CIVIL RIGHTS

Massachusetts House lawmakers will hold a hearing on a revised gun bill on Tuesday. No senators are expected to participate.

Author Chuck Collins writes about the life of an environmental activist in western Massachusetts who, in her final stand against big oil, alters the live trajectories of those she cared for most.

The School Committee in Ludlow, Massachusetts, is scheduled to vote next month on a controversial proposal that could significantly alter the types of books and media allowed in the district’s libraries. It could also take away significant decision-making from librarians.

We chat with Shivaji Kumar about Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Larry Hott lets us preview his latest documentary, and the Word Nerd talks swole verbs.

While the election results of two Massachusetts House lawmakers from the eastern part are reviewed, most lawmakers are getting down to business.

Clennon King, who shares no relation to the civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, believes that she was severely impacted by the bigotry she experienced at Antioch College in Keene, New Hampshire.

Loretta Ross, founder of the reproductive justice movement, will receive $800,000 to spend as she wishes.

College students from around the country are returning to the region. If they're seeking an abortion, even in Massachusetts, the process could be quite different.

Within the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that made it a constitutional right to have an abortion. If so, it will be up to each state to determine whether abortion is legal. Even as Connecticut and Massachusetts have abortion rights baked into state law, the region will experience the ripple effects of this huge change.

While many people only recently learned about conservatorships because of the Britney Spears case, guests tell us these arrangements are far too common, affecting more than one million Americans.