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Brigid Jaipaul Valenza speaks with Drea D'Nur to talk about serving the Halal community before, and since, the racially motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue. Then Jay Moran chats with Shantelle Patton, founder of That Brown Bag Minority Business Directory on some of her banking and financial education programs. And we end the show with Thomas O’Neil White speaking with Dorian Withrow Jr as he shares perspectives on what work needs to be done for our youth.

This week, we are proud to bring you special programming on remembering the May 14th Tops Massacre. In our final installment, we bring you a conversation on the future of social justice by listening to both the voices of elder advocates, and younger ones beginning to take up the mantle of taking on issues.

The country's citizenship minister and education minister separately announced their diagnoses on social media the same day that the country announced a grim new milestone in the pandemic.

Also new this year are more female directors and Black directors getting recognition than in years past, and four of the films included in the list were released in the past decade.

Four of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' top aides, including the city's first deputy mayor, announced they're resigning days after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against him.

Andrew Weissmann, one of the best-known lawyers in special counsel Robert Mueller's office, is set to depart soon from that job and the Justice Department, NPR has learned.

If it’s Friday, it’s Theater Talk- Today with Anthony and Peter on the Arties nominations and looking at SPUNK at Ujima. Also—our continued look at the aftermath of the Tops shooting with a rally against gun violence, also a profile of victim Ruth Whitfield, and former MLB player Chris Singleton visiting Buffalo to talk of loss and community progress.

It’s been one month since the mass shooting on Jefferson Avenue, and we listen back to some of the voices of anger and grief during these past four weeks. Also, talk of what sort of memorial could go at the site of the Tops shooting on Jefferson Ave., safeguarding abortion in New York State and Republican candidates for Governor debate .

Ten area nursing homes are planning for one day strikes across Western New York this week. Also, hear from more protestors upset over the city’s redistricting plans. Also, diversity at The Taste of Buffalo, and Washington honors for a Tops employee who helped others stay safe during the May 14 shootings.

Go inside the new Tops Market on Jefferson Ave., after being shut down for 2 months after the racist shootingsthere. Also, hear legal analysis of the accused shooter's indictment- and why a former Assistant US Attorney says it tips the US Justice Department's hand on pursuing the death penalty. And if it's Friday- It's TheaterTalk