Shulkin Out At VA | Harvard Changes Song | Talking To Kids About The News

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( Thursday, March 29, 2018 | [Today's Weather]( [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( [Trump To Replace VA Secretary David Shulkin]( The president intends to nominate Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. - [NPR: Trump Cabinet Turnover Sets Record Going Back 100 Years]( - [Ronny Jackson: The White House Doctor Who Gave Trump A Clean Bill Of Health]( [In An Effort To Be Welcoming, Harvard Scrubs 'Puritans' From Its Alma Mater Song]( Like some of its art and architecture, the song hearkens back to Harvard's beginnings in Puritan Boston almost 400 years ago. That's arguably not the note to sound if you're hoping to project 21st-century values like openness, diversity and cosmopolitanism. [Funeral For Stephon Clark To Begin As Sacramento Unrest Continues]( More protests are expected Thursday in a city that has experienced nearly two weeks of continuous unrest after the shooting of a 22-year-old unarmed black man by two police officers. [Will Trump And Guns Be Enough To Unseat An Endangered House Republican?]( Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman is one of the GOP's most battle-tested incumbents. In 2018, President Trump's unpopularity and an energized Democratic base present his toughest hurdles to re-election yet. COGNOSCENTI [Talking With Kids About The News: We Asked, You Answered]( Talking about the news requires parents to find a balance between offering their children safe harbor and exposing them to the often harsh realities of the world. [State Comptroller Says Failure To Report Trooper Pay Was 'Wrong' And 'Deliberate']( The state is changing how some troopers are paid after the Boston Globe found salaries for an entire troop had been missing from public accounting for eight years. [Mass. And Utilities Ditch N.H.-Routed Northern Pass For Hydro Project Through Maine]( Electric distribution companies working with the state have decided to finalize a contract with the 145-mile New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project in Maine. [Littlefield: Grounds Crew Member Back To Work After Wrongful Imprisonment]( With the MLB season about to begin, Bill Littlefield has a story about a man who's very happy to be involved in the production again. ['Muppet Guys Talking': A Look Inside The Motley, Misfit, Multi-Species Mosh-Pit]( More than creating entertainment and silly kids stuff, the documentary shows how founder Jim Henson wanted to make a better world. More from The ARTery - [5 Things To Do This Weekend, From Hip-Hop To Ballet To Internet Cats]( - [Sidney Gish, Boston's Bandcamp Phenom]( - [A Lumbering Nostalgia Party, Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Speeds In Reverse]( [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}]( [Forward this email]( | [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by wburtoday@wbur.org in collaboration with [Constant Contact]( [Try it free today](