BPR Full Show: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace

Today on Boston Public Radio:

Stacey Abrams talks about what voters and politicians need to do to safeguard democracy, after Republicans blocked the Democrats’ voting rights bill in Congress. She also weighs in on the status of Democratic negotiations over President Joe Biden’s spending bill. Abrams is a voting rights activist, former Georgia State Representative and author.

Then, we ask listeners how they approach compromise and negotiation following Stacey Abrams’ conversation about political compromise.

Shirley Leung pushes for ending tent encampments and providing housing for those at Mass. and Cass and weighs in on rent control, in her latest column on the Mass. and Cass crisis. Leung is a business columnist for The Boston Globe and a Boston Public Radio contributor.

Sue O’Connell discusses one of the first rural health clinics by and for transgender people located in Northampton, and weighs in on when celebrities who commit harm can return to the public eye. O’Connell is the co-publisher of Bay Windows and the South End News, as well as NECN's political commentator and explainer-in-chief.

Then, we ask listeners their thoughts on marriage, following a New York Times article about how the married may soon become the minority.

Andy Ihnatko updates listeners on the latest tech headlines, including Facebook’s upcoming rebranding, Donald Trump’s new social media platform, Google’s new signature phone and issues with Tesla’s self-driving cars. Ihnatko is a tech writer and blogger, posting at Ihnatko.com.