026/04/08/16%20-%209%20tmr.jpg","title":"","caption":"","credit":"","nprID":null,"index":1,"isOverride":true,"filename":"16 - 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But not for the GOP hopefuls for governor","subhead":null,"newsSection":null,"publishDate":"2026-04-08 05:44:43","updatedDate":"","relativeURL":"/news/2026/04/08/massachusetts-republican-kennealy-minogue-shortsleeve-real-estate-properties-governor","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/stories?date=2026-04-08\u0026slug=massachusetts-republican-kennealy-minogue-shortsleeve-real-estate-properties-governor\u0026sources=news","externalURL":"","shortLink":"https://wbur.fm/4swb9ZS","miniExcerpt":"","excerpt":"All three Republican gubernatorial candidates have blasted Gov. Maura Healey over the cost of living in Massachusetts. Public records show each owns at least one multi-million-dollar home and additional high-end properties that reflect a standard of living far above that of most residents.","bylines":[{"name":"Chris Van Buskirk","nameLastFirst":"Van Buskirk, Chris","slug":"chris-van-buskirk","wordpressID":1048271,"title":"State Politics Reporter","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/1105_chris-van-buskirk01-sq-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/chris-van-buskirk","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/chris-van-buskirk","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Chris Van Buskirk is the state politics reporter at WBUR.","bluesky":"bychrisvan.bsky.social","facebook":null,"website":null,"email":null,"content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["For the three Republicans running for Massachusetts governor this year, owning multiple homes in Boston’s tony suburbs, on beachfronts or near ski slopes, is almost a prerequisite for candidacy.","One has a $12 million seaside summer home in Osterville, plus a house in Wellesley and a pied-à-terre on Beacon Street. Another owns several properties in Lexington and a 6,000-square-foot getaway in Maine. The third owns two adjacent homes on big, leafy lakeside properties in South Hamilton and a ski pad in Big Sky, Montana.","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","The \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/17/2026-massachusetts-governor-candidates\"\u003etrio of men competing for the Republican Party’s nomination\u003c/a\u003e to challenge Gov. Maura Healey in November do not struggle with affordability. Public records show each owns at least one multi-million-dollar home and additional high-end properties that reflect a standard of living far above that of most people in the Bay State.","Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Steve Kerrigan said the three Republicans’ wealth renders them “entirely out of touch with people's lives and what everyday Bay Staters are going through.”","The candidates disagree.","Throughout this election cycle, each has pledged to make the state more affordable for all residents. But all three live in the upper end of an economy where rents are sky-high and buying a home is impossible for many.","Two of the candidates — Mike Kennealy and Brian Shortsleeve — had successful careers in private equity and venture capital before holding prominent roles in the Baker administration. Mike Minogue made his money as a biotech chief executive.","Both Minogue and Kennealy are pouring millions of dollars of their personal wealth into their gubernatorial campaigns.","All three have hammered Healey this year over the state’s rising cost of living and the struggles residents face to afford rent or a mortgage. They are campaigning on bringing down energy costs, encouraging private sector business growth and cutting taxes — the latter something critics say will mainly help the wealthy.","Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnevale defended the Republican candidates, noting it’s common for home prices in the state to exceed $1 million.","“Certainly our Republican gubernatorial candidates understand what it means to have to pay taxes, and certainly they've been successful in building and succeeding in business in Massachusetts to the point that they've been able to afford a home,” she said in an interview. “I really wouldn’t read much more into it than that.”","Prior to public service, Kennealy worked for many years at the Boston private equity firm Spectrum Equity, which invests in companies to grow them and sell them at a profit.","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Kennealy and his wife, Trisha Kennealy, own at least four properties in his hometown of Lexington — an entire neighborhood corner of homes worth millions of dollars, minutes away from the town’s famous Revolutionary War-era Battle Green, according to property records.","Lexington officials valued the 4,900-square-foot home Kennealy lists as his primary residence at more than $3.5 million for 2026.","Kennealy’s six-bedroom home in Kennebunk, Maine, is a short walk from the beach. He purchased it for nearly $1.6 million in 2016, and it was last valued at $2.2 million, records show.","Logan Trupiano, communications director for the Kennealy campaign, said Kennealy, a former housing and economic development secretary under Gov. Charlie Baker, connects with struggling residents “because he cares about their needs and wants to serve and he’s proven it.”","“If Maura Healey could make a similar claim, Massachusetts wouldn’t be dead last in job creation, with failing schools and a crushing cost of living,” Trupiano said in a statement.","He said Kennealy left a “successful career in private equity to help turn around Lawrence Public Schools” and to serve as a cabinet secretary and work at the Boys \u0026amp; Girls Clubs of Boston.","Kennealy has regularly accused Healey of making Massachusetts “one of the least affordable states in the country.”","Minogue, who has donated $12.5 million to his own campaign, is a U.S. Army veteran who went on to become chief executive of Abiomed Inc., a Danvers heart pump maker. The company was \u003ca href=\"https://www.abiomed.com/en-us/about-us/news-and-media/press-releases/johnson-and-johnson-completes-acquisition-of-abiomed#:~:text=Johnson%20%26%20Johnson's%20tender%20offer%20for,%2C%20on%20December%2021%2C%202022.\"\u003esold to Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson in 2022 for $16.6 billion\u003c/a\u003e on his watch.","He lives on 14 acres in an 8,200-square-foot home with six bedrooms and a tennis court in South Hamilton, a wealthy town 30 miles northeast of Boston, according to town and state campaign finance records. The home, which is held in a trust, was most recently assessed at $3.5 million.","\u003cspan data-index=\"3\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","He also owns a four-bedroom, colonial-style home next door, which was last assessed at more than $1.7 million. And he confirmed he owns a ski home in Big Sky, Montana.","Minogue has made clear during his campaign that he \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/12/maura-healey-massachusetts-rent-control-ballot-question\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eopposes a ballot question\u003c/a\u003e this election cycle to institute statewide rent control. Instead, he has said he wants to encourage developers to build more housing by cutting red tape and speeding up permitting.","Minogue said he understands the struggle residents face to pay rent or afford a home.","“I absolutely understand it, because I'm on the other side of it now,” Minogue said in an interview. “West Point and serving in the military, those are hard things to do. And when I got out of the military, I had to struggle, and I had to work hard and save money, and I also went to get my MBA on the weekends. And so these are things that I understand firsthand.”","A spokesperson for Minogue said further details of his finances not already public will be available in financial disclosures this year. To qualify for the ballot, all three Republican candidates must disclose their assets with state officials by early June.","Shortsleeve, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/19/brian-shortsleeve-governor-massachusetts-gop-baker-romney\"\u003eanother Republican running for governor\u003c/a\u003e, is a venture capitalist who co-founded the firm M33 Growth and served as the MBTA's chief administrator from 2015 to 2017 under Baker.","Shortsleeve, who attended Harvard College on a ROTC scholarship, has said families across Massachusetts are being “crushed by the cost of living, the housing crisis, and one of the highest state tax burdens in the country.”","He blames Healey, saying she has “taken billions from struggling taxpayers to provide free housing, free health care, free meals, and free transportation to migrants.” And Beacon Hill has allowed those funds to be diverted, he contends, shifting financial pressure onto cities and towns.","Shortsleeve and his wife, Liz Shortsleeve, have raised their family in Wellesley. But the candidate lists his primary address on campaign finance records as a 9,675-square-foot oceanside home in Osterville, an exclusive Cape Cod village.","Shortsleeve bought the four-bedroom, six-bath home with a long porch overlooking a beach and a dock in 2024 for $11.7 million, according to property records, upgrading from a prior home on the Cape. Back in Wellesley, Shortsleeve’s five-bedroom home was assessed at $2.3 million last year, records show.","\u003cspan data-index=\"4\" data-type=\"flourish\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Shortsleeve and his wife also own a nearly 2,000-square-foot, three-bedroom apartment in Boston that includes a \"luxury\" bathroom, according to property and state records. The property was last valued at nearly $3 million.","A spokesperson for Shortsleeve did not comment on the properties, providing instead a statement from \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/26/massachusetts-republican-brian-shortsleeve-shawn-oliver-running-mate\"\u003eShawn Oliver\u003c/a\u003e, a New Bedford city councilor who is running for lieutenant governor alongside Shortsleeve.","“After Brian served in the Marines, he went on to a successful career in business and founded his own company dedicated to helping small businesses grow and thrive,” Oliver said. “He’s not going to apologize for his success.”","Healey, who is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/20/governor-healey-reelection-campaign-launch-trump-massachusetts\"\u003erunning for reelection this year\u003c/a\u003e, last owned a home in 2010, when she sold a condo in Brookline for nearly $600,000, according to public records and her campaign.","The governor currently lives in a four-bedroom home in Arlington that is owned by her partner, Joanna Lydgate, according to campaign finance and town records. 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","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":null,"content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["There will be \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/americas-cup-sailing-a9ca74508ff377977a2db570859fbe67\"\u003ean American boat\u003c/a\u003e at next year’s America’s Cup after all.","American Racing Challenger Team USA representing Sail Newport in Rhode Island was announced as an official challenger Wednesday for the 2027 regatta scheduled off Naples.","The new team said it acquired key sailing assets from American Magic, including the AC75 yacht Patriot and the team’s two AC40 platforms, after the squad representing the New York Yacht Club announced in October that it would not enter its boat — which raised the possibility of having no U.S. entry for the first time.","American boats have won the America’s Cup a record 25 times and held it from its first race in 1851 all the way through 1983, when an Australian syndicate won it.","The new team said it was “the vision of entrepreneurs Karel Komárek and Chris Welch.” It will be led by American yachtsman Ken Read.","Read, who is from Massachusetts, has helmed three America’s Cup campaigns and has also been a prominent TV commentator for several America’s Cups. He was inducted into the Sailing Hall of Fame last year.","“Having the opportunity to represent the United States once again in the America’s Cup is a tremendous honor,” Read said. “We’re under no illusion about the challenges ahead and we’re fully focused on building a team that can win the Cup. We are looking forward to building a program that American sailors can be proud of and establishing a legacy that endures well into the future.”","America’s Cup Partnership CEO Marzio Perrelli, whose appointment was announced on Tuesday, welcomed the move.","“Having a strong representative team from the USA is something that we welcome, and in American Racing Challenger Team USA they have an impressive management team that have already acquired the assets of American Magic,\" Perrelli said. \"This makes Sail Newport’s challenge a real contender and we look forward to working with the team going forward.”","Led by defender Emirates Team New Zealand, there are now six boats entered for the America’s Cup.","The other boats are from Britain (GB1, the challenger of record), Italy (Luna Rossa), Switzerland (Tudor Team Alinghi) and France (La Roche-Posay Racing Team).","A preliminary regatta will be held in Cagliari, Sardinia, next month.","The America’s Cup is set to start in July 2027.","American Magic represented the U.S. in the America’s Cup twice, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/sailing-americas-cup-american-magic-italy-3f822816318e10ec73d05e3c1faf323c\"\u003elosing in the semifinals\u003c/a\u003e both times."],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":73,"type":"category","name":"News","description":"","slug":"news","series":false,"global":false,"count":78260,"hide":false,"primary":true}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":null,"images":[{"type":"featured","url":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sailing_America_s_Cup_25135352065323.jpg","width":1024,"height":596,"title":"Oracle Racing Team of the U.S. sails past Castel dell'Ovo castle as it competes during the 34th America's Cup World Series Race day 1 regatta, in the Gulf of Naples, southern Italy, April 11, 2012. 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Lawmakers pushed back on what they described as sweeping, sometimes personal critiques embedded in the ballot campaigns.","bylines":[{"name":"Sam Drysdale, State House News Service","slug":null,"wordpressID":null,"content":null,"apiURL":null,"relativeURL":null,"organization":"wbur","embedMeta":null,"shortBio":"","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"title":"","type":null,"channels":null,"photo":null,"website":null,"email":null,"nameLastFirst":null,"thumbnail":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["The gavel came down more than once, and with intent.","Over weeks of hearings on a wave of ballot questions, exchanges between lawmakers and advocates veered from technical to tense — revealing a rare look at lawmakers operating on the defensive and proponents of change on offense, arguing that Beacon Hill has left them little choice but to go directly to voters.","What unfolded before the Special Commission on Initiative Petitions was not just policy deep dives, but explorations of the Legislature itself: its responsiveness, authority and how voters are trying to work around it.","Lawmakers pushed back on what they described as sweeping, sometimes personal critiques embedded in ballot campaigns. Supporters maintained the ballot was not their first choice, but the only viable path left.","\u003ch3\u003eTaking it personally\u003c/h3\u003e","Tensions surfaced often, and it was clear through the proceedings that some lawmakers viewed some of the questions as a personal attack on their integrity.","\"I feel like there's a real disconnect between how all of us are running and what we face and what you are telling us,\" committee co-chair Sen. Cindy Friedman said after weeks of hearings. \"We've sat here for the past month, and all we've heard is how inefficient we are, how bad we are at our jobs, how corrupt — we got that, we're corrupt.\"","It was a repeat theme. Earlier, summarizing testimony on a proposal to overhaul legislative stipends, Friedman said bluntly: \"We heard from our last group, we're terrible, horrible, corrupt people.\"","Advocates have not used the word \"corrupt\" in hearings, but the perception that the pursuit of laws through the ballot equates to indictments of Beacon Hill seemed to shape lawmakers' responses.","Rep. Mike Day called advocates' framing of the legislative process \"very immature,\" when they treat policy losses as proof that \"the system's broken.\"","\"The system's broken because my issue didn't make it over the hump?\" Day said. \"Ranked choice voting didn't get there — the system's broken. Same-day voting didn't get there — the system's broken.\" He repeated that argument throughout the month, pushing back as advocates said legislative inaction is forcing them to turn to the voters. Day countered that inaction is itself a deliberate choice.","\u003ch3\u003eAdvocates are frustrated too\u003c/h3\u003e","For many proponents, that frustration is the point.","Tom McKeever, representing public counsel employees seeking collective bargaining rights, said this was the \"fifth or sixth legislative cycle\" their issue failed to gain traction in the Legislature.","Others echoed that path.","Auditor Diana DiZoglio, pressing a measure to subject the Legislature and governor's office to public records law, framed it as a response: \"This language is being presented as an alternative to this Legislature's inaction for decades.\"","Legislative leaders have long looked askance at the ballot question option, but the friction is heightened this year as a record number of measures could reach voters — many targeting government itself. Lawmakers also continue to resist a 2024 voter-approved audit of the Legislature.","House Speaker Ron Mariano has been one of the most vocal critics of the voters' access to the ballot in recent months, calling the \"whole system fraught with peril.\"","During a hearing on a ballot proposal to allow people to register to vote and simultaneously vote on Election Day, Secretary of State William Galvin defended the process.","\"There's been some speculation about how terrible it is that this is occurring,\" Galvin said. \"The fact of the matter is, it's in the Constitution. It was deliberately designed by the reformers who participated in the Constitutional Convention in the early part of the 20th century to give voters a chance to make laws, and they seem enthusiastically anxious to do that.\"","\u003ch3\u003eSubtext: What happens after November\u003c/h3\u003e","Questions about what happens after a ballot question passes have also surfaced across hearings, sometimes subtly, sometimes not. One top House Democrat gave voice to the possibility of amending initiative petitions.","Day described ballot laws as a \"sledgehammer approach,\" adding: \"Then we've gotta come in with the scalpel afterwards.\"","Lawmakers cannot change the language of a question before it goes to voters — a frustration for those who say the legislative process resolves issues in advance, while ballot measures can have implementation problems.","At the same time, legislators are not without options. While they cannot alter the wording that appears on the November ballot, they can work directly with question proponents to pass a version of a proposal through the legislative process. Lawmakers could modify policies to address concerns raised in hearings and if a deal is struck on a negotiated bill, advocates could withdraw their ballot question. In that sense, while the ballot language itself is untouchable, there remains a pathway for lawmakers to compromise, shape and possibly preempt policy plans before voters weigh in.","Lawmakers can also change voter laws after passage, and have done so in the past, though doing so can come with political peril.","Rep. Kate Hogan asked public defenders if parts of their proposal might benefit from \"legislative refinement.\"","McKeever replied \"well, yes,\" noting it would \"set a precedent for other state agencies.\"","Hogan pressed: \"So what you're saying is that, basically, when a question, whether it's passed or not: It's not the end of the road for the question itself. It then continues to be refined and negotiated beyond the election.\"","On a proposal to earmark certain sales tax revenue for land conservation, Rep. Alice Peisch noted that even if it passes, lawmakers still control appropriations.","\"This could pass, and we could choose not to appropriate any of this money,\" she said.","\"Seems like a lot of effort,\" she added, \"to do something that, at the end of the day, is no different from the process we have right now.\"","Advocates acknowledged that reality but supporter Sam Anderson of Mass Audubon said the measure was meant to \"set up this fund and send a message that it is to be supported\" — and then \"continue to advocate and partner with the Legislature.\"","\u003ch3\u003eFlashpoints: When the Legislature is on the ballot\u003c/h3\u003e","The sharpest exchanges came when proposals targeted legislative powers.","During debate over public records access, a back-and-forth between DiZoglio and Friedman escalated, with Friedman banging the gavel.","\"This is not personal,\" Friedman said, as DiZoglio responded: \"Are we not allowed to ask questions?\"","A similar clash occurred over an income tax cut when Day pressed supporters on the use of paid signature gathering, a traditional practice that is now cemented as commonplace among initiative petition campaigns.","\"The process is no longer what it was back in 1916,\" Day said. \"We're looking at these kind of paid drives to get out there and get on the ballot, to circumvent where we are.\"","When tax cut proponent Jim Stergios tried to respond \"Can I ask one question, Rep. Day?\" Friedman cut in: \"No. We ask the questions.\"","The exchanges underscored a recurring divide: lawmakers emphasizing process and policy nuance, advocates pressing transparency and accountability.","On a proposal to regulate legislative stipends, Friedman bristled at what she saw as an attempt to dictate internal operations through the ballot measure.","\"You're telling us how to do our business,\" she said. \"That is the business of the Legislature.\"","Lenny Mirra, a former state representative, countered that legislative decisions are often \"a foregone conclusion… based on whatever the speaker decides.\"","Peisch responded, in an unusually direct manner for a hearing chair.","\"It is the general practice in committee hearings that we listen to the people testifying. It is not the general practice to refute or get into a debate about what is being said,\" she said. She continued, \"I resent the implications that every chair here does not think for themselves and does not work hard.\"","Danielle Allen, leading the push for a question to introduce all-party election primaries, argued elections suffer from a \"calcified\" system.","Allen said though the Legislature may be made up of \"many good individuals,\" through lack of public debate and electoral competition \"you cease to have the dynamism that you need for really channeling citizen voice.\"","Friedman warned repeated claims of dysfunction risk becoming self-fulfilling.","\"If you tell people long enough that there's no trust and your voices aren't being heard, you're going to start to believe there's no trust and your voices aren't being heard,\" Friedman said.","\u003ch3\u003eCompeting narratives about Massachusetts\u003c/h3\u003e","Even proposals not targeting the Legislature veered into broader debates.","At the hearing on the income tax cut, Sen. Paul Feeney challenged proponents' on why businesses stay in a state that they call unaffordable and uncompetitive.","“Is there anything you like about the commonwealth?” he asked, saying one of the state's main issues is \"we have a narrative problem\" due to groups like those pushing for the tax cut.","After a prolonged exchange where Feeney pointed to the state's high rankings in education and health care access, supporter Chris Carlozzi said \"I'm telling you what our members are telling me. That it is very expensive.\"","\"You couldn't drag me out of Massachusetts,\" said Chris Keohan, another supporter. \"Because we are fighting right now on how we can do things better should by no means be taken as an accusation that Massachusetts is a terrible place.\"","\u003ch3\u003eUnresolved tension\u003c/h3\u003e","Again and again, hearings returned to the same question: are ballot initiatives a corrective response to legislative inaction or a blunt tool that complicates governance by elected officials?","For lawmakers, the process improperly bypasses deliberations. For advocates, it is the only viable path left.","\"We can hear your frustration,\" Allen told lawmakers. \"I know you can hear our frustration, too.\"","Across 11 hearings, that shared frustration — sometimes restrained, sometimes combative — may signal what awaits if voters take up the questions in November: not an end to the debate, but the start of its next phase."],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[{"id":282847,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/05/massachusetts-2026-ballot-question-certification","prefix":"","title":"Galvin certifies 11 ballot questions for potential inclusion in November election","index":1},{"id":282848,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/02/ballot-question-massachusetts-slow-legislature","prefix":"","title":"Can't get a law passed on Beacon Hill? 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The major insurer's nonprofit Liberty Mutual Foundation announced Wednesday the establishment of a $600 million endowment, a long-term source of funding that leaders promise will bring lasting resources and more responsive grantmaking.","“We all know that we live in really challenging times. And that is very true for our nonprofit partners as well,” Melanie Foley, the chair of the foundation's board, told the Associated Press. “We’ll be there to continue to support them, be as flexible as we can be, really listening to what they need.”","Endowments generally start with a set donation that is invested and allow foundations to increase their assets over time. Foley said Liberty Mutual Foundation had “matured” enough from its 2003 founding to necessitate “a permanent, self-sustaining\" funding source. The Fortune 100 company is funding the endowment by transferring assets such as shares held within Liberty Mutual entities.","The move places Liberty Mutual's charitable arm among an influential subset of foundations with more than $100 million in assets. Partners should feel a “sense of security,” according to Foley. This new source will allow the foundation to increase grantmaking from its roughly $50 million baseline of recent years.","Foley emphasized that Wednesday's announcement isn't a response to recent developments in the sector. But the news arrives at a time of great instability for nonprofits. There's been a yearslong \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/giving-usa-report-philanthropy-indiana-university-lilly-school-9a6f1dedf4f88b5809debf75cbda02a2\"\u003edecline in the number of American donors,\u003c/a\u003e who make up the bulk of U.S. philanthropic funding. The Trump administration's \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-funding-cuts-nonprofits-funding-freeze-social-safety-net-welfare-ed2e5b30445c9ffdb07346e42c0abfa3\"\u003eattempts to freeze federal funds and cut social services grants\u003c/a\u003e have left many organizations without a once-reliable avenue for funding. Companies and philanthropies have reversed course on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts that often resulted in support for nonprofits serving vulnerable communities.","Those poised to benefit most from Liberty Mutual Foundation's endowment are Boston-area nonprofits addressing its focus on housing stability, workforce development and climate resiliency — areas where leaders believe they can leverage their expertise as a global property and casualty insurer. The foundation directed gifts to more than 500 nonprofits last year, according to a company spokesperson. Previous recipients include national nonprofits like the American Red Cross, local chapters of groups such as the Boys \u0026amp; Girls Clubs of America and community organizations serving homeless youth such as Bridge Over Troubled Waters.","Corporate foundations offer nonprofits a level of “rigor and relevance” when they align their purpose with the business' outcomes, according to Leah Battin, the manager of strategic advisory at Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose. A healthcare company might address social determinants of health such as pollution or nutrition with greater precision than a family or community foundation lacking in that background.","“They can take long-term views around ecosystems change that really benefit and draw from the expertise of the company,” she said.","With the new endowment, Foley said Liberty Mutual Foundation plans to provide more high impact grants over longer periods. She pointed to a recent program that provides nonprofit collaboratives with the time and resources to tackle complex challenges they can't handle alone. Its first year saw more than $9 million go toward more than a dozen partnerships addressing issues from workforce readiness to food security. A handful received three-year support, which Foley said represents the outer limits of their grant durations.","The foundation also intends to make spot grants similar to those coming out of COVID-19 aimed at remediating inflationary pressures, according to Foley. The idea, she said, is to be there when “the unexpected” happens.","“As things come up in the environment, we're gonna be there to think with our partners of how we are best suited to support them,” Foley said.","____","\u003cem\u003eAssociated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy\"\u003ehttps://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e"],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":73,"type":"category","name":"News","description":"","slug":"news","series":false,"global":false,"count":78260,"hide":false,"primary":true},{"id":61,"type":"category","name":"Boston","description":"","slug":"boston","series":false,"global":false,"count":62474,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":63,"type":"category","name":"Business","description":"","slug":"business","series":false,"global":false,"count":10432,"hide":false,"primary":false}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":null,"images":[{"type":"featured","url":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Philanthropy_Liberty_Mutual_26097782104400.jpg","width":1024,"height":682,"title":"A portrait of Benjamin Franklin is displayed on U.S. $100 bills in Pennsylvania, on July 14, 2022. 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(Matt Slocum/AP, File)","index":0,"bgPosition":null,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Philanthropy_Liberty_Mutual_26097782104400-400x266.jpg","width":400,"height":266},"large":{"file":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Philanthropy_Liberty_Mutual_26097782104400-1000x666.jpg","width":1000,"height":666},"thumbnail":{"file":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Philanthropy_Liberty_Mutual_26097782104400-200x200.jpg","width":200,"height":200},"medium_large":{"file":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Philanthropy_Liberty_Mutual_26097782104400-768x512.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"square":{"file":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Philanthropy_Liberty_Mutual_26097782104400-600x600.jpg","width":600,"height":600},"full":{"file":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Philanthropy_Liberty_Mutual_26097782104400.jpg","width":1024,"height":682}}}],"index":6,"editorCreated":true,"isAd":false,"videos":[]},{"comment_status":"closed","guid":"9400ed69-fa79-4cae-af6e-58eda779a3e2","comment_count":0,"id":1083094,"channel":"WBUR News","fullChannel":null,"channelType":"section","channelID":3,"program":null,"channelURL":"/news","wordpressSlug":"boston-world-cup-game-mbta-train-ticket-sale-price","wordpressID":1083094,"source":"news","headline":"The MBTA's (controversially priced) Boston World Cup train tickets go on sale today. Here's what to know","subhead":null,"newsSection":null,"publishDate":"2026-04-08 07:09:00","updatedDate":"","relativeURL":"/news/2026/04/08/boston-world-cup-game-mbta-train-ticket-sale-price","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/stories?date=2026-04-08\u0026slug=boston-world-cup-game-mbta-train-ticket-sale-price\u0026sources=news","externalURL":"","shortLink":"https://wbur.fm/41SObkq","miniExcerpt":"","excerpt":"Train tickets from Boston to Foxborough for the first five World Cup games at Gillette Stadium this June go on sale at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Here's what you need to buy one.","bylines":[{"name":"Nik DeCosta-Klipa","nameLastFirst":"DeCosta-Klipa, Nik","slug":"nik-decosta-klipa","wordpressID":747297,"title":"Senior Editor, Newsletters","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nik-decosta-klipa-new-hs-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/nik-decosta-klipa","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/nik-decosta-klipa","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Nik DeCosta-Klipa is a senior editor for newsletters at WBUR. ","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"ndk@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":"Boston's Morning Newsletter","superTitleURL":"/tag/wbur-today-newsletter","content":["\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c/strong\u003e This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/wburtoday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esign up here\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/em\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","The Trump administration says the U.S. and Israel will stop bombing Iran for two weeks as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates\"\u003ea ceasefire agreement\u003c/a\u003e that includes Iran allowing ships to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz. International stock markets surged, and oil prices dropped, on the news. Still, some members of Congress are \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/g-s1-116722/congressional-democrats-raise-alarm-over-trumps-comments-on-iran\"\u003ealarmed about Trump's threats to wipe out the Iranian civilization\u003c/a\u003e if the country didn't reopen the strait. More than three dozen congressional Democrats — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/07/markey-pressley-moulton-clark-trahan-warren-congress-trump-iran\"\u003eseveral from Massachusetts\u003c/a\u003e — are calling for Trump's removal from office over the ultimatum.","NPR has the latest updates on the ceasefire (which Israel is arguing does not apply its offensive in Lebanon) \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e. Now, to local news:","\u003cstrong\u003eTicket to kick it: \u003c/strong\u003eMBTA train tickets for the first five World Cup games at Gillette Stadium this June go on sale at 11 a.m. today. Officials are encouraging soccer fans to act fast if they want to secure one of the 20,000 spots in those purple commuter rail train seats. The T is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/27/world-cup-transit-friendly-match-test-run\"\u003eplanning\u003c/a\u003e to run 14 trains a day, express from South Station to Foxborough, for each game at \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/09/world-cup-boston-how-to-get-to-gillette-stadium\"\u003eBoston Stadium\u003c/a\u003e.\" But the agency is also facing criticism over \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/boston-world-cup-mbta-ticket-prices-foxborough-station\"\u003eits $80 pricing\u003c/a\u003e for the roundtrip tickets. Here's what to know:","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eWhere do I buy a ticket: You'll need to download the MBTA's \u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/mbta-endorsed-apps\"\u003emTicket mobile app\u003c/a\u003e and buy them ahead of time. You won't be able to buy tickets at the station. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/schedules/bostonstadium\"\u003eCheck out the boarding schedule for each game here\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eDo I need a match ticket to buy a train ticket? The answer from the T is that you \"should.\" According to the agency, riders must register in the mTicket app with the email address they used to purchase World Cup match tickets. \"In the event that a Boston Stadium Train ticket holder is found to not hold a World Cup match ticket, their Boston Stadium Train ticket may be cancelled,\" MBTA spokesperson Lisa Battiston told me in an email. Staff at South Station will be checking that riders have match tickets before they board the trains and riders without them will not be allowed to board. Train tickets also cannot be transferred or resold.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eWhy are they so expensive? Typically, the MBTA's event trains for Patriots games and concerts at Gillette cost $20. T officials have reasoned that the $80 tickets are worth more because they also access grant to the entire commuter rail network on the day of the game — in case riders are coming from outside Boston. The T has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7150121/2026/03/26/boston-gillette-stadium-train-tickets-world-cup/\"\u003eseparately pointed out\u003c/a\u003e that it's running \"unprecedented\" levels of service and invested $35 million in \u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/projects/foxboro-station-improvements\"\u003eupgrading Foxboro station\u003c/a\u003e for these games. Plus, it beats sitting in traffic for two hours and paying $150 to \u003ca href=\"https://www.justpark.com/us/event-parking/fifa-world-cup-2026/boston-stadium/\"\u003ereserve\u003c/a\u003e one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/26/world-cup-transit-gillette-parking-trains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003elimited\u003c/a\u003e stadium parking spots. \"Taking the Commuter Rail will be one of the easiest and most affordable ways to get to and from the Stadium,\" MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/news/2026-04-06/mbta-announces-service-updates-and-mticket-availability-world-cup-2026-matches\"\u003ea statement\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eYeah, but: That hasn't quelled the criticism from soccer fans who already feel pinched (if not priced out) by \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5660767/fifa-gianni-infantino-world-cup-ticket-prices\"\u003eexorbitant World Cup ticket prices\u003c/a\u003e. The Football Supporters' Association, which represents English soccer fans, said it is \"incredibly disappointed\" by the T's up-charged ticket prices. (England will play Ghana in \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/09/world-cup-which-teams-play-in-boston\"\u003eone of the five group stage games\u003c/a\u003e at Gillette.) \"For a stadium so far away from its advertised location, all organisers had a duty to ensure supporters could get there sustainably and for a fair price,\" the group \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/WeAreFreeLions/status/2041232781989101801\"\u003ewrote on social media\u003c/a\u003e. \"Unfortunately, like much with this tournament, supporters are gouged.\"\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eWhat's next: You'll have to wait if you're looking to buy train tickets for the Round of 32 and quarterfinal World Cup matches at Gillette. The T says those tickets will go on sale \"closer to the match dates.\" More details on those will be announced later.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eIn other soccer-related news: \u003c/strong\u003eThe future of White Stadium in Boston's Franklin Park goes before Massachusetts' highest court this morning. WBUR's Eve Zuckoff reports that the state's Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments for and against \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/25/kraft-new-england-revolution-support-white-stadium-boston-leagcy\"\u003ethe Emerald Necklace Conservancy's lawsuit\u003c/a\u003e to block city's redevelopment of the stadium with the Boston Legacy, the region's \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/11/boston-legacy-soccer-first-game-gillette-players-history-stadium\"\u003enew NWSL team\u003c/a\u003e. (A lower court judge has \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/02/boston-white-stadium-lawsuit-decision\"\u003ealready ruled\u003c/a\u003e in the city's favor, but the conservancy appealed to the SJC.)","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eThe stakes: Construction is already underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/06/boston-white-stadium-mayor-michelle-wu-cost-franklin-park\"\u003ethe $325 million project\u003c/a\u003e. If the SJC overturns the lower court ruling and determines the stadium is protected parkland under state law, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu would need a two-thirds vote of approval from the state's Legislature to continue the project.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","P.S.— NASA has released the first photos taken by Artemis II astronauts during their historic flight around the moon — and they're pretty spectacular. (If you're reading this on your phone now's the time to switch to a bigger screen.) \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5775935/picture-show-moon-eclipse-photos\"\u003eClick here to see their photos\u003c/a\u003e of an \"Earthset,\" solar eclipse, moon craters and more.","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"optinmonster\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e"],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[{"id":282819,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/27/world-cup-transit-friendly-match-test-run","prefix":"","title":"MBTA has smooth test run of event trains ahead of the World Cup","index":1},{"id":282820,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/boston-world-cup-mbta-ticket-prices-foxborough-station","prefix":"","title":"MBTA says it will cost $80 for a commuter rail ticket to the World Cup","index":2},{"id":282821,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/09/2026-world-cup-boston","prefix":"","title":"2026 World Cup comes to Boston: Everything you need to know right now","index":3},{"id":282822,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/12/foxborough-world-cup-kraft-feeney-auchincloss","prefix":"","title":"How the Foxborough World Cup deal finally came together","index":4},{"id":282823,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/09/world-cup-boston-how-to-get-to-gillette-stadium","prefix":"","title":"World Cup: How to get to Gillette (aka 'Boston') Stadium","index":5}],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":5878,"type":"tag","name":"WBUR Today: Boston’s Morning Newsletter","description":"","slug":"wbur-today-newsletter","series":false,"global":false,"count":848,"hide":false,"primary":true},{"id":6445,"type":"tag","name":"World Cup Boston 2026","description":"","slug":"2026-world-cup-boston","series":false,"global":true,"count":22,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":61,"type":"category","name":"Boston","description":"","slug":"boston","series":false,"global":false,"count":62474,"hide":false,"primary":true},{"id":73,"type":"category","name":"News","description":"","slug":"news","series":false,"global":false,"count":78260,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":77,"type":"category","name":"Sports","description":"","slug":"sports","series":false,"global":false,"count":15002,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":63,"type":"category","name":"Business","description":"","slug":"business","series":false,"global":false,"count":10432,"hide":false,"primary":false}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":{"embed-1":{"id":1,"parentID":1083094,"type":"caption","attributes":{"id":"attachment_1081140","align":"alignnone","width":"1920","alttext":"Fans in Brazil jerseys walk down the platform at South Station to board an event train headed for Gillette Stadium. 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She was questioned about the samples while passing through a customs checkpoint at Boston Logan International Airport.","After an interrogation, Petrova was told her visa was being canceled.","Petrova was briefly detained by immigration officials in Vermont, where she filed a petition seeking her release. She was later sent to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana.","She told The Associated Press \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/28/kseniia-petrova-ice-detention-russia-deportation-harvard\"\u003ein an interview\u003c/a\u003e last year that she did not realize the samples needed to be declared and was not trying to sneak anything into the country. 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She was formerly with Southern California Public Radio, where she started as a news intern, before moving to the Boston suburbs in 2016.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"abbailey@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null},{"name":"Grace Griffin","nameLastFirst":"Griffin, Grace","slug":"grace-griffin","wordpressID":786762,"title":"Digital Producer, Here \u0026 Now","type":"staff","channels":["hereandnow","wbur"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/WBURCropped-TheDangerBooth-468-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/grace-griffin","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/grace-griffin","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Grace Griffin is a digital producer for Here \u0026 Now.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"gracegr@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["During the Vietnam War, nearly 500,000 men in the U.S. applied for conscientious objector exemptions to avoid the draft. But since the country moved to an all-volunteer military force in 1973, those applications have dropped significantly.","\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MikePrysner\"\u003eMike Prysner\u003c/a\u003e, an Iraq War veteran, is the executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://centeronconscience.org/\"\u003eCenter on Conscience and War\u003c/a\u003e. He said in a typical year, the center sees about 50 conscientious objector applications from active-duty military personnel. But that number has sharply increased since the U.S. and Israel launched the war in Iran in February.","“ Since this war started,” Prysner said, “we fielded hundreds of calls from active-duty military who do not want to participate and are strongly opposed to the war.”","Prysner said he’s getting calls from all military ranks saying they don’t want to be part of killing people in Iran for “no reason.”","“ The No. 1 thing cited by our callers and our clients as a breaking point for them was the U.S. bombing of the Minab [Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school],” Prysner said, “and that being the moment where they realize, ‘I'm not going to take part in the killing of children in the country.’”","Up until the Vietnam War, the military only granted conscientious objector exemptions for religious reasons. But in 1970, the Supreme Court’s decision in \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/398/333/\"\u003eWelsh v. United States\u003c/a\u003e expanded conscientious objector status to include any strong moral or ethical beliefs.","Now, Pysner said, conscientious objector exemptions exist for people who join the military, then have a profound change of heart about the nature of war.","“ Everyone that we talk to are people who join the military thinking one thing, and then through their own experiences or through witnessing actions of the U.S. military abroad, they go through a deep and profound moral crisis, which leads them to realize they can't actually do their job if they're deployed overseas,” Prysner said.","The war in Iran — like wars in the past — is prompting a high volume of those moral crises, Prysner said.","“ Oftentimes, people in the military, they don't really have to think or ask the deep questions to themselves: What are they capable of doing? What are they willing to do? What kind of person do they want to be?,” Prysner said. “For most people, myself included, when they're faced with an actual war and actually having to do the thing, that's when you really go through that deep exploration of yourself.”","As soon as a service member applies for a conscientious objector exemption, policy states they should be immediately relocated to a non-combat role. Prysner said that each command is obligated to accommodate service members’ beliefs. That policy has allowed several of his clients to stay in the U.S. after submitting applications right before they were scheduled to be deployed.","Prysner estimates a roughly 99% success rate in clients’ applications being approved, citing the prior executive director of the Center for Conscience and War.","“ The thing that they're looking for is sincerity. I mean, that's the main thing that the investigation is,” Prysner said. “Our clients are sincere people. They deeply believe that they do not want to take part in killing, and that's the burden of proof in these investigations.”","Prysner said there has been a “\u003ca href=\"https://zeteo.com/p/trump-troops-iran-get-ready-invade\"\u003e1,000% increase\u003c/a\u003e” in new conscientious-objector clients, surpassing the number of applications during years of the worst U.S. casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan and the torture of prisoners committed by the U.S. military in Abu Ghraib.","Prysner attributes some of that increase to young service members who grew up amid the war on terror.","“ They grew up with the lessons of those wars, wars that were disastrous,” Prysner said, “that they found were based on lies, the Iraq War in particular, wars where the U.S., you could argue, very much lost those conflicts and left the countries in far worse shape than when we went there.”","Additionally, Prysner said many clients cite Israel’s bombardment of Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Southern Israel as a reason for a shift in consciousness.","“There was a layer of separation between themselves in the U.S. military and the conduct of the Israeli military,” Prysner said. “Well, now here we are fighting a war with Israel, doing the kinds of things that Israel became notorious for throughout the Gaza war.”","On Wednesday, President Trump announced a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5776640/trump-ceasefire-deadline-for-launching-a-massive-escalation-in-the-iran-war\"\u003etwo-week ceasefire\u003c/a\u003e between the U.S., Israel and Iran after threatening that a “\u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961\"\u003ewhole civilization will die\u003c/a\u003e” on social media Tuesday. While Prysner said the ceasefire deal is encouraging, he advises Americans in and out of the military not to get their hopes up.","“The Trump administration has used the guise of negotiations before to launch a war,” he said.","Trump’s conduct in the U.S. — like \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/03/nx-s1-5593112/national-guard-mass-deportations-trump-2026\"\u003edeploying National Guard troops\u003c/a\u003e to suppress protests against deadly force used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — has also prompted a number of service members to seek conscientious objector service exemptions.","At the end of 2025, Sen. 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In three weeks, membership jumped to 3,000 strikers from 20, and ultimately, the women changed their work situation for the better.","Playwright Kelundra Smith, who is also a journalist and critic, learned of this movement at \u003ca href=\"https://www.searchablemuseum.com/atlanta-washerwomen-strike/\"\u003ethe National Museum of African American History and Culture\u003c/a\u003e while on assignment for a story.  The women’s plight inspired her to write the play “\u003ca href=\"https://www.frontporcharts.org/the-wash.html\"\u003eThe Wash\u003c/a\u003e.” The show is a heavily researched, but fictionalized version inspired by the battle the women faced.  Smith described the play as a mix of actual events and her imagination.","This weekend, the Front Porch Arts Collective will host two staged readings (the second will feature a talkback with Smith) of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.frontporcharts.org/the-wash.html\"\u003eThe Wash\u003c/a\u003e.” In the play, two best friends, Anna and Jeanie, lead the charge. Jeanie is initially reluctant to help Anna, who wins her over.","The show — which was first produced in 2024 — explores the themes of agency, labor, community, hardship and friendship. The play is part of a trilogy that includes “The Vote\" and “The Knot,” about African American achievements after the Civil War in Georgia, Smith said.","Though the subject matter is a sobering one, the play, Smith shared, is funny. These women weren't defined solely by their circumstances, so Smith wanted to ensure the tone of play isn’t one of wallowing. Instead, she hopes that audiences become more “curious about what other stories and histories are worth excavating in their own communities, [and] in their own lives,” she said.","That kind of curiosity is part of what drives actor MaConnia Chesser, who portrays Jeanie.","With her work, Chesser said she angles for roles that “reinforce the idea that we are all individuals. We all have this right to full autonomy, especially women.”","“It's so important for us to continue to push forward the stories from our history that show the complexity, the determination, the beauty of Black people. Of all people, because in this story, it starts with Black women, but then they recruit white women, they recruit Native American women,” she said.","Chesser shares Smith’s commitment to telling meaningful stories. Last year, she portrayed a character who spent decades locked in the basement of a wealthy Black family’s home in a moving production of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/01/15/a-rousing-aint-no-mo-poses-a-provocative-question\"\u003eAin’t No Mo\u003c/a\u003e” staged by Front Porch and SpeakEasy Stage Company. The play tells the story of the U.S. government offering Black folks one-way tickets to Africa. In 2024’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/01/23/lyric-stage-company-trouble-in-mind-review\"\u003eTrouble in Mind\u003c/a\u003e,” Chesser played Millie Davis, an actress who hates the stereotypical roles she’s had to play, but wants to keep her job.","In “The Wash,” Chesser’s character Jeanie is similar to Millie Davis. Jeanie, Chesser said, is “the no nonsense, mother and aunty figure. I’m very blunt. You know, the outspoken one. I'm the cautionary person within this story,” she explained.","At first, Jeanie resists helping Anna. But after seeing her friend’s determination, and optimism the group holds, Jeanie is won over. She wants to help Anna.","“I think it's the greatest motivation and understanding of the idea, that if you can only be safe within the Black community, then you still aren't living freely,” Chesser said. And in the play, Chesser explained, Anna and Jeanie talk about doing this work for “young women, and giving them a different avenue for what they want to do with their lives, what dreams they want to achieve.”","Changing the world for future generations is hard work, and transformation like that brought about by the Atlanta washerwomen is often unsung.","So, Chesser is doing what she can to change the world for the better.","“It's my responsibility to do this, because I think I was given a gift and I should share it. 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The agency initially signed a $2 million contract with Paragon Solutions for an unspecified software product at the end of the Biden administration. But the contract was swiftly paused until it was revived by the Trump administration last fall.","Graphite uses what is known as \"zero click\" technology so that it can gain access to encrypted messages on a targeted device even if the user never clicks on a link.","The encrypted messaging app WhatsApp \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/31/whatsapp-israel-spyware\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edisclosed in early 2025\u003c/a\u003e that it discovered some 90 journalists and members of civil society in \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/metas-whatsapp-says-israeli-spyware-company-paragon-targeted-scores-users-2025-01-31/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evarious countries\u003c/a\u003e were targeted with Graphite. Researchers at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs \u0026 Public Policy later \u003ca href=\"https://citizenlab.ca/research/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eidentified\u003c/a\u003e specific journalists and humanitarian aid providers in Italy whose devices were infected with Graphite through WhatsApp messages. Paragon ended its contract with Italian government agencies \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/italy-has-ended-spyware-contract-with-paragon-parliamentary-document-shows-2025-06-09/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ein 2025\u003c/a\u003e.","Lyons' confirmation that the agency is using spyware comes as \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5585691/ice-facial-recognition-immigration-tracking-spyware\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eICE has ramped up its use of surveillance technologies\u003c/a\u003e to find people in the U.S. without authorization as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign. Those tools have also been used extensively \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5717031/ice-dhs-immigrants-surveillance-confrontation-deportation-mobile-fortify\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eon American citizens who have protested ICE's activities\u003c/a\u003e. The revelation also comes shortly before Congress is set to debate whether to reauthorize a surveillance law, and whether to close a legal loophole that allows the federal government \u003ca href=\"/npr/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eto buy data about millions of Americans in bulk\u003c/a\u003e from commercial data brokers.","Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., one of the authors of the October letter asking for answers about ICE's use of spyware, told NPR in a statement, \"The response I received from ICE makes one thing clear. They are moving forward with invasive spyware technology inside the United States.\"","Lee expressed disappointment that Lyons did not provide substantive answers to her questions, including who could be targeted with the technology and the legal basis for using it within the United States.","\"The people most at risk, including immigrants, Black and brown communities, journalists, organizers, and anyone speaking out against government abuse, deserve more than secrecy and deflection from an agency with a long record of overreach and abuse,\" Lee's statement said.","Lyons' letter said any use of the tool \"will comply with constitutional requirements\" and will be coordinated with the ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.","The Paragon Solutions contract was initially \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/ice-paragon-contract-white-house-review/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eput on hold\u003c/a\u003e in 2024 to review its compliance with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/30/2023-06730/prohibition-on-use-by-the-united-states-government-of-commercial-spyware-that-poses-risks-to\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eexecutive order\u003c/a\u003e then-President Joe Biden signed in 2023 that bars the use of commercial spyware that poses a national security risk to the United States or poses a risk to be misused by foreign governments.","Lyons wrote in his letter that in accordance with the 2023 executive order, he had \"certified that HSI's operational use of the specific tool does not pose significant security or counterintelligence risks, or significant risks of improper use by a foreign government or foreign person.\"","Paragon Solutions was \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/israeli-spyware-firm-paragon-acquired-by-us-investment-group-report-says-2024-12-16/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epurchased in late 2024 by American private investment firm AE Industrial Partners\u003c/a\u003e, which merged with the cybersecurity company REDLattice. Neither AE Industrial Partners nor REDLattice returned NPR's request for comment.","Lyons' response alarmed civil liberties advocates, who worry about the potential for ICE to abuse the tool and use it against targets beyond drug traffickers and terrorists.","\"The biggest concern now is that Lyons' response doesn't rule out ICE using an administrative subpoena to deploy this malware against people living in the United States as part of their ideological battle against constitutionally protected protest,\" said Cooper Quintin, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which advocates for digital privacy.","\"An extremely invasive surveillance capability such as this should require the strongest judicial oversight and confirmation that such intrusion is necessary and [a] proportionate response to the crime being investigated,\" Quintin said.","Maria Villegas Bravo, a lawyer with the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the U.S. does not have sufficient regulations in place \"to stop the U.S. government from abusing Constitutional and human rights in the process of using this technology.\"","In response to an NPR inquiry to the Department of Homeland Security about its use of Graphite and the concerns raised, a DHS official who did not identify themself wrote, \"DHS is a law enforcement agency. ICE is no different. Employing various forms of technology in support of investigations and law enforcement activities aids in the arrest of criminal gang members, child sex offenders, murderers, drug dealers, identity thieves and more, all while respecting civil liberties and privacy interests.\"","Villegas Bravo said that by paying for Graphite, the U.S. is helping to bolster the market for technologies that are being exploited by foreign governments to undermine the privacy of messaging applications and carry out invasive surveillance of phones.","\"This is a grave national security risk because it weakens American critical infrastructure, including our telecommunications networks,\" Villegas Bravo said."],"nprTranscriptID":"","audio":[],"relatedLinks":[{"id":282814,"url":"/npr/nx-s1-5585691/ice-facial-recognition-immigration-tracking-spyware","prefix":"","title":"Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people","index":1},{"id":282815,"url":"/npr/nx-s1-5717031/ice-dhs-immigrants-surveillance-confrontation-deportation-mobile-fortify","prefix":"","title":"ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it","index":2},{"id":282816,"url":"/npr/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic","prefix":"","title":"Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant","index":3}],"superTitle":null,"bylines":[{"name":null,"relativeURL":"","id":""},{"name":"Jude Joffe-Block","relativeURL":"https://npr.org/people/1244911175/jude-joffe-block","id":"1244911175"}],"channel":"NPR","fullChannel":null,"channelType":"","channelURL":"","id":"nx-s1-5776799","wordpressSlug":"","wordpressID":null,"guid":"","source":"NPR","headline":"ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware","publishDate":"2026-04-07 17:01:24","updatedDate":null,"relativeURL":"/npr/nx-s1-5776799/ice-spyware-privacy","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/stories?id=nx-s1-5776799\u0026org=npr","externalURL":"","shortLink":"","miniExcerpt":"","excerpt":"In a letter sent last week, ICE's top official indicated to members of Congress the agency is using a spyware tool to intercept encrypted messages of fentanyl traffickers.","nprID":"nx-s1-5776799","nprURL":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5776799/ice-spyware-privacy","dateline":"","superTitleURL":"","postType":"","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":null,"broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":"","itunesSeason":"","itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"volume":3,"suppressAudio":false,"slug":"ice-spyware-privacy","taxonomy":[{"title":"Technology","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/technology/","id":1019,"type":"topic"},{"title":"Apple News","link":"","id":0,"type":"topic"},{"title":"National","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/national/","id":1003,"type":"topic"},{"title":"News","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/news/","id":1001,"type":"topic"},{"title":"Law","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/law/","id":1070,"type":"topic"},{"title":"Immigration","link":"https://www.npr.org/sections/immigration","id":0,"type":"topic"},{"title":"Home Page Top Stories","link":"https://www.npr.org/","id":1002,"type":"topic"}],"embedMeta":null,"index":1,"editorCreated":true,"isAd":false,"videos":[]},{"comment_status":"closed","guid":"900a50b0-3cd9-4ce5-9b2d-ef1ea528263b","comment_count":0,"id":1082740,"channel":"WBUR News","fullChannel":null,"channelType":"section","channelID":3,"program":null,"channelURL":"/news","wordpressSlug":"massachusetts-marijuana-reform-bill-cannabis-control-commission","wordpressID":1082740,"source":"news","headline":"What Beacon Hill's marijuana reform deal means for Mass. customers, dispensaries and regulators","subhead":null,"newsSection":null,"publishDate":"2026-04-07 07:07:10","updatedDate":"","relativeURL":"/news/2026/04/07/massachusetts-marijuana-reform-bill-cannabis-control-commission","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/stories?date=2026-04-07\u0026slug=massachusetts-marijuana-reform-bill-cannabis-control-commission\u0026sources=news","externalURL":"","shortLink":"https://wbur.fm/4cucBa5","miniExcerpt":"","excerpt":"Massachusetts lawmakers announced a deal Monday on a marijuana industry reform bill that would restructure the state's Cannabis Control Commission and loosen several rules for local dispensaries and customers.","bylines":[{"name":"Nik DeCosta-Klipa","nameLastFirst":"DeCosta-Klipa, Nik","slug":"nik-decosta-klipa","wordpressID":747297,"title":"Senior Editor, Newsletters","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nik-decosta-klipa-new-hs-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/nik-decosta-klipa","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/nik-decosta-klipa","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Nik DeCosta-Klipa is a senior editor for newsletters at WBUR. ","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"ndk@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":"Boston's Morning Newsletter","superTitleURL":"/tag/wbur-today-newsletter","content":["\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c/strong\u003e This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/wburtoday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esign up here\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/em\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","It's one last gasp of winter today, with potential for \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/NWSBoston/status/2041424640791187962\"\u003esome ambient snow showers\u003c/a\u003e. (If you're ready for spring, take a peek at this weekend's forecast.)","But first, the news:","\u003cstrong\u003eWeed all about it: \u003c/strong\u003eMassachusetts lawmakers have a deal on the biggest marijuana industry reform bill since adult-use dispensaries first opened in the state. After the House and Senate each passed \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/13/massachusetts-senate-cannabis-board-reform\"\u003eslightly\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/06/05/massachusetts-state-house-cannabis-marijuana-law-ccc\"\u003edifferent\u003c/a\u003e bills last year, negotiators announced yesterday that they ironed out the differences. The 32-page compromise comes after \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2025/10/30/cannabis-businesses-struggle-2025.html?utm_source=sy\u0026utm_medium=lsyp\u0026utm_campaign=nbcboston\u0026utm_content=nbcboston\"\u003ea rocky year for pot shops\u003c/a\u003e — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/12/mass-inspector-general-pot-commission-overhaul-healey\"\u003eseveral rocky years\u003c/a\u003e for the Cannabis Control Commission, the state agency tasked with overseeing the young industry. \"This legislation recognizes that our cannabis industry has matured and that our regulatory framework must evolve along with it,\" state Sen. Adam Gómez said during a meeting yesterday to finalize the deal before negotiators send it to the House, Senate and, eventually, Gov. Maura Healey for final approval. Here what it's set to do:","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor individuals: The bill raises how much recreational marijuana a person can legally buy in a single transaction and possess in public from 1 ounce to 2 ounces. (Even with \u003ca href=\"https://masscannabiscontrol.com/open-data/sales-and-product-distribution/\"\u003elower prices\u003c/a\u003e these days, that's more than $200 worth of cannabis.) It also tells the CCC to figure out what the equivalent of 2 ounces is for cannabis concentrate.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor recreational dispensaries: The bill allows a single company to own up to six licenses — up from the previous three-license cap. Following a year of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/03/25/cannabis-marijuana-prices-massahusetts-business\"\u003eplummeting pot prices\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2025/10/30/cannabis-businesses-struggle-2025.html?ana=giftarticle\u0026utm_campaign=giftarticle\u0026csrc=6452\u0026gift_article_id=86030\"\u003erecord dispensary closures\u003c/a\u003e, lawmakers say increasing the limit will allow businesses to \"spread overhead costs across more stores.\" However, small businesses have \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/29/marijuanna-commission-massachusetts-bill-small-business\"\u003eexpressed worry it will lead to big business dominating\u003c/a\u003e an industry that was intended to help the little guy.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor medical dispensaries: The bill gets rid of a rule that medical marijuana dispensaries have to grow their own supply. It also limits granting new medical marijuana licenses to businesses in the state's \u003ca href=\"https://masscannabiscontrol.com/equity/socialequityprogram/\"\u003esocial equity program\u003c/a\u003e for the next two years.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor the CCC itself: Perhaps the biggest change of all, the bill calls for the current five-member board to be replaced by a three-member board — and gives the governor the sole power to appoint all three members. (Currently, that power is split between the governor, treasurer and attorney general, and it's led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/25/cannabis-commission-shannon-obrien-social-consumption\"\u003elots\u003c/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/18/massachusetts-cannabis-control-commission-ava-concepcion-resignation\"\u003edrama\u003c/a\u003e.) Supporters say the restructuring would make the CCC more like the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. To clear up \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/12/mass-inspector-general-pot-commission-overhaul-healey\"\u003econfusion\u003c/a\u003e, the bill also clarifies that the CCC's executive director reports to the commission's chair.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eGo deeper: There's a lot of other changes in the bill, from loosening rules on seed sales to hemp regulation to in-store dispensary advertising. \u003ca href=\"https://media.wbur.org/wp/2026/04/26-03-27-Cannabis-Conference-Summary.pdf\"\u003eClick here for a summary\u003c/a\u003e of the bill, or \u003ca href=\"https://media.wbur.org/wp/2026/04/H5350.pdf\"\u003eread the full 32 pages here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eMeanwhile on Beacon Hill: \u003c/strong\u003eLawmakers are suddenly making moves to restrict social media access for teens. House leaders announced yesterday that they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/massachusetts-house-cellphone-ban-bill-social-media-kids\"\u003eplan to vote this Wednesday on a two-pronged bill\u003c/a\u003e that would not only restrict student cellphone use in schools but \u003cem\u003ealso\u003c/em\u003e require social media companies to prohibit users below the age of 14 in Massachusetts. (It would also require \"verifiable parental consent\" for 14- and 15-year-olds to set up a social media account.)","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eHealey is also planning to unveil her own bill with \"strong protections for teens on social media,\" as she first \u003ca href=\"https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-announces-new-social-media-requirements-to-protect-children-and-teens\"\u003eteased\u003c/a\u003e during her State of the Commonwealth speech in January. Healey was set to announce the bill Tuesday but announced this morning that the press conference had been postponed.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eDrumroll, please: \u003c/strong\u003eThe MBTA revealed yesterday that tickets for the special Boston-to-Foxborough trains for World Cup games this summer will cost... \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/boston-world-cup-mbta-ticket-prices-foxborough-station\"\u003e$80\u003c/a\u003e. That's four times the usual cost for Patriots trains (and about one-tenth the price of the cheapest ticket to the actual games at Gillette Stadium on the resale market right now).","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003ePsst: Train tickets for the first five matches at Gillette go on sale this Wednesday (that's tomorrow) at 11 a.m. on the mTicket app. T officials suggest buying them \"as early as possible\" due to expected demand.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eTap and SNAP: \u003c/strong\u003eMassachusetts \u003ca href=\"https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-to-launch-ebt-chip-cards-to-prevent-snap-theft-protect-tax-dollars\"\u003eplans to launch new chip-enabled EBT cards later this year\u003c/a\u003e, allowing people to tap-to-pay with their food benefits. Healey says the pilot will protect against SNAP theft and fraud, even if it's already rare. Massachusetts will be just the third state in the country to try out the upgraded tech for EBT cards.","P.S. — You may have noticed we sent yesterday's WBUR Today newsletter under the  Mass. Politics newsletter name. That was a technical mistake! You weren't subscribed to a new newsletter; this is still WBUR Today. Apologies for any confusion. (However, if you'd like to \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/massachusetts-politics-newsletter-election-2024\"\u003esubscribe to Mass. Politics\u003c/a\u003e, we should have some news about the return of that newsletter soon.)","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"optinmonster\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e"],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[{"id":282782,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/12/mass-inspector-general-pot-commission-overhaul-healey","prefix":"","title":"Mass. inspector general wants Beacon Hill to overhaul the cannabis commission","index":1},{"id":282783,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/08/19/cannabis-commission-critical-audit","prefix":"","title":"In wake of critical audit, Cannabis Commission shares progress","index":2},{"id":282784,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/25/cannabis-commission-shannon-obrien-social-consumption","prefix":"","title":"O'Brien returns to cannabis commission, two years after suspension and firing","index":3},{"id":282785,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/12/11/massachusetts-cannabis-cafes-marjiuana-on-site-permits","prefix":"","title":"Mass. cannabis board clears way for marijuana cafes and event permits","index":4},{"id":282786,"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/12/12/massachusetts-marijuana-cafes-social-consumption-timeline","prefix":"","title":"Massachusetts finally has rules for cannabis cafes. 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Massachusetts residents are joining the pushback.","bylines":[{"name":"Bianca Garcia","nameLastFirst":"Garcia, Bianca","slug":"bianca-garcia","wordpressID":1064299,"title":"Climate and Environment Reporting Fellow","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":null,"photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/bianca-garcia","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/bianca-garcia","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Bianca Garcia is the 2026 climate and environment reporting fellow.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"bygarcia@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["Two Massachusetts cities are taking steps to prevent data centers from developing within their borders, joining a growing chorus of communities concerned about noise, air and climate pollution from the facilities.","Lowell recently passed a yearlong moratorium on data center development, and some Everett residents are hoping to follow suit, campaigning for a ban.","The rise of cloud computing and artificial intelligence has ballooned demand for data centers across the U.S. These server hubs process and store data, and require massive amounts of water and electricity to operate and cool equipment. They're typically built close to population centers, where they have easy access to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-site-selection/urban-vs-rural-why-data-centers-are-built-where-they-are\"\u003egrid\u003c/a\u003e and to \u003ca href=\"https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/22/1053889/city-server-farms-energy/\"\u003ecustomers\u003c/a\u003e that benefit from faster service.","But they make unpopular neighbors.","\u003ca href=\"https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report\"\u003eMore than 140 activist groups in 24 states\u003c/a\u003e are campaigning to stop or slow down data center development.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003eVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has called for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-yes-we-need-a-moratorium-on-data-center-construction/\"\u003enationwide pause\u003c/a\u003e on data center construction, citing environmental and ethical concerns about AI.","Data centers' demand for power is straining the electrical grid in some places and spurring the development of fossil fuel power plants in others (around 39% of natural gas-fired power plants built last year \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/18/business/energy-environment/data-center-energy-gas-generators.html\"\u003eserved data centers\u003c/a\u003e). In 2024, these facilities in the U.S. consumed as much energy as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/#what-are-the-main-energy-sources-for-data-centers\"\u003eentire country of Pakistan\u003c/a\u003e, demand that's projected to more than double by 2030.","People who live near data centers have complained about \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/11/data-centers-ai-electricity-virginia-00815219\"\u003enoise and air pollution,\u003c/a\u003e including from the use of fossil fuel-powered generators at the facilities. An \u003ca href=\"https://media.wbur.org/wp/2026/03/Health-Impacts-Vantage-Data-Center-Report-2.pdf\"\u003eanalysis\u003c/a\u003e by Harvard public health researchers showed that a Virginia data center, abiding by state air quality regulations, was still projected to contribute up to $99 million in health damages to local residents each year.","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","There aren't many large data centers in Massachusetts, and some Lowell officials are acting now to control their spread. City councilors in the Merrimack Valley city voted unanimously last month to enact a one-year moratorium on data center development. The pause appears to be the first of its kind in Massachusetts, according to the environmental watchdog group Slingshot\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c/strong\u003e The moratorium will give city officials time to review zoning rules, according to Lowell City Councilor Kim Scott.","“The goal wasn't to stop development, it was really to put everybody on a fair playing field and to protect the residents,” Scott said.","Lowell is already home to a data center operated by The Markley Group, which also runs \u003ca href=\"https://www.markleygroup.com/\"\u003ethe data center atop Macy’s\u003c/a\u003e in Boston’s Downtown Crossing. The company plans to further develop its 10-year-old Lowell facility, and has taken steps to \u003ca href=\"https://www.lowellma.gov/DocumentCenter/Index/3647\"\u003eexpand its footprint\u003c/a\u003e into neighboring properties.","The vote for a moratorium marked a victory for neighbors who say they're already being harmed by artificial intelligence infrastructure.","It came as a relief to\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c/strong\u003eJake Fortes, whose childhood home abuts the Markley facility. He said he still remembers when the property was owned by Prince Pasta. In those days, he said, the street was quiet and he often played in the front yard.","Fortes, who still lives in the home, said he’s had a front row seat to Markley’s growth over the past decade. He’s seen generators and smokestacks fill the area near his property line. Fortes said the whir of the data center’s cooling systems reverberates through his home’s walls.","He compared the constant rumbling to an idling jet.","“You feel like it’s part of you,” he said.","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Fortes, who founded the group Honest Future for Lowell to advocate for better conditions in the area, said emissions from the data center add to the burdens for residents.","“You can’t enjoy the outside because diesel fumes shoot out of the smokestack,” Fortes said.","Officials from Markley did not respond to requests for comment.","But the leader of at least one nearby business\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c/strong\u003esupported the company’s proposed expansion. Joe Balas, the president of an office furniture company, told planning officials that Markley has improved the area by removing dilapidated structures, cleaning up trash and planting more greenery.","\"Markley has dramatically improved the site, contributed to the local economy, and helped improve property values through aesthetic and security improvements,\" Balas wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://media.wbur.org/wp/2026/03/Prince-Ave_2-Abutting-Business-Letter-of-Support.pdf\"\u003eletter of support\u003c/a\u003e for the project.","State environmental officials have approved Markley's previous requests to add diesel generators. Fortes and his group are working with the Yale Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic to challenge those earlier approvals, claiming the company committed “multiple sleights of hand” to make it seem like emissions were lower than in reality.","\u003cspan data-index=\"3\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Closer to Boston, some Everett residents want to block data centers before they can be built.","Residents have high hopes for the redevelopment of a former ExxonMobil site in Everett, but some are concerned that a data center may be in the works.","During Stephanie McColaugh’s first meeting as a new planning board member last summer, she said, she realized data centers were among the possible uses for the site.","That was a “big red flag,” she said.","She's proposed a citywide ban on data centers, which is scheduled for a hearing before the planning board in April.","The site developer, The Davis Companies, said it has no specific plans for a data center at the Everett location but wants to keep its options open.","“I don’t think that Everett wants to put a sign out that says, ‘Closed for business,’ ”\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c/strong\u003esaid Davis Companies Chief Development Officer Michael Cantalupa.","If the city wants a vital new development, he said, it’s important that “data centers be defined in a way that they can meet the community’s needs, but also be an attractor to companies that would like to locate there.”","According to Cantalupa, many of the environmental concerns about data centers might be addressed with new technology. And he said Davis is exploring utility infrastructure upgrades that would benefit the surrounding area.","McColaugh said she'd be open to a data center if there were evidence it could be built without damaging the environment, and if the businesses involved would pay for local infrastructure upgrades to support their operations. 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His legacy reaches across the U.S., China, Korea, Singapore, Ireland, Malaysia and, in fact, the entire global taekwondo community. Every few years he invites students to showcase their skills at an international gathering.","On Zoom, Eriko jumps and twirls —impressive, given the weight of her running shoes and the uneven ground. We try to synchronize our movements across the stuttering internet connection. In Seoul, we’ll perform with our friend Zach, who lives in Tel Aviv, Mr. Song, an instructor from our Quincy branch, and another student in Korea. We’ve been drilling remotely for six months across our patchwork of time zones. We never practice all together — and never all in person — yet we hope to perform in perfect unison. Honestly, I’m not sure we can pull it off, especially that jump and twirl.","Grandmaster Kim has listed us on the exhibition schedule as “long-term members,” but I joke that we’re the “alter kakers” a Yiddish term for old farts. 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What has kept me practicing for 20 years \u0026mdash; what helped me earn a black belt \u0026mdash; can be summed up by the graceful banners hanging in the dojang, which display our school tenets:","\u003cstrong\u003eImprovement of mind and body. \u003c/strong\u003eEvery day there’s more for me to learn: new forms, the nuance of a punch, how to summon more power in my kicks. Five days a week, I challenge myself to do better.","\u003cstrong\u003eEthical self-conduct\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003eI think of this as the no-jerks policy. Our differing opinions and beliefs don’t matter here. Only that we treat each other kindly. Along the way, respect blossoms.","\u003cstrong\u003eUnity among members.\u003c/strong\u003e This one’s my favorite \u0026mdash; though I like to say community in my interpretation of “members.” We help each other. Every black belt — really, each of us \u0026mdash; is expected to guide a lower ranked person with gentle correction and encouragement. Lift your kick higher. Position your arm like this. Try again, faster. Harder.","While disciplines like tai-chi or yoga may channel inner focus, taekwondo demands that you pay close attention to the other person, reading their face and movements, understanding their patterns of behavior. Maybe that’s why I’ve met chaplains, nurses, surgeons, dancers and therapists at the dojang; professionals like Eriko (who coaches the elderly), attuned to others’ needs.","The Hanmadang was scheduled a week before Thanksgiving. In the Seoul hotel lobby, I spot Eriko, her dark puffy coat and red flannel scarf a beacon, and Zach, with his brown satchel and wide grin. “Linda!” It’s been years since we’ve been together. The miles vanish as we hug. Eriko pulls gifts out of her cloth handbag: tissues and ginger lozenges for my lingering sniffles, handwoven rings for my daughter and me. I give them both small boxes of chocolates. We go in search of the other long-term members, to arrange practice times and align our movements. We want to make the grandmaster proud.","On the day of the Hanmadang, in a light-filled room with sky blue floors, I feel the electricity: the harnessed energy and nerves of hundreds of students. Groups from nine schools take their spotlight in turn. We watch our colleagues leap over crouched bodies, pulverize concrete blocks, grapple and kick in tightly choreographed formations. We howl at the theatrics of the team from Ireland, admire the power moves of students from Seattle, the precision of Korea, the acrobatics of Singapore and Shanghai, and the mastery of the schools from Boston.","Finally, we “alter kakers’” take the stage. 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The company was \u003ca href=\"https://www.abiomed.com/en-us/about-us/news-and-media/press-releases/johnson-and-johnson-completes-acquisition-of-abiomed#:~:text=Johnson%20%26%20Johnson's%20tender%20offer%20for,%2C%20on%20December%2021%2C%202022.\"\u003esold to Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson in 2022 for $16.6 billion\u003c/a\u003e on his watch.","He lives on 14 acres in an 8,200-square-foot home with six bedrooms and a tennis court in South Hamilton, a wealthy town 30 miles northeast of Boston, according to town and state campaign finance records. The home, which is held in a trust, was most recently assessed at $3.5 million.","\u003cspan data-index=\"3\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","He also owns a four-bedroom, colonial-style home next door, which was last assessed at more than $1.7 million. And he confirmed he owns a ski home in Big Sky, Montana.","Minogue has made clear during his campaign that he \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/12/maura-healey-massachusetts-rent-control-ballot-question\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eopposes a ballot question\u003c/a\u003e this election cycle to institute statewide rent control. Instead, he has said he wants to encourage developers to build more housing by cutting red tape and speeding up permitting.","Minogue said he understands the struggle residents face to pay rent or afford a home.","“I absolutely understand it, because I'm on the other side of it now,” Minogue said in an interview. “West Point and serving in the military, those are hard things to do. And when I got out of the military, I had to struggle, and I had to work hard and save money, and I also went to get my MBA on the weekends. And so these are things that I understand firsthand.”","A spokesperson for Minogue said further details of his finances not already public will be available in financial disclosures this year. To qualify for the ballot, all three Republican candidates must disclose their assets with state officials by early June.","Shortsleeve, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/19/brian-shortsleeve-governor-massachusetts-gop-baker-romney\"\u003eanother Republican running for governor\u003c/a\u003e, is a venture capitalist who co-founded the firm M33 Growth and served as the MBTA's chief administrator from 2015 to 2017 under Baker.","Shortsleeve, who attended Harvard College on a ROTC scholarship, has said families across Massachusetts are being “crushed by the cost of living, the housing crisis, and one of the highest state tax burdens in the country.”","He blames Healey, saying she has “taken billions from struggling taxpayers to provide free housing, free health care, free meals, and free transportation to migrants.” And Beacon Hill has allowed those funds to be diverted, he contends, shifting financial pressure onto cities and towns.","Shortsleeve and his wife, Liz Shortsleeve, have raised their family in Wellesley. But the candidate lists his primary address on campaign finance records as a 9,675-square-foot oceanside home in Osterville, an exclusive Cape Cod village.","Shortsleeve bought the four-bedroom, six-bath home with a long porch overlooking a beach and a dock in 2024 for $11.7 million, according to property records, upgrading from a prior home on the Cape. Back in Wellesley, Shortsleeve’s five-bedroom home was assessed at $2.3 million last year, records show.","\u003cspan data-index=\"4\" data-type=\"flourish\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Shortsleeve and his wife also own a nearly 2,000-square-foot, three-bedroom apartment in Boston that includes a \"luxury\" bathroom, according to property and state records. The property was last valued at nearly $3 million.","A spokesperson for Shortsleeve did not comment on the properties, providing instead a statement from \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/26/massachusetts-republican-brian-shortsleeve-shawn-oliver-running-mate\"\u003eShawn Oliver\u003c/a\u003e, a New Bedford city councilor who is running for lieutenant governor alongside Shortsleeve.","“After Brian served in the Marines, he went on to a successful career in business and founded his own company dedicated to helping small businesses grow and thrive,” Oliver said. “He’s not going to apologize for his success.”","Healey, who is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/20/governor-healey-reelection-campaign-launch-trump-massachusetts\"\u003erunning for reelection this year\u003c/a\u003e, last owned a home in 2010, when she sold a condo in Brookline for nearly $600,000, according to public records and her campaign.","The governor currently lives in a four-bedroom home in Arlington that is owned by her partner, Joanna Lydgate, according to campaign finance and town records. The home was last assessed at $1.3 million, public records show.","A spokesperson for Healey’s campaign said the governor does not currently own any other property."],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/17/2026-massachusetts-governor-candidates","title":"Here's who's running for Mass. governor in 2026","prefix":""},{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/25/massachusetts-governor-candidate-mike-kennealy","title":"We asked, they answered: GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Kennealy","prefix":""},{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/25/massachusetts-governor-candidate-mike-minogue","title":"We asked, they answered: GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue","prefix":""},{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/25/massachusetts-governor-candidate-brian-shortsleeve","title":"We asked, they answered: GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Shortsleeve","prefix":""}],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":200,"type":"tag","name":"WBUR's Morning Edition","description":"","slug":"morning-edition","series":false,"global":false,"count":6791,"hide":true,"primary":true},{"id":61,"type":"category","name":"Boston","description":"","slug":"boston","series":false,"global":false,"count":62474,"hide":false,"primary":true},{"id":73,"type":"category","name":"News","description":"","slug":"news","series":false,"global":false,"count":78260,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":75,"type":"category","name":"Politics","description":"","slug":"politics","series":false,"global":false,"count":35033,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":63,"type":"category","name":"Business","description":"","slug":"business","series":false,"global":false,"count":10432,"hide":false,"primary":false}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":{"embed-1":{"id":1,"parentID":1082695,"type":"caption","attributes":{"id":"attachment_1082698","align":"alignnone","width":"1920","alttext":"Brian Shortsleeve bought his four-bedroom, six-bath Cape Cod home in 2024 for $11.7 million. 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","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"ndk@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":"Boston's Morning Newsletter","superTitleURL":"/tag/wbur-today-newsletter","content":["\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c/strong\u003e This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/wburtoday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esign up here\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/em\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","It's one last gasp of winter today, with potential for \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/NWSBoston/status/2041424640791187962\"\u003esome ambient snow showers\u003c/a\u003e. (If you're ready for spring, take a peek at this weekend's forecast.)","But first, the news:","\u003cstrong\u003eWeed all about it: \u003c/strong\u003eMassachusetts lawmakers have a deal on the biggest marijuana industry reform bill since adult-use dispensaries first opened in the state. After the House and Senate each passed \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/13/massachusetts-senate-cannabis-board-reform\"\u003eslightly\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/06/05/massachusetts-state-house-cannabis-marijuana-law-ccc\"\u003edifferent\u003c/a\u003e bills last year, negotiators announced yesterday that they ironed out the differences. The 32-page compromise comes after \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2025/10/30/cannabis-businesses-struggle-2025.html?utm_source=sy\u0026utm_medium=lsyp\u0026utm_campaign=nbcboston\u0026utm_content=nbcboston\"\u003ea rocky year for pot shops\u003c/a\u003e — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/12/mass-inspector-general-pot-commission-overhaul-healey\"\u003eseveral rocky years\u003c/a\u003e for the Cannabis Control Commission, the state agency tasked with overseeing the young industry. \"This legislation recognizes that our cannabis industry has matured and that our regulatory framework must evolve along with it,\" state Sen. Adam Gómez said during a meeting yesterday to finalize the deal before negotiators send it to the House, Senate and, eventually, Gov. Maura Healey for final approval. Here what it's set to do:","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor individuals: The bill raises how much recreational marijuana a person can legally buy in a single transaction and possess in public from 1 ounce to 2 ounces. (Even with \u003ca href=\"https://masscannabiscontrol.com/open-data/sales-and-product-distribution/\"\u003elower prices\u003c/a\u003e these days, that's more than $200 worth of cannabis.) It also tells the CCC to figure out what the equivalent of 2 ounces is for cannabis concentrate.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor recreational dispensaries: The bill allows a single company to own up to six licenses — up from the previous three-license cap. Following a year of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/03/25/cannabis-marijuana-prices-massahusetts-business\"\u003eplummeting pot prices\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2025/10/30/cannabis-businesses-struggle-2025.html?ana=giftarticle\u0026utm_campaign=giftarticle\u0026csrc=6452\u0026gift_article_id=86030\"\u003erecord dispensary closures\u003c/a\u003e, lawmakers say increasing the limit will allow businesses to \"spread overhead costs across more stores.\" However, small businesses have \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/29/marijuanna-commission-massachusetts-bill-small-business\"\u003eexpressed worry it will lead to big business dominating\u003c/a\u003e an industry that was intended to help the little guy.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor medical dispensaries: The bill gets rid of a rule that medical marijuana dispensaries have to grow their own supply. It also limits granting new medical marijuana licenses to businesses in the state's \u003ca href=\"https://masscannabiscontrol.com/equity/socialequityprogram/\"\u003esocial equity program\u003c/a\u003e for the next two years.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eFor the CCC itself: Perhaps the biggest change of all, the bill calls for the current five-member board to be replaced by a three-member board — and gives the governor the sole power to appoint all three members. (Currently, that power is split between the governor, treasurer and attorney general, and it's led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/25/cannabis-commission-shannon-obrien-social-consumption\"\u003elots\u003c/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/18/massachusetts-cannabis-control-commission-ava-concepcion-resignation\"\u003edrama\u003c/a\u003e.) Supporters say the restructuring would make the CCC more like the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. To clear up \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/12/mass-inspector-general-pot-commission-overhaul-healey\"\u003econfusion\u003c/a\u003e, the bill also clarifies that the CCC's executive director reports to the commission's chair.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eGo deeper: There's a lot of other changes in the bill, from loosening rules on seed sales to hemp regulation to in-store dispensary advertising. \u003ca href=\"https://media.wbur.org/wp/2026/04/26-03-27-Cannabis-Conference-Summary.pdf\"\u003eClick here for a summary\u003c/a\u003e of the bill, or \u003ca href=\"https://media.wbur.org/wp/2026/04/H5350.pdf\"\u003eread the full 32 pages here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eMeanwhile on Beacon Hill: \u003c/strong\u003eLawmakers are suddenly making moves to restrict social media access for teens. House leaders announced yesterday that they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/massachusetts-house-cellphone-ban-bill-social-media-kids\"\u003eplan to vote this Wednesday on a two-pronged bill\u003c/a\u003e that would not only restrict student cellphone use in schools but \u003cem\u003ealso\u003c/em\u003e require social media companies to prohibit users below the age of 14 in Massachusetts. (It would also require \"verifiable parental consent\" for 14- and 15-year-olds to set up a social media account.)","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eHealey is also planning to unveil her own bill with \"strong protections for teens on social media,\" as she first \u003ca href=\"https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-announces-new-social-media-requirements-to-protect-children-and-teens\"\u003eteased\u003c/a\u003e during her State of the Commonwealth speech in January. Healey was set to announce the bill Tuesday but announced this morning that the press conference had been postponed.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eDrumroll, please: \u003c/strong\u003eThe MBTA revealed yesterday that tickets for the special Boston-to-Foxborough trains for World Cup games this summer will cost... \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/boston-world-cup-mbta-ticket-prices-foxborough-station\"\u003e$80\u003c/a\u003e. That's four times the usual cost for Patriots trains (and about one-tenth the price of the cheapest ticket to the actual games at Gillette Stadium on the resale market right now).","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003ePsst: Train tickets for the first five matches at Gillette go on sale this Wednesday (that's tomorrow) at 11 a.m. on the mTicket app. T officials suggest buying them \"as early as possible\" due to expected demand.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eTap and SNAP: \u003c/strong\u003eMassachusetts \u003ca href=\"https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-to-launch-ebt-chip-cards-to-prevent-snap-theft-protect-tax-dollars\"\u003eplans to launch new chip-enabled EBT cards later this year\u003c/a\u003e, allowing people to tap-to-pay with their food benefits. Healey says the pilot will protect against SNAP theft and fraud, even if it's already rare. Massachusetts will be just the third state in the country to try out the upgraded tech for EBT cards.","P.S. — You may have noticed we sent yesterday's WBUR Today newsletter under the  Mass. Politics newsletter name. That was a technical mistake! You weren't subscribed to a new newsletter; this is still WBUR Today. Apologies for any confusion. (However, if you'd like to \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/massachusetts-politics-newsletter-election-2024\"\u003esubscribe to Mass. Politics\u003c/a\u003e, we should have some news about the return of that newsletter soon.)","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"optinmonster\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e"],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/12/mass-inspector-general-pot-commission-overhaul-healey","title":"Mass. inspector general wants Beacon Hill to overhaul the cannabis commission","prefix":""},{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/08/19/cannabis-commission-critical-audit","title":"In wake of critical audit, Cannabis Commission shares progress","prefix":""},{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/25/cannabis-commission-shannon-obrien-social-consumption","title":"O'Brien returns to cannabis commission, two years after suspension and firing","prefix":""},{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/12/11/massachusetts-cannabis-cafes-marjiuana-on-site-permits","title":"Mass. cannabis board clears way for marijuana cafes and event permits","prefix":""},{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/12/12/massachusetts-marijuana-cafes-social-consumption-timeline","title":"Massachusetts finally has rules for cannabis cafes. 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(Part Two)","subhead":null,"newsSection":null,"publishDate":"2026-04-07 16:00:03","updatedDate":"","relativeURL":"/onpoint/2026/04/07/religious-fundamentalists-christian-extremism-trump","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/stories?date=2026-04-07\u0026slug=religious-fundamentalists-christian-extremism-trump\u0026sources=onpoint","externalURL":"","shortLink":"https://wbur.fm/4slBoBZ","miniExcerpt":"","excerpt":"Military service members are filing a flood of complaints about religious justifications for the U.S. war in Iran. How Christian extremism came to influence the Trump administration and offer moral underpinnings for the new war in the Middle East.","bylines":[],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["Military service members are filing a flood of complaints about religious justifications for the U.S. war in Iran. How Christian extremism came to influence the Trump administration and offer moral underpinnings for the new war in the Middle East.","\u003ch3\u003eGuests\u003c/h3\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Stewart\u003c/strong\u003e, journalist and writer. Author of the books “\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Money-Lies-God-Movement-Democracy/dp/163557854X\"\u003eMoney, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy\u003c/a\u003e” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Power-Worshippers-Dangerous-Religious-Nationalism/dp/1635573432\"\u003eThe Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism\u003c/a\u003e.\"","\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Jones\u003c/strong\u003e, president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute. Author of many books, including, most recently, “\u003ca href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/backslide-reclaiming-a-faith-and-a-nation-after-the-christian-turn-against-democracy-robert-p-jones/3159402db5885a48?ean=9781250431134\u0026next=t\u0026next=t\u0026affiliate=56272\"\u003eBackslide: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation after the Christian Turn Against Democracy.\u003c/a\u003e”","____","\u003cem\u003eThe version of our broadcast available at the top of this page and via podcast apps is a condensed version of the full show. You can listen to the full, unedited broadcast here:\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"audio\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","____","\u003ch3\u003eTranscript\u003c/h3\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003ePart I    \u003c/strong\u003e","MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Today we're going to have our second episode in our look at what happens to a nation when religious fundamentalism comes to power. This little pop-up series is inspired by questions you sent us when I asked you several weeks ago what you want to know about the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.","Yesterday we talked about the rise of Shia extremism in Iran, and if you missed that, please do check it out in our On Point podcast feed, because there were some very revealing insights in that episode, especially about how modern Shia extremism coalesced around one charismatic character, one charismatic leader, and how that leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini strengthened his grip on power by purging opponents and slowly insinuating social change.","There was a moment where one of our guests, Alex Vatanka, who grew up in Iran, he remembered when everything tipped in his school.","It was a day in the early 1980s when all of a sudden all of the female teachers showed up wearing headscarves, something he could not imagine even a few years earlier. Today we turn our attention to religious fundamentalism in the United States government.","\u003cem\u003eYou really need to talk about Pete Hegseth and Christian nationalists who are actually wanting a massive war with Iran on purpose because they want to trigger Armageddon.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eHow Christian nationalists and their idea about the rapture influenced this. \u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eWhat does it mean for Pete Hegseth to be so devoutly Christian and leading his troops against Iran?\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eIs he telling his base that he was ready to start a Holy War in the Middle East?\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003e There is nowhere in the Bible, especially in Jesus' teachings, that Jesus commands us to wage war against our enemies. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: So from top to bottom there, you heard listeners, Alexandra in Oregon, Erin in Austin, Texas, Stewart in Hudson, Massachusetts, Mel in Madison, Wisconsin, and Carolyn in Park City, Kentucky.","Let's start with Katherine Stewart. She's author of Money, lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American democracy. Katherine, welcome.","KATHERINE STEWART: Hi. Thanks for having me.","CHAKRABARTI: I actually want to just lead off here with the little sound of the Secretary of Defense himself, Pete Hegseth, and how he infuses his version of Christianity into almost every one of his public statements.","So this was just yesterday when the secretary was talking about the rescue of the U.S. Airmen who had been down in Iran. And here is how Secretary Hegseth phrased it.","\u003cem\u003eHEGSETH: Shot down on a Friday. Good Friday, hidden in a cave, a crevice, all of Saturday and rescued on Sunday. Flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday, a pilot reborn, all home and accounted for, a nation rejoicing. God is good. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Now God is good as the English version of something we frequently hear in Islam, in Arabic. Tell me Katherine, how you see Hegseth infusing his version of Christianity, Christian nationalism in his leadership of the Pentagon.","STEWART: Under his leadership, Hegseth has, the Department of Defense has put out videos with bible verses on top of videos of airmen and troops and tanks and warships. It's a kind of conflation of religion with military domination, and we've seen how he does this even on his own body. He has these neo crusader tattoos that suggest a religious war.","He's actually even appeared with the word Kafir on his bicep. The word, Arabic word for unbeliever. And this is not, he is not saying he's an atheist by any means. He's actually casting himself in opposition to Islam in this way. It's almost like a provocation. In his book, American Crusader, he talks about how America's involved in a civilizational war.","It's deeply concerning. So this religious rhetoric helps frame the war as that part of that civilizational struggle. And I would say, I'm sorry, the appeal to this religious rhetoric also has a kind of psychological attraction to brutality and cruelty and domination and amongst Trump's base many adhere to this idea of religion.","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"pullquote\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","That properly understood is one of crushing of foes, of iron will, a kind of celebration of hyper-masculine violence.","CHAKRABARTI: You're getting to something that I was going to ask about later, but let's push forward on this. The way that Hegseth and other avowed Christian nationalists do talk about Jesus specifically. I was just watching a grace that Hegseth led at a White House dinner not that long ago, and he was talking about Jesus being the king of kings on his throne. It was like a very muscular, as you said, a domination driven version of Jesus, which would be utterly foreign to many Christians. Is that version of Jesus the one that Christian nationalists tend to turn to.","STEWART: This is true, but we also have to note that the Christian faith is so diverse, and this version of the Christian faith is antithetical to the way I think most American Christians understand their faith, which is really one of love and peace.","You think about, we can think about the contrast between Brooks Potteiger who is Pete Hegseth's pastor in Tennessee, has been Pete Hegseth's pastor. And James Talarico, who was running for Senate in Texas. Brooks Potteiger was on a podcast and he said that he thought Talarico, basically I can't remember the exact rhetoric, but was something along the lines of he should be crucified.","And Talarico experienced this as a kind of threat on his life and said he should be crucified with Jesus, or something along those lines. And Potteiger said that's not exactly what I meant, but you can see the difference where one is expressing aggression toward the other, Talarico has made his faith, he's also a Presbyterian seminarian, he's made his own faith a centerpiece of his campaign. And he's also emphasized interfaith dialogue and interfaith values of love and respect and equality. So you see a real, I was to contrast between these two understandings of American religion.","So I want to, throughout this hour, not only discuss more the tenets of Christian nationalism, but also really practically speaking how we're seeing those beliefs being infused into governance in the United States. Sticking with the Pentagon here, just last December, right around Christmas, Secretary Hegseth made this major announcement that he was going to change what he saw as a weakened Chaplain Corps in the U.S. military.","Now, the Chaplain Corps has historically contained or is where the ordained clergy of multiple faiths are, and they are commissioned Army officers that offer religious service, counsel, moral support to members of the military. So here's what Hegseth said.","\u003cem\u003eHEGSETH: But sadly, as part of the ongoing war on warriors, in recent decades, its role has been degraded. In an atmosphere of political correctness and secular humanism, chaplains have been minimized, viewed by many as therapists instead of ministers. Faith and virtue were traded for self-help and self-care. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: And Hegseth went on to say that he was gonna make changes to the Chaplain Corps, and one of them he pointed to was the Army spiritual fitness guide document that he objects to because it only mentioned God one time.","\u003cem\u003eHEGSETH: The guide itself reports that around 82% of the military are religious. Yet ironically, it alienates our war fighters of faith by pushing secular humanism. In short, it's unacceptable and unserious. So we're tossing it.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Katherine Stewart, and now we also very recently have in this major purge that Hegseth is undertaking in the Pentagon.","One of the people that he let go was the Army Chief of Chaplains Major General Bill Green, who I do also want to point out happens to be a Black man as well. What kind of actually concrete changes do you see going on in the Pentagon?","STEWART: We have to know that Christian nationalism is really an idea of who gets to properly belong in a country, who counts as truly American and who doesn't.","It also includes the idea that there are hierarchies ordained of God, men over women of course. And implicitly I would say, rather than explicitly, white people over people of color. We have to note that an incredibly disproportionate number of the people who have been purged in the military thanks to Trump and Hegseth are women and people of color.","We don't know why Major General Green was purged. There's a terrific piece in The Bulwark by someone who knew him within the military who said he was a good man, a good general, a good pastor. Hegseth has offered no explanation, but we do have to note that religious nationalism is, creates this idea of the insider versus the outsider, the pure versus the impure.","CHAKRABARTI: Were you gonna, sorry, I didn't, were you? I'll just jump in here and ask you. So the pure versus the impure. Okay. And so then by, he basically, Hegseth said that in the Chaplain Corps, he wanted to reduce the recognized religions and spirituality from it was in the double digits down to fewer than 10.","So not even having the Army recognize various faith traditions anymore.","STEWART: It's interesting to me, because even within the Christian faith there is so much diversity. The idea of reducing understanding of faith rather than encompassing the beautiful faith mosaic of our country is frankly as un-American as it gets, it's a rejection of the quality of the principles of equality and pluralism.","That represent the best of the American promise.","\u003cstrong\u003ePart II\u003c/strong\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Today we're talking about Christian nationalism in the Trump administration.","Here's a couple more examples. You're about to hear Evangelical Pastor Franklin Graham. He led a prayer at the White House for Easter lunch last week, where he made a direct biblical comparison between teachings in the Bible and the current war with Iran.","\u003cem\u003eGRAHAM: Father, you tell us in the Book of Esther that the Persians, the Iranians, were wanting to kill every Jew, woman, child and do it all in one day, but you raised up Esther to save the Jewish people. Father, we thank you. Today, the Iranians, the wicked regime of this government wants to kill every Jew and destroy them with an atomic fire. But you have raised up President Trump. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Raised up President Trump for a time such as this, Graham said. At that same event, Paula White-Cain spoke.","She leads the newly created under the second Trump administration White House Faith Office, and she's also served as a spiritual advisor to President Donald Trump in both his administrations. Let me just correct myself, she's now the new leader of the White House Faith Office. And last week White-Cain spoke at that Easter lunch and she made a direct comparison between President Donald Trump and the man central to Christianity.","\u003cem\u003ePAULA WHITE-CAIN: Mr. President, no one has paid the price like you have paid the price. It almost cost you your life. You were betrayed and arrested and falsely accused. It's a familiar pattern that our Lord and Savior showed us. And sir, because of his resurrection, you rose up. Because he was victorious, you were victorious.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eAnd I believe that the Lord said to tell you this because of his victory, you will be victorious in all you put your hand to.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Leader of the White House Faith Office, Paula White-Cain. Katherine Stewart joins us today. She's author of Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.","And I'd like to bring in Robert Jones into the conversation now. He's the president and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, author of many books. Forthcoming book is Backslide: Reclaiming A Faith and A Nation After the Christian Turn Against Democracy. Robert Jones, welcome back to On Point.","ROBERT JONES: Hi. Thanks. Glad to be here.","CHAKRABARTI: Let me ask you, our listeners, at the very top, you heard, they want us to explore specifically this idea of Armageddon or the rapture or even Jesus's second coming, and how that may be, how that situates itself in the beliefs of Christian nationalists and how it might've informed maybe even some decision making or at least support in the Trump administration for starting this war against Iran. Help us understand Robert.","ROBERT JONES: Sure. There are any number of these end times sort of prophecies in conservative, evangelical Christianity. They tend to be forms of what you might call Christian Zionism. And they involve this vision of the end times where there is this kind of retaking of Jerusalem and this victory of the biblical assertions to Israel into modern geopolitics. And this kind of end times battle where Jesus comes and extends his reign in the earth. And I will say that many times this has seemed to be a kind of pro-Israel position, but if you really pay attention to this theology, this does not end well for anyone who is Jewish.","At the end of the day, only the Jews who bow the knee to Jesus are actually going to be saved. Even though there's this temporary kind of military victory that involves Israel, at the end of the day, it is a Christian vision of a victorious in times with Jesus on the throne at the end. What's interesting also though, is I'll say this, that this is actually not the tradition that Pete Hegseth comes out of. This is the older tradition of the Christian right that we might have been talking about 20 years ago, or even more than a decade ago.","But this new vision, this tradition that Pete Hegseth is actually much more straightforward. If you go to his mentor, Doug Wilson who heads the denomination he is associated with, it really is a straight up Christian Dominionist worldview. And it isn't really necessarily wrapped up in complicated end times prophecy and theology.","It really is more straightforwardly a vision of Christian domination, not only at home but abroad. So not only should the U.S. be a Christian nation. But every nation should be a Christian nation.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. So this is really important because as you heard at the top many listeners, and I'll include myself among that, presume that the sort of rapture and return of Jesus Christ was central to the hyperfocus that this administration and its Christian nationalists therein have had on the Middle East.","So it's really important to understand that maybe that is not the case. Now you said, Robert, that to go to Doug Wilson, he has spoken quite frequently and openly to all sorts of media outlets. And so we've got some tape here of Wilson himself. So he's, as you said, Robert, Doug Wilson is one of the leaders of the Christian nationalist movements.","And by the way the Department of Defense does confirm that Secretary Hegseth is one of his congregants and or at least values Wilson's wisdom. Now Doug Wilson has 150 churches worldwide, including one in Washington, D.C. and he provided the Wall Street Journal with his definition of Christian nationalism.","\u003cem\u003eDOUG WILSON: Christian nationalism is the conviction that secularism is a failed project, and no society can function or exist without a transcendental grounding. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. Wilson is not the only major Christian nationalist leader who believes this. He was actually in conversation through his publisher with a gentleman named Stephen Wolfe, who is author of The Case for Christian Nationalism.","\u003cem\u003eSTEPHEN WOLFE: Christian Nationalism, as I've presented it, is incompatible with secularism and if Christians get serious, then yeah, we're a threat. We're a threat to their regime in the sense that Christians having power would end that regime. It would end the secularist regime.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. Now, Wolfe also said that he often encounters other Christians who were timid about using politics to achieve these theocratic aims. And Wolfe says if those folks want Christianity to be a greater part of everyday American life, something needs to be made clear.","\u003cem\u003eWOLFE: This means a civil power is going to enforce that.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eAnd then that's where they're like, oh, whoa, a civil power. You can't do that. But that's what I'm saying, is that we should have Christian magistrates and Christian governments that enforce Christian norms on the public and also ensure that public institutions such as schools are Christian as well.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: One more thing from Doug Wilson, going back to how this would look practically in everyday American life if Christian nationalists did indeed control all the branches of the U.S government, because Wilson envisions a non-secular America where the government tightly controls public expression on his own podcast, Doug Wilson elaborated, saying in a Christian nationalist America, there could be Muslims, there could be Hindus, there could be people of other faiths.","They could pray at home or say, if you're Muslim, you could even pray quietly in a mosque. But he really emphasizes the quiet part.","\u003cem\u003eWOLFE: Could they have a minaret, a prayer tower that issues the public call to prayer? No. Because the public spaces belong to Christ, right? We're a Christian nation. Catholic church bells would be okay.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eCatholic church bells would be okay, but a parade in honor of the Virgin Mary carrying an image of the Virgin Mary down Main Street, no.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: So not even a parade celebrating the woman who the Bible says was the mother of Jesus Christ. Katherine Stewart. Tell me, how pervasive is this absolutist belief about the use of government power amongst Christian national believers in America?","STEWART: The movement isn't homogenous and it draws on several different religious traditions. I would say that Reconstructionism, which is the core of this, Doug Wilson's ministry, and it's in a sense one of the ideological, hard ideological pillars of the Christian nationalist movement.","Even if many of the movement's leaders and members of the rank and file do not identify explicitly as Christian reconstructionist. In fact, I would say only a subsection of movement leaders and theologians and political activists identify themselves as reconstructionist, but they're extremely influential in guiding the movement.","CHAKRABARTI: So Robert Jones, what I'd like to understand then is given what Katherine said and the fact that you said this isn't exactly the same thing as, say, in the early '80s when we had focus on the family and the rise of evangelical Christianity, how then did at least the Wilsonian strain of Christian nationalism really become so influential in this second Trump administration?","JONES: Maybe this is helpful. It's in fact the older tradition in terms of thinking in this militant way about Christianity. So all of the stuff that we, the end times, the rapture, the second coming of Jesus in that vision, which is sometimes debates about pre-millennial dispensationalism is the theological term that gets used, that's actually only about 150 years old. It comes in the wake of the Civil War, actually in the United States, in a kind of fundamentalist movement in that part of U.S. history. But this vision as Katherine said, the tattoos that Pete Hegseth has on his body, the Jerusalem crosses the Latin phrase Deus vult, which means God wills it, above a sword.","And between a sword and an American flag on his bicep. This is the crusades right? This is back to the medieval period of Christianity that had this militant merger of Christian power with state power. That was, as Will said, this very explicit marshaling of state and military power for Christian ends.","And it was this kind of civilizational struggle that merges states, political states with theological ends. And I think that's the vision that we're seeing coming over. So it has a long tradition to draw on. It's actually much older than this kind of dispensational second coming.","But it's made a revival with Hegseth and the reconstructionist movement. And it really is about who's in power now. And I think Hegseth has become the kind of most obvious person. And if you hear his language, just one more point, instead of calling, he doesn't call the members are military soldiers. He calls them war fighters. He goes out of his way to use this awkward term war fighters all the time. And because it is putting forward, not defense. But a very muscular, aggressive really incursive kind of force rather than a defensive force, which is how, I was also trying to talk about, he calls himself the Secretary of War rather than the Secretary of Defense.","This is all part of this worldview.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. Now, Katherine Stewart, a little bit earlier mentioned a retired general who also knows Major General Bill Green, who was now the former Army Chief of Chaplains. That other general happens to be Lieutenant General Mark Hertling. He's been speaking quite widely about Bill Green's release from service as Army Chief of Chaplains.","He was on MS NOW. And here is what Lieutenant General Mark Hertling had to say.","\u003cem\u003eHERTLING: He was one of my chaplains when I was a brigade commander, and he is one of the finest officers and ministers in the Army, and that's why he was chosen as the chief of chaplains. When you talk about all three of them together.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eIt's much more damaging and there's a whole lot more to this story. They were standing up for something, I don't know what the issue was, but when you hear Secretary Hegseth say that soldiers are fighting for Jesus, that just chills me to the bone, especially when you have soldiers and all military personnel who are of other faiths, and it's on Passover weekend.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Robert Jones. Let follow up with that and say, there has been some reporting that other leaders in the chain of command have been telling their troops something similar, right? I don't know if they've been saying directly that this is a Holy War, but, and I want to go out of my way and say not all leaders in the military by far are saying this, but just how different is this in your estimation from what nominal military culture has been.","JONES: I would, to use a military term, I would say this is an about face from the way that we have seen the military, especially the Chaplain Corps, conduct itself. That the Chaplain Corps has been long understood to be consistent with the First Amendment and freedom of religion.","And it's designed to address all members of the military, whether they're religious or not, or whatever religion they are from, the Chaplain Corps has long had these values of respecting religious pluralism. And even if you are a Christian chaplain, for example, you're expected to be able to help meet the spiritual needs of other non-Christian troops who you may encounter as part of your work.","But what troubles me, I think, is that you can see this, I think of a piece that he's not only kind of firing these kind of head people in the Chaplain Corps. But you remember a year ago, he fired a whole range of people in the Judge Advocate General corps and those are the lawyers, right?","And so if you think about this together, what Hegseth doing is clearing the barriers that would be any kind of moral guardrails or breaks to what he wants to do. So he is cleared himself with the lawyers who would be saying, Hey, this is actually a war crime. This is against the law.","And now he's purging the Chaplain Corps that would say, yeah, these orders, this way of talking about the enemy, this way of using Jesus for the U.S. military ends is not consistent with our understanding of the faith. So he's pulling the legal and the moral and the religious guardrails down so that he can just push forward with this Christian nationalist agenda.","CHAKRABARTI: Katherine, we have about 30 seconds before our next break. I was wondering if you wanted to follow up with what Robert said.","STEWART: Sure. I think it's really important to note that, while Hegseth may be a different story, it's really hard to understand or to think that Trump himself is actually doing this for high and holy purposes.","I think his broader mission is really to demonstrate that his unchecked power over everything in America and the world. This idea that he doesn't need to go to Congress, he doesn't need to go to our overseas allies. He doesn't need to justify what he's doing or build support for a war. That he can do anything he wants, and that is part of his aim to have dictatorial power.","\u003cstrong\u003ePart III\u003c/strong\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: I'm going to play a couple more clips here of Paula White-Cain and then ask you a specific question about the figure of Donald Trump himself in this Christian nationalist movement. So as we mentioned earlier, Paula White-Cain is the current head of the White House Faith Office.","Also been a spiritual advisor in both Trump administrations. She was recently on Fox News talking about how she knew that the president growing up went to Sunday school.","\u003cem\u003eWHITE-CAIN: He went to sometimes three times a week to, he said it depended on the teacher, to Saturday school, Sunday School, church. It was at Norman Vincent Peale's.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eChurch was a big part of his life. Of course. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Now, if this is true, it has not been that widely reported, but Paula White-Cain insists that it is, and in fact, it's almost as if she's bringing church into the Oval Office because a few times at least, she has gathered people around President Trump and asked them to do a laying of hands on the president.","\u003cem\u003eWHITE-CAIN: Would you all stand and just, if you're comfortable, stretch your hand towards our President and even if Reverend Graham, you'd like to lay hands on him and Pastor Robert. And just come in agreement with me for 2 Chronicles 7:14 declares: If my people who are called by into my name will humble themself and pray, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sins and heal their lamb. So today, we humble ourself and we seek you, Lord Jesus. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Katherine, can you help us understand why the figure of Donald Trump, whose behavior is probably the least Christian of any president the United States has ever had. That he's such a, he's so central to how Christian nationalism is playing out in the halls of power in the United States right now.","STEWART: Sure. Leaders of the movement tell the rank and file that America is so broken and imperiled thanks to Democrats, equality, the woke or whatever, that the normal rules simply don't apply anymore, and only a strong man is going to save America from utter destruction.","This is the way they break democracy so they tell the rank and file that Trump is a strong man that America requires, and they often compare him to a biblical king, a \u003cstrong\u003eCyrus fig\u003c/strong\u003eure, an imperfect ruler that God chose to enact his will. So Trump ends up filling a certain kind of hole or psychological need in their psyche for a fully realized savior in the here and now.","And this is the thing about Trump as a king, look kings aren't the kings of democracies, are they? They're the law unto themselves. And in this way, Trump is a perfect leader for a movement that has never believed in democracy in the first place. He shifts the goal posts and he shifts them again. He shifts them again.","There's nothing, he ignores any rule or constitutional amendment that he doesn't like. He acts with a complete disrespect for the rules, the kind of corruption that he engages in, enriching his family to the tune of billions of dollars. We've never seen anything like this at all.","It's really a way of breaking the institutions of democracy and breaking democracy itself.","CHAKRABARTI: Never believed in democracy in the first place. Okay. Very important insight there. Because I also want to expand our vision beyond, we've been talking about Pete Hegseth a lot and Paula White-Cain a lot, but they're not the only figures in the Trump administration who profess these beliefs. In fact, I would say one of the most influential people in the Trump administration is Russell Vought, who's currently the head of the Office of Management and Budget. And he was one of the heads of directing or creating Project 2025 out of the Heritage Foundation, which laid out a Blueprint for America under a second Trump administration.","Some have even gone so far as calling that a blueprint for how to really institute Christian nationalism in American institutions. So in August of 2024, CNN obtained hidden camera video of Russell Vought, talking about Project 2025. And here's what he said.","\u003cem\u003eRUSSELL VOUGHT: So I want to make sure that we can say we are a Christian nation, and my viewpoint is mostly that I would probably be Christian nationism.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eThat's pretty close to Christian nationalism. Can we, if we're going to have legal immigration, can we get people that actually believe in Christianity? Is that something, or do we have to have, are we not allowed to have, ask questions about Sharia law? \u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eREPORTER: What could we see America looking like? In an ideal world.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eVOUGHT: In an ideal world, I think we could save the country in a sense of the largest deportation in history.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: So no Sharia law, no even questions about Sharia law, but Christian law instead. Getting back to this also issue of the largest mass deportation in history, Robert Jones, what kind of changes have you seen or do you think are notable that people like Russell Vought are bringing to the United States government?","JONES: Yeah. I'm glad you brought him in. I think it's absolutely right. He is part of this movement, sees himself as the instituter of a kind of, he's like the bureaucratic backbone of the Christian nationalist movement inside the government. And he wrote the section, and as you mentioned in Project 2025 on the executive power.","And you know what the scholars who are concerned about weakening democracy call executive aggrandizement, this idea of, or the unitary executive theory, that the executive has all the power. It's essentially a king-like proposal for how the president should be able to act. And you're seeing them enact that really before our eyes.","And so how does, the one thing we haven't really mentioned here is race. So we've mentioned Islam. And kind of anti-Muslim sentiment. But the other thing that makes sense with that this is a European Christianity that is being envisioned as the ideal for the country. And so why the mass deportation program? Well is to get rid of brown bodies actually, whatever their religion, you know what, it's remarkable that in fact, many of the people who are being deported by ice are in fact Christian. They just happened to not be white or of European descent.","CHAKRABARTI: Can I just jump in here because in this interview that I saw of Stephen Wolfe, who wrote the case for Christian Nationalism, he pretty much said this part out loud.","Because he was asked whether the concept of Christendom. Global Christendom that people who are believers in Jesus Christ, that's enough for them to share in common to live in harmony with each other. And he pretty much said, no, that we have to share a unique history on this land in the United States.","We have to share a certain language, we have to share a certain worldview. So he was not hesitant in talking about how being Christian, even the most devout or conservative Christian somewhere else in the world was enough.","JONES: Yeah. And this is where it gets chilling, I think, because then we do start hearing the echoes of early 20th century fascism, right? Where it's talk about a homeland and a homeland that belongs to one religious and ethnic group.","Over and against all others. There couldn't be anything more un-American or more undemocratic than that vision. And yet that is the vision at the heart of this Christian nationalist movement. It is to really, in their language, it is about kind of restoring the nation to this vision of a kind of white, European, Christian nation, where as that clip you showed, maybe some of those other religions can be here under sufferance and in some second class citizen status, but it's gonna be not public. They're not gonna have the same rights everybody else is. And I should say too, it's also a very Protestant, so it's white.","It's Protestant, it's Christian. And that's why you're seeing a lot of the anti-Catholic tension showing up here too, because at the end of the day, this is an evangelical Protestant vision of the country. So it is not even a fully Christian vision. It's white and Christian and it's really even evangelical Protestant.","CHAKRABARTI: Katherine Stewart, let me ask you this, in a way, has the United States, the United States has always had a kind of extremist religious fervor to it. I'm thinking even some of the first colonists who came here came because they were too religiously extreme for the nations that they fled.","And politicians have always been very open about invoking God, invoking their religion. When talking about their political service. Here's a moment that I remembered from July of 2016.","\u003cem\u003eMIKE PENCE: I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican in that order.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: That's former Vice President Mike Pence at the CPAC conference in July of 2016.","So I don't wanna say was this moment inevitable, but we shouldn't be surprised that extreme Christianity has now burst out onto the civic sphere in such a muscular version. Should we?","STEWART: That's true. Listen, it's always been possible for American politicians to express their faith in the public square while also acknowledging the religious diversity of our country and respecting it.","That's just not been a challenge for a lot of politicians, but we're seeing something really different today. This is a movement that long preceded Donald Trump and frankly, will outlast him. But he did give it rocket fuel. I would say the movement in its present form really took shape in the late 1970s.","At the time, it wasn't really aligned in an explicit way with any particular political party. They really felt like the Republican party was too liberal and they wanted to drag it to the right. But one of the problems is that back then the movement was really broadly understood or believed to be just wanting to express their values in the public square or preoccupied with a handful of social issues.","People didn't think they were aiming for a wholesale revolution of the political order, but if you really dug into some of the key thinkers that time, they were, there was a nucleus of leaders and thinkers. They were aiming for dominionism, theocratic order. And over time there's been so much financial investment in the infrastructure of that movement that they're much closer to achieving those aims.","CHAKRABARTI: So there's one thing I want to get back to before we run out of time. And Katherine, you had mentioned this earlier, it's the hyper-masculinity in this version of Christian nationalism, so let's listen to how that's evoked by again, let's go back to defense secretary Pete Hegseth. And here is an excerpt of what he said at the Christian Prayer Services at the Pentagon.","This is one of the most recent one, and here's the beginning of a prayer that Hegseth is quoting but invoking again.","\u003cem\u003eHEGSETH: Almighty God who trains our hands for war and our fingers for battle. You who stirred the nations from the north against Babylon of old, making her land a desolation where none dwell, behold now the wicked who rise against your justice and the peace of the righteous, snap the rod of the oppressor, frustrate the wicked plans and break the teeth of the ungodly.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Okay, so there's this, again, invocation of a very muscular, hyper masculine God, which is really interesting to me because in terms of how Christian nationalists see the temporal or terrestrial world, male power is at the center of it. We mentioned Doug Wilson before. He has very frequently preached that he does not believe women deserve the right to vote, that they should be utterly submissive to their husbands in his church, in his home base of Moscow, Idaho, families there have to embrace a very rigid, patriarchal lifestyle, and he believes a women's purpose is simple, as he told CNN.","\u003cem\u003eWILSON: Women are the kind of people that people come out of. \u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eREPORTER: So you just think they're meant to have babies. That's it. They're just a vessel.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eWILSON: No it doesn't take any talent to simply reproduce biologically.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eThe wife and mother, who is the chief executive of the home, is entrusted with three or four or five eternal souls.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eREPORTER: I'm here as a working journalist, and I'm a mom of three.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eWILSON: Good for you. 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And one of the things that's going on here is that it is a response to a lot of demographic and social and cultural change in the country.","And one thing I'll just point out here is that one reason why it's come in such an aggressive form in the U.S. is because the number of white Christians that share this worldview. For example, it's only three in 10 Americans that share this Christian nationalist worldview, and if you put all white evangelical Protestants together, they only make up 13% of the country right now.","So, in fact, they cannot take over the country by democratic means. And so that's why the desperation, I think, is here and why the attack on democracy is here. You don't hear words like moral majority that much anymore, which is what we heard back in the seventies and eighties, because the numbers simply aren't there with the changing demographics in the country.","And the last thing I'll just say is I do think it is about the imposition using the levers of power, not democratic means, but the levers of power, however they can get there. And it's about hierarchy. And so the gender thing is actually just one part of a kind of multivalent hierarchy.","It's men over women, but it's also white over Black. It's Christian, over non-Christian. It's U.S. over other nations like the whole world is set up in this hierarchy.","CHAKRABARTI: Katherine, we only have just less than a minute to go. And I want to bring this back to our conversation about Iran yesterday.","Iran was not a democracy when the 1979 revolution there happened, the United States, on the other hand, has been a democracy for 250 years. 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The jail’s response became a class for incarcerated women on writing their own life stories. CAI’s Jennette Barnes joined the class for a day.\u003c/em\u003e","“My breakfast doesn't consist of scrambled eggs and toast, pancakes or sausage. There is no orange juice and coffee. No, I start off each day with a different sort of buffet.”","At a conference table in a well-lit but windowless room in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, Jess Hutchins reads from an autobiographical essay.","“I have multiple options,” she read. “Should I use a straw? Should I break out the tin foil? Or do I feed my addiction with an overused needle to curb the hunger pains my body has come to be acquainted with each day like clockwork, like breakfast, lunch and dinner?”","Hutchins is from Maine. As she puts it, she came down for a funeral two years ago and never left.","She was jailed in Boston, where, at the time, Essex County housed female inmates. She was later sent to Cape Cod to make way for renovations at the Boston jail.","“Coming here was where I really decided to work on myself,” she said in an interview after reading her work. “I'm 41. … I had a lot of childhood problems that, you know, is where all of my issues stem from. And then it just got worse and worse. I created my own problems after that, you know?”","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","The memoir class for women in the Barnstable County jail started in 2023, when an inmate told the sheriff’s communications director, K.C. Myers, that she wanted to write a book.","She asked for help from the former journalist, who got the idea to run a class.","“So, we talked about her life stories,” Myers said, “which is really what kind of opened my mind to the amount of trauma that she went through, and that I was soon to learn that so many people in here, most people in here, have gone through.”","Childhood trauma and abuse, generational substance use and mental illness: Myers said those are some of the most common elements of the women’s stories and often the root of what landed them in jail.","County jails in Massachusetts confine people with sentences up to two-and-half years for each offense, plus many people not yet convicted, awaiting trial.","Memoir behind bars has been used as a therapeutic tool for years, often in prison, where people are serving longer sentences.","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Michele Tarter, an English professor at The College of New Jersey, has been teaching a memoir class in a women’s maximum-security prison for 25 years.","“The value of this work is that it changes the whole narrative,” she said. It changes an incarcerated person’s path and leads to rehabilitation.","“Education is the surest means to reduce recidivism,” she said. “With that, they will read, they will write, they will reflect. They will look at their lives and take stock. And studies show that they will also change.”","In the Barnstable County class, the group of about 10 students is always reading a published memoir — recently “Finding Me” by Viola Davis.","Each week, they talk about what they’ve read, and they read their writing aloud.","Teri Hathaway, who grew up in Bourne, wrote about being abducted outside a convenience store when she lived in California.","“I'm going to call my uncle, because the hair on my neck was raising, and I had a weird feeling,” she read. “My uncle's phone rings once, twice. He or the machine — I'm not quite sure — picks up, and at that exact moment, the two guys grab me, pulling me from the phone.”","She’s screaming and punching them as they push her into the back seat of a brown Cadillac.","“All I can see, or remember seeing, is my blue raspberry slushie abandoned at the pay phone.”","Hathaway said the men thought, incorrectly, that she was carrying drugs. She made it out of captivity without serious harm.","\u003cspan data-index=\"3\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","In class — a world away — she got positive comments about her writing.","Myers, the teacher, said she liked the detail about the slushie.","“I was trying to pick up on some details,” Hathaway said.","“Yes, details.”","“Good job,” a classmate said, to which Hathaway gave a quiet, “Thank you.”","So far, the class has produced two booklets of written work by incarcerated women.","Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley supports the class as a way of reducing a person’s likelihood to reoffend.","Most people in the community understand that human beings are not defined by their mistakes, she said. But others think once a crime is committed, we should put people behind bars and forget.","“Well, that doesn't make our community safer, because everybody that's here is getting back out,” she said. “And if public safety is the name of the game, and decreasing recidivism is what we're aiming for, then everybody in our community has a responsibility to understand that, and to be part of the support and the solution for people who are getting out of jail.”","Doing so, she says, also serves the interests of crime victims.","Teri Hathaway and Jess Hutchins were weeks away from release at the time of this reporting, and they’re now out.","Hutchins had delayed her parole so she could finish a vocational class in home construction. Through the sheriff’s reentry center and nonprofit partners, she can get further training and help with job placement.","Whatever comes next, she’ll take with her the experience of the memoir class.","“I think there's more therapeutic value in this little room than … This is the deep stuff, the really deep stuff,” she said.","After spending much of her life trying to survive chaos, she said, writing her story is healing.","____","\u003cem\u003eThis story is a production of the New England News Collaborative. 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Here's what to know","subhead":null,"newsSection":null,"publishDate":"2026-04-08 07:09:00","updatedDate":"","relativeURL":"/news/2026/04/08/boston-world-cup-game-mbta-train-ticket-sale-price","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/stories?date=2026-04-08\u0026slug=boston-world-cup-game-mbta-train-ticket-sale-price\u0026sources=news","externalURL":"","shortLink":"https://wbur.fm/41SObkq","miniExcerpt":"","excerpt":"Train tickets from Boston to Foxborough for the first five World Cup games at Gillette Stadium this June go on sale at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Here's what you need to buy one.","bylines":[{"name":"Nik DeCosta-Klipa","nameLastFirst":"DeCosta-Klipa, Nik","slug":"nik-decosta-klipa","wordpressID":747297,"title":"Senior Editor, Newsletters","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nik-decosta-klipa-new-hs-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/nik-decosta-klipa","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/nik-decosta-klipa","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Nik DeCosta-Klipa is a senior editor for newsletters at WBUR. ","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"ndk@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":"Boston's Morning Newsletter","superTitleURL":"/tag/wbur-today-newsletter","content":["\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c/strong\u003e This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/wburtoday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esign up here\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/em\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","The Trump administration says the U.S. and Israel will stop bombing Iran for two weeks as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates\"\u003ea ceasefire agreement\u003c/a\u003e that includes Iran allowing ships to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz. International stock markets surged, and oil prices dropped, on the news. Still, some members of Congress are \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/g-s1-116722/congressional-democrats-raise-alarm-over-trumps-comments-on-iran\"\u003ealarmed about Trump's threats to wipe out the Iranian civilization\u003c/a\u003e if the country didn't reopen the strait. More than three dozen congressional Democrats — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/07/markey-pressley-moulton-clark-trahan-warren-congress-trump-iran\"\u003eseveral from Massachusetts\u003c/a\u003e — are calling for Trump's removal from office over the ultimatum.","NPR has the latest updates on the ceasefire (which Israel is arguing does not apply its offensive in Lebanon) \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5777291/iran-war-updates\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e. Now, to local news:","\u003cstrong\u003eTicket to kick it: \u003c/strong\u003eMBTA train tickets for the first five World Cup games at Gillette Stadium this June go on sale at 11 a.m. today. Officials are encouraging soccer fans to act fast if they want to secure one of the 20,000 spots in those purple commuter rail train seats. The T is \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/27/world-cup-transit-friendly-match-test-run\"\u003eplanning\u003c/a\u003e to run 14 trains a day, express from South Station to Foxborough, for each game at \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/09/world-cup-boston-how-to-get-to-gillette-stadium\"\u003eBoston Stadium\u003c/a\u003e.\" But the agency is also facing criticism over \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/boston-world-cup-mbta-ticket-prices-foxborough-station\"\u003eits $80 pricing\u003c/a\u003e for the roundtrip tickets. Here's what to know:","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eWhere do I buy a ticket: You'll need to download the MBTA's \u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/mbta-endorsed-apps\"\u003emTicket mobile app\u003c/a\u003e and buy them ahead of time. You won't be able to buy tickets at the station. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/schedules/bostonstadium\"\u003eCheck out the boarding schedule for each game here\u003c/a\u003e.)\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eDo I need a match ticket to buy a train ticket? The answer from the T is that you \"should.\" According to the agency, riders must register in the mTicket app with the email address they used to purchase World Cup match tickets. \"In the event that a Boston Stadium Train ticket holder is found to not hold a World Cup match ticket, their Boston Stadium Train ticket may be cancelled,\" MBTA spokesperson Lisa Battiston told me in an email. Staff at South Station will be checking that riders have match tickets before they board the trains and riders without them will not be allowed to board. Train tickets also cannot be transferred or resold.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eWhy are they so expensive? Typically, the MBTA's event trains for Patriots games and concerts at Gillette cost $20. T officials have reasoned that the $80 tickets are worth more because they also access grant to the entire commuter rail network on the day of the game — in case riders are coming from outside Boston. The T has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7150121/2026/03/26/boston-gillette-stadium-train-tickets-world-cup/\"\u003eseparately pointed out\u003c/a\u003e that it's running \"unprecedented\" levels of service and invested $35 million in \u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/projects/foxboro-station-improvements\"\u003eupgrading Foxboro station\u003c/a\u003e for these games. Plus, it beats sitting in traffic for two hours and paying $150 to \u003ca href=\"https://www.justpark.com/us/event-parking/fifa-world-cup-2026/boston-stadium/\"\u003ereserve\u003c/a\u003e one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/26/world-cup-transit-gillette-parking-trains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003elimited\u003c/a\u003e stadium parking spots. \"Taking the Commuter Rail will be one of the easiest and most affordable ways to get to and from the Stadium,\" MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.mbta.com/news/2026-04-06/mbta-announces-service-updates-and-mticket-availability-world-cup-2026-matches\"\u003ea statement\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eYeah, but: That hasn't quelled the criticism from soccer fans who already feel pinched (if not priced out) by \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5660767/fifa-gianni-infantino-world-cup-ticket-prices\"\u003eexorbitant World Cup ticket prices\u003c/a\u003e. The Football Supporters' Association, which represents English soccer fans, said it is \"incredibly disappointed\" by the T's up-charged ticket prices. (England will play Ghana in \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/09/world-cup-which-teams-play-in-boston\"\u003eone of the five group stage games\u003c/a\u003e at Gillette.) \"For a stadium so far away from its advertised location, all organisers had a duty to ensure supporters could get there sustainably and for a fair price,\" the group \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/WeAreFreeLions/status/2041232781989101801\"\u003ewrote on social media\u003c/a\u003e. \"Unfortunately, like much with this tournament, supporters are gouged.\"\u003c/li\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eWhat's next: You'll have to wait if you're looking to buy train tickets for the Round of 32 and quarterfinal World Cup matches at Gillette. The T says those tickets will go on sale \"closer to the match dates.\" More details on those will be announced later.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eIn other soccer-related news: \u003c/strong\u003eThe future of White Stadium in Boston's Franklin Park goes before Massachusetts' highest court this morning. WBUR's Eve Zuckoff reports that the state's Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments for and against \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/25/kraft-new-england-revolution-support-white-stadium-boston-leagcy\"\u003ethe Emerald Necklace Conservancy's lawsuit\u003c/a\u003e to block city's redevelopment of the stadium with the Boston Legacy, the region's \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/11/boston-legacy-soccer-first-game-gillette-players-history-stadium\"\u003enew NWSL team\u003c/a\u003e. (A lower court judge has \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/02/boston-white-stadium-lawsuit-decision\"\u003ealready ruled\u003c/a\u003e in the city's favor, but the conservancy appealed to the SJC.)","\u003cul\u003e \t\u003cli\u003eThe stakes: Construction is already underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/06/boston-white-stadium-mayor-michelle-wu-cost-franklin-park\"\u003ethe $325 million project\u003c/a\u003e. If the SJC overturns the lower court ruling and determines the stadium is protected parkland under state law, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu would need a two-thirds vote of approval from the state's Legislature to continue the project.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","P.S.— NASA has released the first photos taken by Artemis II astronauts during their historic flight around the moon — and they're pretty spectacular. 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Facilities must disclose the scope of available nursing care, and residents must have \"transparent information\" about whether they need advanced care beyond what's offered in their current assisted living residences.","Residents would also gain rights similar to other tenants, including protections around fees and evictions.","\"When our elders move into assisted living residences, they and their loved ones deserve safe accommodations and clear information about the costs they will pay and services offered,\" said Campbell. \"These regulations will strengthen accountability to ensure that these facilities are fulfilling their commitments and help ensure older adults live with dignity and respect.\"","Assisted living residences allow adults to live largely independently while receiving help with daily tasks, but the facilities came under heightened scrutiny following the July 2025 blaze at the Gabriel House in Fall River that \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/07/14/fall-river-fire-gabriel-house-assisted-living-fatalities\"\u003eclaimed 10 lives\u003c/a\u003e. More than 17,000 people are living in more than 270 certified assisted living residences in Massachusetts, according to the Executive Office of Aging \u0026amp; Independence.","The executive office says assisted living residences offer help to residents with activities like housekeeping, meal preparation, bathing, dressing and medication assistance, but do not provide medical or nursing services and are \"not designed for people who need serious medical care.\" Most fees are paid privately and the cost to live in assisted living varies from $3,655 to $8,036 per month, with residents who need additional care due to memory impairment facing median monthly costs ranging from $6,334 to $9,525.","Campbell's office said the draft regulations are based on feedback from stakeholders, such as elder law attorneys. They also align with recommendations issued in January by the state's Assisted Living Residences Commission, which called for standardized disclosure forms.","The commission found that existing information about the residences can be \"confusing,\" and that families can struggle to compare facilities across cost and service criteria. Under the draft regulations, assisted living residences would violate consumer protection law by not itemizing all costs for housing, resident services, personal care services, medical services and other care; imposing a charge for a service that the resident did not request or agree to; or increasing a service charge without first providing 60 days' notice.","Campbell's office plans to hold a public hearing on the proposed regulations on April 29 and accept written comments through May 1.","In late February, the state executive office held its own hearing on a slate of proposed regulations for bolstering emergency preparedness at residences. The facility nurse and resident care coordinator must develop individualized service plans that detail the type of help that residents need in emergencies or evacuations.","Assisted living residences must also have comprehensive disaster and emergency preparedness plans, developed with local and state safety experts. 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France and was questioned about the frog embryos while passing through customs in Boston.","bylines":[{"name":"Audrey McAvoy, The Associated Press","slug":null,"wordpressID":null,"content":null,"apiURL":null,"relativeURL":null,"organization":"wbur","embedMeta":null,"shortBio":"","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"title":"","type":null,"channels":null,"photo":null,"website":null,"email":null,"nameLastFirst":null,"thumbnail":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that a customs officer improperly canceled the visa of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/15/kseniia-petrova-harvard-charged-ice-russia\"\u003esmuggling frog embryos\u003c/a\u003e in the U.S.","The opinion said Customs and Border Protection officers have limited authority to cancel visas and can't do so for suspected smuggling of 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The cancellation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/28/harvard-researcher-ordered-released\"\u003eKseniia Petrova\u003c/a\u003e's visa was arbitrary and capricious, U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss said in her written ruling.","“The undisputed facts reveal that Ms. Petrova’s visa was impermissibly canceled because of the frog embryo samples and for no other reason,” Reiss wrote.","The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which includes Customs and Border Protection, didn't immediately return an email message seeking comment.","In February last year, Petrova was returning from a vacation in France, where she had stopped at a lab specializing in splicing superfine sections of frog embryos and obtained a package of samples for research. 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Rubin \u003ca href=\"https://media.wbur.org/wp/2026/04/somerville-homeless-shelter-decision.pdf\"\u003eruled\u003c/a\u003e Monday that hosting the proposed shelter is \"a religiously significant use,\" under what's known as the Dover Amendment to the state's zoning law. That allows the church to bypass local zoning rules.","Somerville's Zoning Board of Appeals had already approved the shelter, and denied the neighbors' appeal. That led the neighbors to sue in 2024. Several hearings were held in in the case last year.","The church, located at 89 College Ave., will now be able to open a 26-bed shelter, which will be operated by the Somerville Homeless Coalition."],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":73,"type":"category","name":"News","description":"","slug":"news","series":false,"global":false,"count":78260,"hide":false,"primary":true}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":null,"images":[{"type":"featured","url":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2231518380.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"title":"First Church Somerville. 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These efforts include creating a publicly accessible database of the empty properties all across the city. ","bylines":[{"name":"Kevin Vu","nameLastFirst":"Vu, Kevin","slug":"kevin-vu","wordpressID":1064290,"title":"Newsroom Fellow","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":null,"photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/kevin-vu","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/kevin-vu","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Kevin Vu is WBUR's newsroom fellow.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"kvu@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null},{"name":"Rachell Sanchez-Smith","nameLastFirst":"Sanchez-Smith, Rachell","slug":"rachell-sanchez-smith","wordpressID":987441,"title":"Associate Producer","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rachell-Sanchez-Smith-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/rachell-sanchez-smith","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/rachell-sanchez-smith","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Rachell Sanchez-Smith is an associate producer on WBUR's Morning Edition team.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"rsanch@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["Cambridge officials say the city's efforts to fill empty retail storefronts are working.","Pardis Saffari, the city's director of economic opportunity, said the city's vacancy rate dropped 12% from November 2024 and October 2025. She credited the city's \u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/EconomicOpportunityAndDevelopment/VacantStoreFrontResources\"\u003eVacant Storefront Initiative\u003c/a\u003e, aimed at decreasing the number of retail vacancies in the city.","The initiative includes a \u003ca href=\"https://cambridgegis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/0480fb6c0a7740cfba2b90c9855217f5\"\u003epublicly accessible database\u003c/a\u003e of the nearly 100 empty storefronts in major commercial hubs like Central, Harvard and Porter Squares.","The data includes the property's address, owner and former tenant information and the leasing contact. She said the database gives potential tenants an idea on what empty properties are available.","\"We need to understand the data to understand the problem,\" Saffari said.","She said the city also implemented new \u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/EconDev/vacantstorefront/cityofcambridgevacantstorefrontpolicy2025_signed.pdf\"\u003epolicies\u003c/a\u003e in last June for property owners with vacant storefronts. These rules include requiring property owners to provide contact information in storefront windows for prospective tenants, as well as \"coming soon\" signs with information about new tenants.","She said not only does the initiative help potential tenants, but also the property owners.","\"It finally gives them a point of contact here in the economic opportunity department to connect with and understand what are the programs and other opportunities we provide,\" Saffari said.","According to the city's data, of the nearly 100 empty storefronts in Cambridge, 17 have been vacant for more than five years.","Saffari said this could be for a number of reasons, such as the location not being appealing for tenants, deals falling through or property owners preparing to make upgrades to the building.","\"A lot of our landlords are trying to do their best in finding tenants,\" Saffari said. \"Our goal here is to be the connector to make sure that they know programs are available for their tenants once they sign a lease.\"","\u003cem\u003eWBUR's Rachell Sanchez-Smith contributed to this report. \u003c/em\u003e"],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[{"url":"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/06/05/boston-policy-institute-report-office-buildings-tax-revenue","title":"Report: Boston could lose $1.7 billion in tax revenue due to empty offices","prefix":""}],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":65,"type":"category","name":"Economy","description":"","slug":"economy","series":false,"global":false,"count":9072,"hide":false,"primary":true},{"id":73,"type":"category","name":"News","description":"","slug":"news","series":false,"global":false,"count":78260,"hide":false,"primary":false},{"id":63,"type":"category","name":"Business","description":"","slug":"business","series":false,"global":false,"count":10432,"hide":false,"primary":false}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":null,"images":[{"type":"featured","url":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-1257985887-scaled.jpg","width":3000,"height":2000,"title":"Cambridge City Council","caption":"Cambridge City Hall on May 15, 2019. 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The roundtrip tickets are priced at $50 more than they were for the friendly match in late March.","bylines":[{"name":"Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez","nameLastFirst":"Perdomo-Hernandez, Andrea","slug":"andrea-perdomo-hernandez","wordpressID":800191,"title":"Transportation Reporter","type":"newsroom","channels":["news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Andrea-Perdomo-Hernandez-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/andrea-perdomo-hernandez","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/andrea-perdomo-hernandez","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez is a transportation reporter for WBUR.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"perdomoh@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["Commuter rail tickets to Foxboro station for World Cup matches will cost $80 roundtrip.","That’s $50 more than what it \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/27/world-cup-transit-friendly-match-test-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecost soccer fans who traveled by rail\u003c/a\u003e for a friendly match between France and Brazil in late March.","The MBTA is running special event trains from South Station to the station in Foxborough, which is walking distance to Gillette Stadium. Seven World Cup matches will be played at Gillette starting on June 13.","In a statement Monday, the T said the $80 tickets “are good for travel on the entire Commuter Rail network on match days, allowing visitors more flexibility and options in choosing where to stay to attend World Cup matches.”","Commuter rail tickets for the first five matches will be available for purchase via the MBTA mTicket app on Wednesday, April 8 at 11 a.m. The transit authority said people who need match tickets should buy them \"as early as possible.\"","To snag a seat on the Gillette-bound trains, passengers must enter the same email address on the app that they used to purchase their match tickets.","All riders, including children, must possess a match ticket to hop aboard. Regular tickets and commuter rail passes won't get you on the train.","That includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/30/commuter-rail-summer-discounts-monthly-passes-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ethe discounted monthly passes\u003c/a\u003e the T is offering riders as they brace for droves of visitors to the region for not only the World Cup, but also Tall Ships and 250th anniversary celebrations of America.","\"Taking the Commuter Rail will be one of the easiest and most affordable ways to get to and from the Stadium,\" Phil Eng, Massachusetts' interim secretary of transportation and general manager of the MBTA, said in Monday's statement.","He added the agency \"is proud to have the opportunity to enable football fans from near and far to travel the Commonwealth, and we are ready to deliver unprecedented transit services to the seven World Cup matches held at Boston Stadium.\"","The T has committed to moving 20,000 people per match by rail during the tournament. The agency will send out 14 trains on match days to provide direct service between South Station and Foxboro.","The match day plans will shake up many of the transit system's schedules from June 8-12. On its website, the agency says it'll release the full scope of changes \"in the coming weeks.\"","For now though, service on the Green, Red, Blue and Orange subway lines and eight bus routes [SL1, SL3, SL5, 1, 22, 39, 66, 110] will be extended on weekday match days until 2 a.m. Those routes will stay open until 4 a.m. for the two weekend matches.","The T said \"travelers should expect significant traffic delays on match days,\" and urged people \"to plan ahead, adjust travel times, and take public transportation whenever possible. 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She was formerly with Southern California Public Radio, where she started as a news intern, before moving to the Boston suburbs in 2016.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"abbailey@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null},{"name":"Grace Griffin","nameLastFirst":"Griffin, Grace","slug":"grace-griffin","wordpressID":786762,"title":"Digital Producer, Here \u0026 Now","type":"staff","channels":["hereandnow","wbur"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/WBURCropped-TheDangerBooth-468-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/grace-griffin","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/grace-griffin","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Grace Griffin is a digital producer for Here \u0026 Now.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"gracegr@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["During the Vietnam War, nearly 500,000 men in the U.S. applied for conscientious objector exemptions to avoid the draft. But since the country moved to an all-volunteer military force in 1973, those applications have dropped significantly.","\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MikePrysner\"\u003eMike Prysner\u003c/a\u003e, an Iraq War veteran, is the executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://centeronconscience.org/\"\u003eCenter on Conscience and War\u003c/a\u003e. He said in a typical year, the center sees about 50 conscientious objector applications from active-duty military personnel. But that number has sharply increased since the U.S. and Israel launched the war in Iran in February.","“ Since this war started,” Prysner said, “we fielded hundreds of calls from active-duty military who do not want to participate and are strongly opposed to the war.”","Prysner said he’s getting calls from all military ranks saying they don’t want to be part of killing people in Iran for “no reason.”","“ The No. 1 thing cited by our callers and our clients as a breaking point for them was the U.S. bombing of the Minab [Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school],” Prysner said, “and that being the moment where they realize, ‘I'm not going to take part in the killing of children in the country.’”","Up until the Vietnam War, the military only granted conscientious objector exemptions for religious reasons. But in 1970, the Supreme Court’s decision in \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/398/333/\"\u003eWelsh v. United States\u003c/a\u003e expanded conscientious objector status to include any strong moral or ethical beliefs.","Now, Pysner said, conscientious objector exemptions exist for people who join the military, then have a profound change of heart about the nature of war.","“ Everyone that we talk to are people who join the military thinking one thing, and then through their own experiences or through witnessing actions of the U.S. military abroad, they go through a deep and profound moral crisis, which leads them to realize they can't actually do their job if they're deployed overseas,” Prysner said.","The war in Iran — like wars in the past — is prompting a high volume of those moral crises, Prysner said.","“ Oftentimes, people in the military, they don't really have to think or ask the deep questions to themselves: What are they capable of doing? What are they willing to do? What kind of person do they want to be?,” Prysner said. “For most people, myself included, when they're faced with an actual war and actually having to do the thing, that's when you really go through that deep exploration of yourself.”","As soon as a service member applies for a conscientious objector exemption, policy states they should be immediately relocated to a non-combat role. Prysner said that each command is obligated to accommodate service members’ beliefs. That policy has allowed several of his clients to stay in the U.S. after submitting applications right before they were scheduled to be deployed.","Prysner estimates a roughly 99% success rate in clients’ applications being approved, citing the prior executive director of the Center for Conscience and War.","“ The thing that they're looking for is sincerity. I mean, that's the main thing that the investigation is,” Prysner said. “Our clients are sincere people. They deeply believe that they do not want to take part in killing, and that's the burden of proof in these investigations.”","Prysner said there has been a “\u003ca href=\"https://zeteo.com/p/trump-troops-iran-get-ready-invade\"\u003e1,000% increase\u003c/a\u003e” in new conscientious-objector clients, surpassing the number of applications during years of the worst U.S. casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan and the torture of prisoners committed by the U.S. military in Abu Ghraib.","Prysner attributes some of that increase to young service members who grew up amid the war on terror.","“ They grew up with the lessons of those wars, wars that were disastrous,” Prysner said, “that they found were based on lies, the Iraq War in particular, wars where the U.S., you could argue, very much lost those conflicts and left the countries in far worse shape than when we went there.”","Additionally, Prysner said many clients cite Israel’s bombardment of Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Southern Israel as a reason for a shift in consciousness.","“There was a layer of separation between themselves in the U.S. military and the conduct of the Israeli military,” Prysner said. “Well, now here we are fighting a war with Israel, doing the kinds of things that Israel became notorious for throughout the Gaza war.”","On Wednesday, President Trump announced a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/07/nx-s1-5776640/trump-ceasefire-deadline-for-launching-a-massive-escalation-in-the-iran-war\"\u003etwo-week ceasefire\u003c/a\u003e between the U.S., Israel and Iran after threatening that a “\u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961\"\u003ewhole civilization will die\u003c/a\u003e” on social media Tuesday. While Prysner said the ceasefire deal is encouraging, he advises Americans in and out of the military not to get their hopes up.","“The Trump administration has used the guise of negotiations before to launch a war,” he said.","Trump’s conduct in the U.S. — like \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/03/nx-s1-5593112/national-guard-mass-deportations-trump-2026\"\u003edeploying National Guard troops\u003c/a\u003e to suppress protests against deadly force used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — has also prompted a number of service members to seek conscientious objector service exemptions.","At the end of 2025, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and five other Democratic lawmakers posted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fk9Gh3qwW4I\"\u003evideo to social media\u003c/a\u003e urging members of the U.S. military to defy “illegal orders.”","“ That was a very important measure that showed service members that they had credible people in their own government that were questioning the conduct, the use of force by the Trump administration to such a degree,” Prysner said.","Still, the clients Prysner works with at the center represent a small fraction of active-duty military personnel. Most, he said, do not know conscientious objector exemptions are an option. When he served in Iraq for 12 months following the U.S.’s 2003 invasion, he said he underwent his own crisis of conscience, but didn’t know what he could do about it.","“ I know that there are thousands of service members that have these feelings,” he said. “They hear this voice inside them, that tiny little voice, telling them what's right and wrong, but they don't know what it is. 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She had no further information on how long the pause would last.","Some faculty saw the recent signage enforcement as part of a broader, more widescale effort by the university to clamp down on free speech and expression in the Trump era, pointing to \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dMQx0cCjKF5No5NJSPYlHZ6E504aRgUi/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eother actions\u003c/a\u003e taken by the administration, including discipline around student protest.","Some faculty said they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/17/bu-faculty-decry-removal-of-pride-flags-from-campus-offices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ere-hung pride flags\u003c/a\u003e in their office windows after they had been removed. That show of solidarity has only intensified in recent weeks, said Keith Vincent, associate professor in the Women’s, Gender \u0026amp; Sexuality Studies program.","“ There were so many flags up on campus by this point that to take them down would've just been a game of whack-a-mole,” he said, adding that the administration likely realized \"this was just not a viable position.”","In her campus-wide message, Gilliam said she heard a “range of perspectives” about the policy. She emphasized the university’s commitment to welcoming its LGBTQIA+ members.","“Issues of speech can be complicated, but our institutional values are not,” she said. She added that LGBTQIA+ students, faculty and staff are “an essential part” of the university and that administrators “remain committed to ensuring all members of this University feel welcome, feel respected, and can thrive.”","Her position marks a shift from her \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/19/following-outcry-bu-president-defends-removing-pride-flags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eearlier defense\u003c/a\u003e of the policy at a forum two and a half weeks ago.","Joseph Harris, associate professor of sociology and co-president of the BU chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which petitioned the university to change its signage policy, said while he was “pleased” with the pause on the flag removal, he'd hoped Gilliam's message would have been broader.","“The statement did not address the larger pattern of free speech suppression at BU,\" he said. \"I am concerned that the administration either does not see those issues as important or does not plan to address them.\"","____","\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c/strong\u003e Boston University owns WBUR's broadcast license. 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But the state has blown past the benchmark target for four consecutive years.\r\n","bylines":[{"name":"Priyanka Dayal McCluskey","nameLastFirst":"Dayal McCluskey, Priyanka","slug":"priyanka-dayal-mccluskey","wordpressID":766111,"title":"Senior Health Reporter","type":"newsroom","channels":["health","news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/priyanka-dayal-mccluskey-new-hs-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/priyanka-dayal-mccluskey","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/priyanka-dayal-mccluskey","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Priyanka Dayal McCluskey is a senior health reporter for WBUR.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":"pdmcc@bu.edu","content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":"Boston's Weekly Health Newsletter","superTitleURL":"/news/section/health","content":["\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's Note:\u003c/strong\u003e This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, \u003ca class=\"c-link elr\" href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/section/health/newsletter\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/section/health/newsletter\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\"\u003esign up here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","Year after year, for more than a decade now, Massachusetts officials set a goal to keep health care spending in check.","And year after year, the state fails to meet that goal.","Total spending on health care — including doctor visits, hospital bills and insurance premiums — increased by 5.7% in 2024, the most recent year for which data is available. That’s higher than the state’s target of 3.6%. It was the fourth straight year Massachusetts blew past the target.","At a \u003ca href=\"https://masshpc.gov/meetings/benchmark-hearing/april-1-2026\"\u003epublic meeting\u003c/a\u003e last week, researchers from the Health Policy Commission explained what’s going on. Across the state, more people are using more expensive medications, including GLP-1 diabetes and weight loss drugs. There’s been an increase in certain higher-cost medical care, like heart procedures. And some routine procedures like colonoscopies are happening more often in expensive hospitals, instead of in lower-cost clinics.","Altogether, Massachusetts spent more than $83 billion on health care in 2024.","These numbers affect everyone. As total spending rises, residents pay more for health insurance and for medical care. And some go without care.","“The number of people who are deferring care because of the cost, premium growth and cost sharing — all of these things are increasing and really trending in the wrong direction,” David Seltz, the executive director of the Health Policy Commission, told me.","The commission serves as a watchdog on health care costs and makes recommendations to the Legislature for improving affordability. Every spring, it sets the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://masshpc.gov/cost-containment/benchmark\"\u003ecost containment goals\u003c/a\u003e for the following year. A vote is scheduled for next week.","Historically, the commission has stuck with 3.6%, which is meant to reflect the state’s projected economic growth and inflation over the next several years. Employers argue the benchmark should be more strict. Hospital lobbyists insist it’s an outdated target and doesn’t reflect the realities of providing health care today.","I asked Seltz: Is this approach working?","“The benchmark was designed to help us understand where we're performing and how we're doing,” he said. “So the benchmark is doing its job. We just don't like the answer.”","The answer, according to Seltz, is to enact more aggressive policies to contain drug costs, and to make sure patients are receiving appropriate, cost-efficient care. These kinds of reforms can be complicated — and controversial.","”We've got a lot of work to do,” he said.","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"newsletter\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e"],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":null,"volume":3,"enableRecirculation":true,"suppressAudio":false,"hideArchiveMsg":false,"disableAds":"enabled","audioDatetime":null,"taxonomy":[{"id":61,"type":"category","name":"Boston","description":"","slug":"boston","series":false,"global":false,"count":62474,"hide":false,"primary":true},{"id":69,"type":"category","name":"Health","description":"","slug":"health","series":false,"global":false,"count":21368,"hide":false,"primary":false}],"audio":[],"embedMeta":{"embed-1":{"id":1,"parentID":1083129,"type":"newsletter","attributes":{"slug":"commonhealth"},"body":"","placeholder":"\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"newsletter\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e"}},"images":[{"type":"featured","url":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/0901_seltz-02.jpg","width":3000,"height":2000,"title":"0901_seltz-02","caption":"David Seltz, executive director of the Health Policy Commission, at the commission's offices in Boston. 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The roots of this affordable finger food got its start in Boston 125 years ago.","bylines":[{"name":"Andrea Shea","nameLastFirst":"Shea, Andrea","slug":"andrea-shea","wordpressID":829,"title":"Correspondent, Arts \u0026 Culture","type":"newsroom","channels":["arts-culture","news"],"thumbnail":"https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Andrea-Shea-600x600.jpg","photo":null,"relativeURL":"/inside/staff/andrea-shea","apiURL":"https://api.wbur.org/people/andrea-shea","organization":"wbur","shortBio":"Andrea Shea is a correspondent for WBUR's arts \u0026 culture reporter.","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"website":null,"email":null,"content":null,"embedMeta":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's note:\u003c/strong\u003e This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, \u003ca class=\"elr\" href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/section/arts-culture/newsletter\"\u003esign up here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003chr /\u003e","According to the National Peanut Board, the average adult eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich three times a month. But how did the PB\u0026amp;J become an all-American lunchbox staple?","Food historian Susan Benjamin traces the sweet and savory sandwich’s origins back to Boston 125 years ago. She shared the story as she opened a bag of sliced bread and cracked a couple of jars. “When you put the peanut butter on the bread it's crazy to imagine how many legions of people have done this exact same thing,” she said as she started slathering.","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Benjamin, who owns \u003ca href=\"https://truetreatscandy.com/?gad_source=1\u0026gad_campaignid=22687618463\u0026gbraid=0AAAAABdPLXZoqCrMkYHtAMKZgID7Is6Qa\u0026gclid=CjwKCAjwhLPOBhBiEiwA8_wJHFnXelv82b9621YZT1-C9eXXKDbn7E37PRxfZgrIHyYpK0k0WxYPZRoCRKcQAvD_BwE\"\u003eTrue Treats Candy\u003c/a\u003e, is also the author of “\u003ca href=\"https://truetreatscandy.com/products/fun-foods-of-america-signed-by-susan-the-author?srsltid=AfmBOopgtVrim_1RlNfiomZ_M_fonmWpXjeKVrNIPc434RfPkxffrgoh\"\u003eFun Foods of America\u003c/a\u003e.\" She said the PB\u0026amp;J we know today has Victorian-era roots. Before the ingredients joined forces, people enjoyed them apart. In the late 1800s peanut butter was championed as a health food, and it was everywhere. Newspapers at the time featured recipes for jelly sandwiches, Benjamin said.","\u003cdel\u003e\u003c/del\u003eBut things changed in 1901 when an article brought the two tasty spreadables together in print. It was published by the Boston Cooking School, which was founded to empower women with knowledge about domestic science, nutrition and budgeting. In a \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/bostoncookingsch19hill_0/page/188/mode/2up?q=%22peanut+paste%22)\"\u003emagazine piece\u003c/a\u003e about peanuts, writer Julia Davis Chandler suggested a dainty, triple-decker. She wrote:","\u003cem\u003e\"For variety, someday try making little sandwiches, or bread fingers, of three very thin layers of bread and two of filling, one of peanut paste, whatever brand you prefer, and currant or crab apple jelly for the other. The combination is delicious, and so far as I know, original.\"\u003c/em\u003e","Benjamin said this is the first known printed recipe for PB\u0026amp;J that would later land in kids' lunchboxes, “but started in the tea rooms of the fancy and well to-do. And then you start to see iterations of peanut butter and jelly popping up all around the country.” One of them was PB\u0026amp;J with watercress.","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","But Benjamin said it actually took some time for jelly’s inclusion to stick. She found plenty of wacky, early 1900s combinations without peanut butter’s sidekick, including peanut butter and pickles, peanut butter and cheese, peanut butter and onions and peanut butter with anchovies.","“As you move into the '20s, something bubbles up,” Benjamin said, “and that is that women overtly said something they've been feeling for a really long time — which is that they hate to cook. They wanted to be out in the world, they wanted to be flappers, they didn’t want to be beholden to the kitchen.”","Peanut butter and jelly provided the perfect solution to their plight. “Not only do the kids love it, but they can do it for themselves,\" Benjamin said, \"And it really took off.”","\u003cspan data-index=\"3\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Commercial manufacturers including Peter Pan fueled the PB\u0026amp;J movement with advertising for their mass-produced, jarred peanut butters and jellies. Newly available machine-sliced bread made assembling the sandwiches even easier.","Benjamin said PB\u0026amp;J’s appeal endured because it was nutritious, shelf-stable, portable and affordable. During the Depression moms relied on it to sustain their families. World War II soldiers’ rations included peanut butter and jelly kits. In the post-war 1950s, homemakers had access to convenient, processed food in cans and boxes, but they also faced pressure to conform to domestic ideals.","“At that time, women felt really guilty about using readymade cake mixes and so on, because they felt like they were cheating,” Benjamin said. “Peanut butter and jelly was just as easy — but they weren't cheating, because they were making it for themselves.”","\u003cspan data-index=\"4\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Over the decades PB\u0026amp;J evolved into an egalitarian lunchbox staple for kids and grown ups of all backgrounds, political leanings and socio-economic brackets.","“Peanut butter and jelly is just a twosome that’s become inseparable,” Benjamin said. “It’s for the working person and the well-to-do. And the best part about peanut butter and jelly is it never, ever became expensive.\"","In this century, the humble PB\u0026amp;J has morphed and inspired in ways the good women of the Boston Cooking School never would’ve imagined. It’s a star in silly memes and the animated sitcom “\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=family+guy+peanut+butter+and+jelly+youtube\u0026rlz=1C5OZZY_enUS1158US1158\u0026oq=family+guy+peanut+butter+and+jelly+youtube\u0026gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yDQgCEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyBwgDEAAY7wUyBwgEEAAY7wUyBwgFEAAY7wUyCggGEAAYgAQYogTSAQg1NjM3ajFqNKgCALACAA\u0026sourceid=chrome\u0026ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive\u0026vld=cid:c4a42fb1,vid:WZZ1rPoNLZw,st:0\"\u003eFamily Guy\u003c/a\u003e.” Former Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett helped make it the \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=nesn+PB%26J+youtube\u0026rlz=1C5OZZY_enUS1158US1158\u0026oq=nesn+PB%26J+youtube\u0026gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORigATIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigAdIBCDYwMjdqMGo5qAIAsAIA\u0026sourceid=chrome\u0026ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive\u0026vld=cid:74d9b1ae,vid:1bg9BB_FCng,st:0\"\u003eNBA’s favorite pre-game power snack\u003c/a\u003e. There are crustless PB\u0026amp;J Lunchables, PB\u0026amp;J smoothies, PB\u0026amp;J jelly beans and new to the shelves Reese’s PB\u0026amp;J Cups.","But for Benjamin, peanut butter and jelly will always be the sandwich that made — and still makes — women’s lives easier.","\u003cspan data-index=\"5\" data-type=\"optinmonster\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e"],"enhanced":false,"seriesMeta":null,"iframeHero":null,"postType":"post","isBreaking":false,"isDeveloping":false,"relatedLinks":[],"relatedLinksLabel":"Related:","broadcastType":"","broadcastDate":"","broadcastTime":"","itunesEpType":"","itunesEpNum":0,"itunesSeason":0,"itunesTitle":"","itunesSummary":"","itunesExplicit":false,"socialTease":"What's more accessible, reliable and universally-beloved than a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? 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And that wasn’t an accident. How Iranian leaders use Shia Islam to exert their power.","\u003ch3\u003eGuests\u003c/h3\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eBernard Haykel,\u003c/strong\u003e professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.","\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Vatanka,\u003c/strong\u003e Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute where he is the founding director of the Iran program.","____","\u003cem\u003eThe version of our broadcast available at the top of this page and via podcast apps is a condensed version of the full show. You can listen to the full, unedited broadcast here:\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"audio\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","____","\u003ch3\u003eTranscript\u003c/h3\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003ePart I   \u003c/strong\u003e","MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: When we asked you what you want to know about the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran, you sent us many questions that fall into two specific categories. One bunch of you asked for more information about Shia Islam and the religion's role in Iran. For example, here's listener, Paul Steeno from Columbia, Missouri.","\u003cem\u003eI think it would be interesting to hear more about the religion of the Iranian people and the history involved in the region.\u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: The second group of you asked questions about the rise of Christian nationalism in the U.S. Here's Ronny Hodges from Saint Libory, Nebraska.","\u003cem\u003e I would like more details regarding the history of Christianity and Islam and that back-and-forth battle and how that currently impacts the state that we see with the uprising of white nationalism and Christianity in the United States. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Now, I would argue that the entire religious history of Iran, or an examination of the centuries-long back and forth between Christianity and Islam, that is the stuff of entire careers, or 10-part documentaries. So I've decided to sharpen things a bit if you'll allow me and instead ask what happens to a nation when religious fundamentalism comes to power.","Now, of course, that happened in Iran with the 1979 Shia takeover of the Iranian Revolution and the formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran. And here in the United States, President Trump has put overt Christian fundamentalists in some of the most powerful positions in the land.","Notably, defense secretary Pete Hegseth. In Iran, Ayatollahs have long led the Death to America chant. And in the U.S. more recently, but increasingly, we have scenes such as two religious leaders at the recent White House Easter prayer, Franklin Graham prayed that God had, quote, raised up President Trump, quote, in a time such as this to defeat Iran's, quote, wicked regime.","Paula White-Cain turned to Trump, who was standing behind her, hands clasped, eyes closed and told the president that quote, no one had paid the price like you have paid the price. It almost cost you your life, she said. And she continued to the president, saying, quote, you were betrayed, arrested, and falsely accused.","End quote. And no, she was not subtle. She directly likened Trump to Jesus saying, quote, because heroes, you rose and because of his victory you will be victorious in all you put your hand to, end quote. Now, even with all that, am I saying that Iran and the U.S. are exactly the same? No. Or that their governments are mirror images?","No. Or that radical Shia Islam and Christian nationalism are through and through Identical? No. But what I am saying is that when you have two nations where the unyielding absolutism of religious fundamentalism becomes the rigid machinery through which critical decisions are made, well then perhaps those two nations have more in common than either care to admit.","So this week we're going to do two shows, one about Shia extremism in Iran, and another about Christian nationalism in the U.S. And as I mentioned, the big question here is what happens to a nation when religious fundamentalism comes to power? And today we're going to start with Iran. And joining me is Bernard Haykel.","He's a professor of Near East Studies at Princeton University, and author of many books and lectures regarding numbers of aspects of religion across the Middle East. Professor Haykel, welcome to On Point.","BERNARD HAYKEL: Hello Meghna. Nice to be here.","CHAKRABARTI: It's great to have you. Now, even though I said I don't necessarily want to spend the whole hour on just discussing religious history in Iran, I think for everyone's mutual understanding it might be helpful to spend several minutes on just the origin of Shia Islam. Because it occurred to me that I don't actually even truly know that story. So can you tell us a little bit about how this sect emerged in the Islamic world?","HAYKEL: Sure. The Shia or the Shiites sometimes referred to are basically a group that emerged in early Islam, not in Iran, in Arabia. And the dispute was over the question of who would succeed after the prophet Muhammad died? Who would succeed in the political and spiritual leadership of the community? And what happened when he died in the year 632 of the common era the community split.","One group went with companions of the prophet; they chose three in succession. And one group said, no, the succession should go to the prophet's cousin and son-in-law. A man called Ali ibn Abu Talib. And the leadership of the community should be confined to the family of the prophet.","So the split between the Sunni, who are the majority of Muslims, some 80%, 85% of all Muslims are Sunnis, argue that, the Sunni argue that the succession correctly took place as it did historically. And the Shia, the 10%, 15% of Muslims say that a grave sin was committed when the succession didn't go to the prophet's family. And cousin. And so that's the split. It's over succession. Then over time, theological differences developed and legal differences developed between the two sects.","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"pullquote\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. You actually got to the next question I was going to ask. So in the context of our conversation of trying to understand Iran a little better, what are one or two of the most salient theological, or as you said, legal differences that we should be aware of in Shia Islam? So Iran didn't become Shia until a dynasty in the early 16th century took over Iran.","This is a dynasty called the Safavid Dynasty. And there was a Shah, or a king called Ismail who imposed Shiism as the official religion of the country. Until then, Iran had been Sunni. So Iran is not central to the Shiia story and to Shiia history until the 16th century. Before then, the differences between Sunnis and Shias are quite many.","First, the question of leadership. Who should be the leader of the community? Second, the Shias believe in the mainstream Shias. So the majority of Shias are called Twelvers. Twelvers because they believe in a line of succession after the prophet of 12 descendants of the prophet whom they consider to be the leaders of the community.","The last one of whom disappeared, went into what is called occultation. And so he's with us but not present physically. And he will appear as a messianic figure at the end, in the end times, close to the end times. And so the Shias believe that these leaders are sinless, that they are like the prophet, except they don't receive prophecy.","So the question of what is called ... the doctrine of the leadership of the community is theologically quite distinct from that of Sunnis. And then in law there are many small differences between them. Some small, some big between the two communities. But the scholars in the Shia community also are much more hierarchical in their organization.","The relationship to the laity, to Shia believers is also different from that between Sunni scholars and their laity. So there are quite a few differences in that respect. But the main one is really over the question of the role of the prophets family and the question of political succession over the community.","CHAKRABARTI: Interesting. But this has produced what, a more than 1200-year tension, to say the least, between the Sunni majority and Shia minority in the Islamic world.","HAYKEL: Yes, very, there is a tension. Sometimes that tension has been extremely violent. By and large, the Shia have suffered tremendous persecution at the hand of the Sunni and as a result, over time, developed a doctrine of what is called political quietism. They essentially gave up on the idea of having living ruler take over the Muslim community until the time of the return of the Mahdi or the return of their Messiah figure the 12th Imam.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. Professor Haykel, I suppose it's so obvious that people are going to be like, no kidding Chakrabarti, but I gotta say, that the idea that there's any separation between religion and the functioning of the state is a very modern one. Prior to, let's say, obviously the 18th, 19th century, can we say that in the Safavid Dynasty that Shia Islam and the governance of the area now known as Iran, that they were completely intertwined.","HAYKEL:  Yeah. In the Safavid period, the religious scholars played an important role and they continued to play an important role even after the end of the Safavids. The thing though to keep in mind is that while religion and state are not separate in Islam in the Shia tradition, because the state was by and large mostly led by Sunnis, the Shia  have always regarded the state as illegitimate and therefore their doctrine of political belief only emerged very forcefully with the Iranian revolution in 1979, that's when you had a major rupture take place within Shia thought. With the rise of the ideas of Ayatollah Khomeini, who was the leader of the revolution, he developed a new doctrine of politics that was unprecedented in Shia history.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay, now we have about a minute to go before the first break Bernard. But in the early 20th century, and I'm talking before the period of 1951 to 1953 when Mosaddeghwas in power and Iran was formally a democracy. Again, we only have 30 seconds. I'll just get started here. What role did Shia Islam play in Iran in more modern times?","HAYKEL: It played a very important role because the religious scholars were debating questions of constitutional law and politics. And there was a very important constitutional revolution in the early 20th century in Iran.","\u003cstrong\u003ePart II\u003c/strong\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: I'd like to focus a little bit more again, on the early 20th century now, because as you mentioned, back in the 16th century, we had the Safavid Dynasty. And then if, and correct me if I'm wrong, but thereafter there was a series of other dynasties that led to the Pahlavi Dynasty in the 1920s in Iran.","Is that correct?","HAYKEL: Yes.","CHAKRABARTI: And so at that time then, Iran was not a quote-unquote formal democracy, but a little later on you said there was a constitution that was written. Did I catch that right?","HAYKEL: Yeah. Yeah. There was a constitutional revolution in the early 20th century where within Iran you had a movement that tried to regulate the authority of the king and his powers.","And there was a split between those who were pro constitution, which would've regulated and organized the different structures of authority and power in the state, and those who were against the revolution against the Constitution. And that period is referred to as the constitutional revolution.","And religious scholars played an important role with those on the side of the constitution, those against.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. Religious scholars, specifically, what does that mean? Because every time I hear it, Bernard, I think, again, in the modern context, my brain immediately goes to the kind of the Ayatollah.","Is that not what that means in the 1920s, '30s context?","HAYKEL: Yeah. In the Shia tradition you have a development of religious scholars, just like in the Sunni tradition. Except that with the Shia, the religious scholars are educated and ranked in a much more formal hierarchy.","And the top scholar is called an Ayatollah, and ultimately a grand Ayatollah. That's the ultimate source of authority amongst the Shia. And there are two centers of religious education in the Shia world. One in Iraq and one in Iran. ... Iraq. And you have these scholars who are educated, and it takes many years for them to develop knowledge in theology, law, logic, rhetoric, philosophy.","They're beautifully educated in a classical sort of tradition. If anyone wants to read a book about this phenomenon. There's a wonderful book by a late professor from Harvard called Roy Mottahedeh called The Mantle of the Prophet, which describes one such religious cleric, and these clerics play a very important role, especially the Grand Ayatollahs in the Shia tradition.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay, and were those clerics then, you said they were influential in the creation of a constitutional structure to Iran?","HAYKEL: Yes. That's right.","CHAKRABARTI: Sorry. Sorry, Bernard. I didn't mean to interrupt you, but, and so therefore, obviously influential, how? Did they manage to weave in Shia religious belief into that constitution?","HAYKEL: The question was whether Islamic law as understood by the Shia, could be a basis for regulating executive authority. And some argued that it was, and that the king was not an absolute monarch, but rather was someone who had to be guided by certain rules and principles and have restraints placed upon him because of Islamic law.","And so that was the debate at the time. And the Constitution was attempting to do that. Ultimately, though, in the Iranian case, you ended up with the rise of a new dynasty called the Pahlavi Dynasty. And they were absolute monarchs. They didn't feel that they had to be constrained by religious law.","And this created resentment and especially with the last Shah of Iran, who was a modernizer and tried to impose a westernizing set of policies from above, through the state on society. And that provoked and generated a significant amount of resistance from religious scholars. The most important of which was Ayatollah Khomeini.","Who reacted to this enforced westernization and modernization of Iranian society.","CHAKRABARTI: Ah, okay. So this is really interesting because I think it's easy to just presume that Islam, and obviously the Shia sect of Islam as we're talking about has always been completely melded with Iranian leadership, but it's interesting to hear that with the Pahlavi dynasty they didn't feel, as you said, the need to be constrained at all by religious law.","How did that happen?","HAYKEL: Yeah, what happened in the 20th century is that a number of countries in the Middle East felt that they were the leaders of those countries, felt that they were behind civilizationally\u003cstrong\u003e,\u003c/strong\u003e industrially, technologically. With respect to the West and that in order to modernize and westernize, you had to get rid of a lot of Islamic tradition, which was argued to be holding back the people.","And so you had this with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of Turkey, of Republic of Turkey who imposed also Westernization on his society. He forced people, he changed the alphabet. He forced people to change how they dress, changed the educational system, the legal system. And something similar happened in Iran with the Pahlavi as well.","Not as dramatic as the Turkish example, but also an enforced sort of Westernization with the idea that Iran needed to become modern. And that the pathway to that was through Westernization.","CHAKRABARTI: Which implies, or excuse me, overtly says, as you had just mentioned, that the belief that it was Islam that was holding back the development of Iran.","HAYKEL: Yeah, that's right. That Islamic tradition, that Islamic clerics and their ideas were sort of Luddite ideas. They weren't consistent or with modern ideas and that they kept the society backward. And so they had to be marginalized, if not crushed.","CHAKRABARTI: We did a show a couple of weeks ago that went into profound detail about what happened following the deposition of Mosaddegh, the return of the Shah, and then of course the 1979 revolution. So we won't spend a ton of time on that. Folks, if you missed that show, go to our podcast feed the On Point podcast feed and look for the history of Iran show, and you will get that in detail.","So Bernard, if I can, I'd like to use this opportunity to jump forward just a little bit and then ask, it's fascinating to hear that Iran, for hundreds of years was in fact incidental to Shia Islam. But if I understand correctly, right now, it's considered the heart of Shiism is in the Islamic world.","Is that fair?","HAYKEL: It's the only state where Shiism is part of the official ideology of the state. You don't have that in any other country. Now, the Shia are extremely important in Iraq because many of the principal educational seminaries are in Iraq. But in Iran, first of all, the majority of the population is Shia.","And you have a theocracy as a form of government with a supreme leader who claims to be in his position and to have his authority because he represents a form of power and of authority, and that he is in a way a representative of the hidden Imam, the Mahdi, who is to come.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. So Professor Haykel, hang on here for just a second because now I want to bring in Alex Vatanka. He's a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, where he's the founding director of the Iran Program. Alex, welcome to On Point.","ALEX VATANKA: Hi there, Meghna. Great to be with you.","CHAKRABARTI: It's great to have you. Okay. So as you've heard Professor Haykel has really done an extraordinary job of encapsulating several centuries of history.","For us to get a better understanding of the role of Shiism in Iran. I'm wondering if you can help pick up there and describe to me what you think about what was it about the kind of Shiism that the Ayatollahs were pronouncing just prior to 1979 that led to what I understand is the co-opting by the Ayatollah of the student led revolution in 1979.","VATANKA: So Meghna, if I could just take you back quickly to 1979. At the time, the revolution you had basically had an Islamist movement in Iran going back to the early 1950s. They were inspired heavily by Islamist thinkers in places like Egypt, elsewhere in the Arab world. So you had the beginning of what I would call the modern political Islamism.","That you really didn't have any precedent for in Iran before. So it starts in the 1950s. Folks like the last Iranian Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, they were reading Arab Islamist material, translating into Farsi. But it's really important to notice that this was the focus, the passion of a very small group inside of Iran.","The vast majority of the Shia clerics belonged to what we call the quietest school of thought. They did not believe in this fusion of politics and religion, but this is starting to come into Iran from the 1950s onwards, and people like a Khamenei and others, again, small group, but nonetheless, they turned out to become very influential going forward.","And obviously as we know by 1979, they make the case that there is no such thing as religion without politics and religion go hand in hand. That's their argument. Again, this is the big experiment of Islam or Shia Islam or Islam in general in Iran. And today, if you ask ordinary Iranians, even those who are pious, there's a big question mark whether this experiment worked out or not.","But in 1979, that's where we were.","CHAKRABARTI: So then how did that small group become so influential in the revolution?","VATANKA: Again, very quickly point out the revolution 1979 had many different components to it. The biggest one is leftist. It's not Islamist in many ways. But the Islamists take over because they are so organized.","They're so focused, and they have a leader. The other gr\u003cstrong\u003eoups didn't have a character like ATO Khomeini. The leadership mattered. And let's be very blunt about what Khomeini said. Khomeini,\u003c/strong\u003e since he li\u003cstrong\u003eed, he said, when I come back to Iran, I will go back to the Jose, to the, on to the seminaries\u003c/strong\u003e and I'll study the scriptures.","Nobody expected him to become what he became. And the idea of supreme leadership, which didn't exist in Iran before him, or has no precedent in Shia Islam. Was suddenly basically put together quickly and pushed through a referendum in late 1979. And then suddenly the Iranians, once the revolution had succeeded, the Shah was gone.","Were left thinking, my God, what happened? We've just given extraordinary amounts of power to one individual, and over the course of the last 47 years, these tw\u003cstrong\u003eo sup Supreme leaders, Ato Khomeini first, and then the guy who followed him, Ali Khomeini, since 1989.\u003c/strong\u003e They just shape this role, this new function called Supreme Leadership, which is essentially far more political than religious.","And what has happened Meghna, in Iran, which is the irony of all this. They've turned vast majority of Iranians a\u003cstrong\u003egainst, nevermind Shia Islam. T\u003c/strong\u003ehey've turned people against Islam. And I don't think they ever bargained for that when they began this experiment, but that's where they ended up.","CHAKRABARTI: Bernard, would love to hear your thoughts about this.","HAYKEL: Yes. What Alex just said is absolutely true in that the revolution had different components to it, and that's why it's important also when thinking about Iran today, not to think of it only in religious terms, because you have a nationalist component to its behavior.","You also have with the ideology of the revolution, the co-optation or the adaptation of other ideologies that are not rooted in Islam, such as anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism ideas about social justice from Marxism. So what you have with the modern Islamic Republic is a government that bases its ideas on a hybrid set of an ideology that is hybrid and that draws inspiration from many different sources.","Islam is one of them, and in particular, interpretation of Islam, which as I said earlier, represents a rupture with the Shia tradition, with the notion of a Supreme Leader whose authority cannot be contested. That's all new. In the Shiia tradition.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay. Forgive me for being maybe not the best student in the world.","Because I want to truly understand, I get, I take your point about a hybrid and that there's a lot of spheres of influence that go into the sort of thinking and operation of the Iranian government. But I began this hour with the framing or the question of what happens to a nation when religious extremism comes to power.","We can say or know\u003cstrong\u003e with confidence and Alex, I'll turn to you on this, that is what happened in 1979, post 1979. A particular form of Shia extremism came to power in Iran. \u003c/strong\u003e","VATANKA: Yeah. That's pretty much what happened. Obviously that's not how the revolution were sold. But essentially what Khomeini starts doing, and we have to really remember this isn't something they did overnight.","When he's sitting in Paris, Khomeini is giving hundreds of interviews to Western journalists claiming when he goes back to Iran, when the Shah is toppled, there will be democracy in Iran. He famously said things like communists will have a right to vote. Women will have nothing to worry about.","And what does he do when he shows up? He starts very slowly. He arrives in February of 1979. What's the first thing they do that really creates a major backlash? They start; they don't impose the mandatory veil on wo\u003cstrong\u003emen. They don't dare doing that, but first they toy with the idea, so they.\u003c/strong\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eWomen who work in the government sector sho\u003c/strong\u003euld, for the sake of decency, put on the veil, very slowly testing the waters. And that's why the first big anti\u003cstrong\u003e khomeini movement in Pols sha Iran i\u003c/strong\u003es by women who are in the streets in the hundreds of thousands saying, nobody is going to impose the veil on me. Again, but then by 1981, when they feel they have neutralized all their opponents, the mandatory veil becomes the rule of the law.","I remember as a child in school in Iran, suddenly our female teachers start showing up with something we hadn't seen before. So this wasn't something that was done overnight, but as the system, as Khomeini gains confidence, they start essentially bulldozing their way through the secular system t\u003cstrong\u003ehat the two previous kings Mohammad Za Shah and his father Reza Shah, starting 1921, had put together.\u003c/strong\u003e","\u003cstrong\u003eSo it was a major pushback against decades of what Kh\u003c/strong\u003eomeini said, \u003cstrong\u003edecadent\u003c/strong\u003e Western secularization. But it's really important to remember to start slowly, and they've always taken two steps forward when they could. But if necessary\u003cstrong\u003e, Dell step. Step bac\u003c/strong\u003ek, and today, the year 2026, decades after Khomeini is dead, mandatory veil in Iran is done.","It's not being enforced because the society's now pushing back and the regime is hearing the message and doesn't have it in it to fight the society on this issue.","\u003cstrong\u003ePart III\u003c/strong\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: Alex, just before the break, you had talked about how Khomeini, when he returned to Iran, didn't immediately just do a blanket imposition of Shia fundamentalism on Iran, but try to begin a slow drip, let's call it that way.","And we actually have a clip of him speaking to CBS News. This is from January of 1979, and he was asked then about what his role would be in the country's future.","\u003cem\u003e What is your own role in this government that is to come?\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003e I would not have any position in the future government, as such being the president or a Prime Minister. And my job is not to be as such. I will be some sort of supervising their activities. I would give them guidance. And if I see some deviation or some mistake, I will remind him how to correct it. Give the general guidance/\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003e You would be in effect, the strong man of Iran.\u003c/em\u003e","\u003cem\u003eYou may assume so. \u003c/em\u003e","CHAKRABARTI: So he did not deny that was Al Khomeini who returned to exile from exile to Iran in February of '79. By December of that year, he'd been named the Supreme Leader of the country, Alex. So this is of critical importance for us to understand here, because as you heard, I'm trying to frame this whole conversation and the one that we're going to have on Christian nationalism on what happens to a country right when religious fundamentalism comes to power.","So when you said that Khomeini started to the changes very slowly but inexorably, how did he enforce those changes?","VATANKA: Yeah, Meghna, again, when he comes back from years of exile, he had been sent out of the country in 1979 by the Shah, and he comes back. He has to deal with this massive coalition that he has.","Part of it is his followers, Islamists, but a good part of it are leftists and others that wanted the Shah gone but did not ever really bind to the idea of political Islam. Really important for us to remember this is a rainbow coalition of sorts and Khomeini is very good at essentially manipulating himself to the top of the power pyramid, and he stays there. But he does it slowly, step by step. The individual that we just heard in your clip before, who was doing the translation in Paris? His name was Ebrahim Yazdi. He was an American green card holder, married to an American woman.","He was an Islamist of a mild diversion. And he was there in Tehran in 1979. And he lasted for about six months. By end of 1979, folks like Ebrahim who had really genuinely maybe believed that Khomeini is gonna go back to the seminaries as clerics do. These people were suddenly purged throughout.","So what I'm trying to get to Meghna is that this was done systematically, but with patience every step of the way. Khomeini basically makes decisions to consolidate power. He purges individuals he didn't trust who had been helping him to get to power, but he's ruthless. He gets rid of them, and he makes some pretty big decisions in terms of how to shape society in a way that he wanted society to look like.","I mentioned earlier, the mandatory veil, it took a while, but he eventually got there on the issue of the United States. Famously, he said before he went to Iran, there are no issues with the United States. We will deal with the United States like any other country.","But we know what happened in November of 1979, he essentially sanctioned the taking over U.S. Embassy. The reason, by the way he did that had nothing to do with religion, that was pure politics. Anti-Americanism had been something that the left, the communist in Iran had been rallying around for.","Khomeini wanted to take that away from them because he wanted something to hollow out the left with, and he adopts anti-Americanism as an expedient political course going forward. And I think that's the story of this regime. And the word expediency is something we should always keep in mind when we're thinking about how they operate.","CHAKRABARTI: Okay, so the adoption of other sort of political beliefs as a means to consolidate power. Bernard, were there other aspects of how Iran's government was organized post-revolution that allowed the Ayatollah and again, Shia extremism to further infiltrate daily life in Iran. And of course, I'm thinking of the IRGC.","Were other laws changed? I don't really know how Iran's judiciary operated at that time. Tell me more.","HAYKEL: Yeah, what's interesting is if you look at the Constitution that was drafted after the revolution, you have a dual form of government embedded in the Constitution. On the one hand, you have a president and you have a Republican form of government.","That looks very much like a Western style government. And then on the other you have the theocracy with a Supreme Leader and several councils and bodies of religious scholars who essentially have to approve anything that the government pushes forward. And in the clip that you played, it was very clear that Ayatollah Khomeini wasn't concealing, that he would have ultimate authority.","And that is exactly what the Supreme Leader has. He bases this on a doctrine that he develops in 1970 in a book called Islamic Government, and the doctrine is called The Guardianship of the Jurist. Historically, in Shiism, the guardian jurist was responsible for the fate of orphans and widows, but he turns this into a doctrine of actual rule by the supreme religious cleric who is Khomeini himself. And he then becomes the person who decides everything. All laws have to be approved by the religious clerics and every policy also. And he does this not just through a drafting of constitution and the framing of laws, but also through coercion.","This effort at consolidating power involved the imprisoning and torture and killing of many thousands of communists and leftists and nationalists, and even Islamists. People who are allies with him who either turn against them or he finds them no longer useful, he turns against them and either imprisons them, kills them, or exiles them.","So this is not a regime that exists purely in the rule of law framework, but it's also a super coercive regime, and it has bodies that it creates. One of which you mentioned, the Revolutionary Guard Corps. This is a military force that exists for the preservation of the regime, and it has an arm that extends beyond Iran called the Quds Force.","That fights overseas. And they create Hezbollah and Lebanon. They play a crucial role in forming and training and arming the Houthis in Yemen, they play a role with Hamas in the Palestinian Territories and with the Shia militia in Iraq. So this is also a regime that has revolutionary ambitions beyond the territorial state of Iran.","And wants to project this ideology beyond its country.","CHAKRABARTI: So that leads me, Alex, I'm wondering, this consolidation of power around Khomeini, did that also end up having an impact on Shiism itself? Because as Bernard was just describing, the international projection of influence that's coming from Iran, it's well established now, but I'm wondering if it had also an impact on the religious sect that gave rise to Khomeini.","VATANKA: Yeah, so Meghna, basically what happens is when you introduce such a heavy dose of politics into religion, it's a very different religion today in many ways, as certainly as it's been practiced in my grandparents' generation would remember, which is very different. It's also really important to remind --","CHAKRABARTI: Wait, let me just interrupt.","How is it different?","VATANKA: Basically, what you have is an extreme kind of devotion to these practices. In the sense that back before the revolution of '79, religion was something you would do occasionally. Most people, majority of people going to mosque was something you would do as for occasions.","Whereas after 1979, for example, showing up for the Friday prayer was one way of you showing your loyalty to the system. So how you practice your religion, the way you practice your religion. Let me give you a very simple, but I think powerful example after 1979 when a man, because I was talking about the veil before.","Let me give you another version. When a man have beard or not was essentially a political statement. If you didn't have beard, that meant you weren't with the regime, you had beard, you are supporting the regime. Just to give you a sense of how they tried to engineer society to look in a certain way.","And that obviously had an impact in terms of how the religion was practiced. But I also want to go back to a point, this idea that everybody was surprised by what Khomeini did. It is not entirely true. It's true that vast majority of people in 1979 who might have been against the Shah but had no idea what to expect when Khomeini took over.","That I think is largely true. But a lot of folks from Khomeini's own class of people, clerics, warned about what he was talking about. There was a famous case of a grand Ayatollah, in fact, senior to Khomeini himself, not an Ayatollah, but a grand Ayatollah. That's one level above. Who warned, that was Ayatollah Shariatmadari, he said this man is dangerous. He's going to take us down the wrong path and he's going to damage Islam as the way he's pursuing his ideas. And guess what happened with Shariatmadari? Again, a grand Ayatollah unheard of. He was a few years later paraded on national TV and insulted, something you haven't ever seen before or after.","That was the level of hunger for control and domination that Khomeini and his people had. To that extent, no, I would say one of the ironies of Shia Islam as practiced by the Islamic Republic is they turned a country that since the 15th century had lived with Shia Islam, accepted it, wasn't a big issue for vast majority of Iranians.","And then after '79, it becomes a theocracy where Shia Islam is supposed to be the source of everything you do, be the model that you copy in life. And what has happened 47 years later is they've turned people off. Again, I find it so ironic that today, Iran is by most accounts, the most secular country in the Islamic world.","The only theocracy that now sits on top of the most secular population, and the regime is happy that they can go to places like West Africa, convert a few people who happen to be, I don't know, Sunni Muslim Nigerians converted to Shia Islam and declare that as a major victory when they're losing literally millions of people who were supposed to be Shia Muslims, but have abandoned the faith.","That I think speaks for itself.","CHAKRABARTI: Yeah. It's interesting to me though, just as an aside, that a lot of this consolidation that both of you are talking about was either would not have been possible or was made easier by what essentially seems like a cult of personality that was formed around a religious leader, around Khomeini, which leads me to my last set of questions, my last question for both of you. We've got just a couple of minutes to go.","As I keep saying, we're partnering this with an hour that's going to come later this week about Christian nationalism in the United States, and I wonder with that in mind again, yes, these are not identical obviously. But given the story that both of you have told us about how Iran, or what happened to Iran when Shia fundamentalism came to power. Bernard, let me start with you. Are there lessons you think the United States should learn or could draw from Iran's experience?","HAYKEL: So I think Iran and the United States are operating on different time clocks, if you like.","The Iranians, as Alex pointed out, the majority of the population has turned very sour on religion because of the theocratic nature and the practices of repression. And basically, because this government in Iran has failed to deliver on basic goods for its own people, law and order, stability, economic prosperity.","It's failed. It's brought nothing but catastrophe for the Iranian people. And I think therefore in the Iranian case and in the Shia case in general, the option is basically to turn back to this quietest form of religion and to abandon and overt a political manifestation of Shiism, which the Islamic Republic represents.","In the United States, we have a return to religion. So in Iran we have a move away from religion despite the regime still being in power. But in the U.S., it seems like there's a return to religion. And so as I said, we're operating on different sort of timescales here, and I suspect that anyone who looks at the Islamic Republic in Iran and looks at that example, will see that it's a failure. So trying to mix religion with politics is not a recipe for success.","CHAKRABARTI: Alex, same question to you. I'll give you the last word, we have just under a minute.","VATANKA: Sure. No, I'll be very quick. I pretty much echo everything Bernard just said.","I agree with him fully and I think that's the lesson. If I was sitting in United States, let's put aside where people are going in terms of the religious views. Either way is perfectly fine. But I think the lesson certainly, look, in Islamic Republic is the following. If you are a person of religion in terms of it being a member of the clergy and so forth, regardless of which denomination.","Just be aware that the fusion of religion and politics is a very slippery slope, and if you fail in basic governance, it's not just your governance model that's going to be questioned. The fact that your religious background, what you represent in terms of religion, will also be questioned.","And as I said, in the case of Iran, you have so many clerics who today are hating the fact that 1979 revolution happened because Shia Islam today is blamed for all the troubles that the country of Iran's going through. 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The bill did not extend to limits on social media usage.","The House bill would require social media companies to implement an age verification system to determine whether a current or prospective user on its platform meets the age requirement, according to a bill summary. It would give parents of a minor user access to data submitted by the minor from the social media platforms.","The proposal would require the attorney general to create regulations to implement the social media policy no later than Sept. 1, 2026. The policy would go into effect on Oct. 1, 2026, according to the bill.","Under the cellphone piece of the House proposal, school districts would need to establish a policy prohibiting \"personal electronic device\" use during the school day and during school-sponsored activities during the school day. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education would have to provide districts with guidance, recommendations and a model policy to implement the restrictions, according to the summary.","The bill would also create a DESE-run pilot program for 10 districts \"to provide for a technological means of rendering students’ personal electronic devices inoperable on school grounds during the school day,\" according to the summary.","Gov. Maura Healey previewed in her January \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/22/massachusetts-2026-state-of-the-commonwealth-address\"\u003eState of the Commonwealth address\u003c/a\u003e legislation that would impose strict limits on social media companies that target children and teens, pointing to the risks of the platforms for younger users. Senate President Karen Spilka at the time said that Healey's proposal aligns \"wonderfully\" with the cellphone ban bill and a data privacy bill also passed by the Senate this session.","According to Mariano's office, the House social media proposal was not in the Senate data or cellphone bills. 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In this ending, the white swan's story trades Western tragedy for transcendence.","bylines":[{"name":"Jia H. Jung","slug":null,"wordpressID":null,"content":null,"apiURL":null,"relativeURL":null,"organization":"wbur","embedMeta":null,"shortBio":"","bluesky":null,"facebook":null,"title":"","type":null,"channels":null,"photo":null,"website":null,"email":null,"nameLastFirst":null,"thumbnail":null}],"nprID":null,"nprTranscriptID":null,"nprURL":null,"dateline":"","superTitle":null,"superTitleURL":null,"content":["\u003cspan data-index=\"1\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","On a blustery spring evening, dancers rehearse in the warm belly of the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell. Sewn into sequined silk costumes and topped with golden crowns from Cambodia, they appear like 1,000-year-old statues brought to life.","These are the diasporic stars of “\u003ca href=\"https://mrt.org/show/a-khmer-swan-lake/\"\u003eA Khmer Swan Lake\u003c/a\u003e,” a reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s ballet by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.angkordance.org/\"\u003eAngkor Dance Troupe\u003c/a\u003e using Robam Kenor classical Cambodian dance rooted in Indian Hinduism and Buddhism.","The Khmer White Swan, Odette Devi, is modeled after Kenorei, a half-human, half-bird of Angkorian lore. The ending of her story trades Western tragedy for transcendence — barely allegory for how Cambodian/Khmer genocide survivors and their descendants have channeled their ancestral arts to empower their regeneration.","“I want us to be seen,” said Bora Chiemruom, executive director of the Angkor Dance Troupe. “We’ve been here for 40 years. We’ve shaped the arts in this city.”","\u003cspan data-index=\"2\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Chiemruom first arrived in Lowell as a young refugee in 1987 after she and her family fled the Khmer Rouge regime that lasted from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia.","When she was 16, an ADT performance replaced inner torment about her identity with awe for the richness of her heritage. But it wasn’t until 2022 that she got directly involved with the organization, bringing with her the goal of innovation and centering the troupe in the arts scene.","She grew ADT to a staff of three employees and 25 instructors, who teach 150 to 200 pupils a year, with another 25 on the waitlist. The next challenge was figuring out how to expand upon intangible treasures that have survived up until now by staying set in stone.","She raised the idea of retelling “Swan Lake” to the Merrimack Repertory Theatre two years ago. Once the partnership went forward, the pressure to embody the story while doing justice to Khmer dance and ballet felt immense. This was also the first full-scale dance production MRT had ever undertaken.","Luckily, Chiemruom knew who could help turn the vision into reality.","She chose principal dancers Peter Veth and Chummeng Soun as the show’s creative director and program director. “We have that trust – I knew that they would be respectful of what we’re trying to accomplish,” Chiemruom said. Soun was about to ascend as ADT’s full-time program director; Veth danced with ADT and often provided artistic direction.","\u003cspan data-index=\"3\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","“Dancing is in my blood,” Veth said. A son of genocide survivors, he began attending ADT’s classes as a young child in the 1990s, sneaking to rehearsals downtown.","Ten years later, Soun was a new Cambodian immigrant kid in town, saw Veth perform and decided to follow suit. Together, they co-founded Urban Khmer Ballet, a grassroots collective incorporating traditional dance elements while carving out new spaces for creative expression.","In preparation for “A Khmer Swan Lake,” the duo traveled to Cambodia last fall to work with 10 dance masters and 10 musicians – among the last living artists from before the genocide who saved their civilization’s royal arts from extinction.","With them on the trip was Phousita Huy, artistic director of ADT and an internationally renowned Khmer classical dance master who trained at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh and moved to Lowell in 1996.","A fan of Disney princesses and ballet, Huy was thrilled at the prospect of infusing a Western dance tale with Khmer splendor. The task aligned with her ambitions of elevating her culture to the global stage.","“We create new scenes, but still leverage preservation to push for innovation,” she said.","The team placed paramount importance on earning the permission and blessings of the masters to reproduce sacred repertoire outside of Cambodia. This vetting process was also an opportunity to document the knowledge of culture keepers in Cambodia before it’s too late.","\u003cspan data-index=\"4\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","It wasn’t easy, but a crucial part of moving forward, according to Soun.","“This creative negotiation process is the process of transmitting information, knowledge from generation to generation,” Soun said. “And that's why this form of art perseveres in the diaspora — because it allows itself to evolve.”","The original production score, recorded in Cambodia, features Khmer instruments playing traditional numbers with glimmers of Tchaikovsky’s familiar Swan Theme. Huy, Veth and Soun worked with the masters to preserve traditional movements in the choreography, changing formation and positioning when necessary for narrative clarity and synchronization with the music.","Veth was in charge of making sure all interpretations would land with U.S. audiences, bridging cultural differences with modifications. For instance, he insisted the prince kneel when proposing to the deceptive Black Swan, Odeo Devi.","“In Khmer society, to have a man put his one knee down and give her the ring is not acceptable. In fact, it's the vice versa – it's the female who washes the man's feet during a marriage,” he explained. But he knew viewers might be left in the dark with this.","One of Huy’s favorite parts is when princesses from Laos and Indonesia vie for the prince’s favor at his palace in the fifth act. “The movements and music are very much influenced by those countries, but we still maintain our framework, our posture,” Huy said. “And the music is still Khmer.”","\u003cspan data-index=\"5\" data-type=\"caption\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e","Khmer dances that appear almost completely intact in the same act include the blessing ritual of the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgtAw3P-jJo\"\u003eGold and Silver Flower Dance\u003c/a\u003e” and the “Chu Chhay” solo depicting metamorphosis.","“\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImguCYiJCrw\"\u003eTevet\u003c/a\u003e” closes the revelatory seventh and final act when Odette Devi and the prince, Preah Siegfriend Vormann, reunite in heaven. 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