What made The Short List this week?
- The Massachusetts Senate unanimously approved a study of the feasibility of high speed trains from Springfield to Boston.
- This week the board that oversees UMass’s 770 million dollar endowment voted to eliminate direct investment in fossil fuels – unanimously. This comes following significant student protests at UMass Amherst.
- From World Wars to Counter Insurgencies, are there ways to reach out to civilians who don’t think much about veterans either beyond Memorial Day or ever?
Click the audio player above to hear New England Public Radio’s Susan Kaplan explore these issues with Rick Hurst publisher of African American Point of View and Matt Szafranski of the Western Mass Politics and Insight Blog.