Meghna Chakrabarti

Boston

Host and Editor at On Point (WBUR-FM)

My new, new goal in life is to make my Twitter so boring you listen to @onpointradio @wbur instead. Also still want visit every US national park before I die.

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Articles

How the Trump administration's defense policies are affecting women in service

2 days ago | wbur.org | Jonathan Chang |Meghna Chakrabarti

How the Trump administration's defense policies are affecting women in servicePlay44:59Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/05/12/trump-defense-policies-women-military"></iframe>Copy embed codeFILE - In this Aug. 21, 2015 file photo, U.S. Army Capt.
How closely is Trump following the Project 2025 blueprint?

5 days ago | wbur.org | Paige Sutherland |Meghna Chakrabarti

How closely is Trump following the Project 2025 blueprint?
Trump's push to shrink FEMA

1 week ago | wbur.org | Claire Donnelly |Meghna Chakrabarti

Trump's push to shrink FEMAPlay46:35Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/05/07/federal-government-disaster-recovery-trump-fema"></iframe>Copy embed codePeople gather at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C.,, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.
The real history of REAL ID

1 week ago | wbur.org | Jonathan Chang |Meghna Chakrabarti

The real history of REAL IDPlay46:06Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/05/06/real-id-flight-travel-states-airport"></iframe>Copy embed code (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)Starting May 7, you will have to have a REAL ID to board a U.S. domestic flight.
Did 'An Abundance of Caution' during COVID do more harm than good for America's students?

1 week ago | wbur.org | Jonathan Chang |Meghna Chakrabarti

Did 'An Abundance of Caution' during COVID do more harm than good for America's students?
The real story of birthright citizenship

1 week ago | wbur.org | Paige Sutherland |Meghna Chakrabarti

The real story of birthright citizenshipPlay46:47Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/05/02/birthright-citizenship-trump-history-heather-cox-richardson"></iframe>Copy embed codePresident Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan.
The transformation of Austin, Texas

1 week ago | wbur.org | Claire Donnelly |Meghna Chakrabarti

The transformation of Austin, TexasPlay45:56Download AudioEmbed on your websiteClose×Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site<iframe width="100%" height="124" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://player.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/05/01/transformation-austin-texas-tech-red-state-liberal"></iframe>Copy embed codeIn an aerial view, the downtown skyline is seen on March 19, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
Will the FDA's proposed food dye ban make kids healthier?

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Willis Arnold |Meghna Chakrabarti

Will the FDA's proposed food dye ban make kids healthier?
Why some are calling Tesla vandalism 'domestic terrorism'

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Will Walkey |Meghna Chakrabarti

The Tesla Takedown protests have been mostly peaceful, but there have been a few incidents of vandalism and even property destruction. Now, Elon Musk and his allies are calling the entire protest movement "domestic terrorism." Is that a fair label? GuestsJon Lewis, research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, where he studies domestic terrorism. Also FeaturedEdward Martin Jr., Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
JD Vance and the rise of the 'New Right'

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Claire Donnelly |Meghna Chakrabarti

In this week’s Jackpod, Meghna and Jack spoke about this episode of On Point from August last year about ‘radical monarchist’ Curtis Yarvin and the so-called New Right movement. To make it easy to find we’re dropping it here again. GuestsIan Ward, reporter with Politico and Politico Magazine. He reports on the conservative movement and the American Right. Gil Duran, freelance journalist writing about tech politics.