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

Falling Behind: 'We're in jail with our emotions'

5 days ago | wbur.org | Dorey Scheimer |Meghna Chakrabarti |Tim Skoog

Teenage boys are experiencing increasing rates of loneliness and suicidal thoughts — which is having a direct impact on their achievement in school. How can schools address that? It's the final part in On Point’s special series “Falling Behind: The Miseducation of America’s Boys.”GuestsMichael Reichert, applied and research psychologist. Founding director of the Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives at the University of Pennsylvania.
Falling Behind: Where have all the men gone?

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

After decades of decline, male teachers now make up less than a quarter of the public-school teaching force. What’s driving men away, and what would it take to bring them back? On Point’s weeklong series exploring boys and education continues. GuestsThomas Dee, professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education. Robert J. Hendricks III, founder and CEO of He is Me Institute, a non-profit that supports Black male teachers throughout their careers in the public school system.
Falling Behind: The opportunity gap

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

Data show boys are falling behind in school. Black boys are falling behind the most. What’s happening in classrooms that are bucking that trend? On Point’s weeklong series exploring boys and education continues. Pedro Noguera, Dean of the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education.
Falling Behind: Troublemakers

1 week ago | wbur.org | Willis Arnold |Meghna Chakrabarti

This is part two of our series "Falling Behind: The Miseducation of America's Boys."'Boys will be boys.' How are perceptions about boys’ behavior in the classroom shaping their entire education? It’s part two of On Point’s weeklong series, "Falling Behind: The Miseducation of America's Boys."Jayanti Owens, assistant professor of organizational behavior, Yale School of Management, Yale University.
Do we treat boys like malfunctioning girls?

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

This is part one of our series "Falling behind: The miseducation of America's boys."Boys fall behind girls in education in the U.S. starting as young as eight years old. Understanding how boys learn is key to knowing why that’s happening. Today, On Point: Part one of On Point’s weeklong series “Falling behind: The miseducation of America’s boys.”Richard Reeves, president and founder of the American Institute for Boys and Men.
Trump v. big law

2 weeks ago | wbur.org | Paige Sutherland |Meghna Chakrabarti

Trump v. big law46:39Download 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/2025/04/04/trump-big-law-executive-order-legal"></iframe>Copy embed codeResumePresident Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington.
How the mariner shortage could impact maritime security

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

How the mariner shortage could impact maritime security46:52Download 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/2025/04/03/mariner-shortage-maritime-security-trump-ships"></iframe>Copy embed codeResumeIn this Sept.
'I thought I was doing something good': The scam that took Judith Boivin's life savings

3 weeks ago | wbur.org | Hilary McQuilkin |Tim Skoog |Meghna Chakrabarti

Judith Boivin thought she was helping the FBI go after drug traffickers. But in reality, she had fallen victim to an elaborate plot to rob her of retirement savings. She is not alone. How elaborate new scams are trapping well-meaning Americans. GuestsMichelle Singletary, Washington Post personal finance columnist. Her 7-part series “Scammed," deconstructs how one woman lost her life's savings in a government impersonation scam.
'The federal workforce feels tormented': Federal employees on the consequences of losing their jobs

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

'The federal workforce feels tormented': Federal employees on the consequences of losing their jobs 40:42 Download Audio Embed on your website Close× 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/2025/04/01/the-federal-workforce-feels-tormented-federal-employees-on-the-consequences-of-losing-their-jobs"></iframe> Copy embed codeResume FILE - The Theodore Roosevelt Building,...
What does China make of the chaos in the U.S.?

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

What does China make of the chaos in the U.S.? 42:30Download 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/2025/03/31/china-xi-trump-administration-chaos"></iframe>Copy embed codeResumePresident Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.