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On today’s Producer’s Pick episode of What’s Next?, we revisit two conversations from recent episodes. First, Thomas O’Neil-White sits down with Najja Bouldin, whose company Phoenix Innovation Group LLC, helps individuals and achieve their goals through performance coaching, speaking, consulting, and facilitating creativity. And we close with Jay Moran speaking with the director of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo, Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., about the latter’s 2023 report titled, “How We Change the Black East Side,” which acts as a neighborhood planning and development framework for Buffalo’s East Side communities.

This episode of “Buffalo, What’s Next?” welcomes poet Jillian Hanesworth to talk about how art can contribute to social change. Buffalo Catholic Charities Educator Harvey Miles, Jr. discusses the idea of racial truth and reconciliation in America, and Alexander Wright, President, African Heritage Food Co-op presents the need for healthy food sustainability, and how his organization is helping the community.

Just two days after the combative Buffalo mayoral television debate, the candidates took the stage in a more relaxed setting, further convincing city residents of why they should be chosen to lead the city.

Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots. Scientists fear this doesn't bode well in case of a crisis.

Paul Perez Jr, CEO of Better Living Interest talks with Jay Moran about Real Estate, credit and the state of Black wealth in the country.Then Francisco Vasquez, the president emeritus of Child and Family Services shares a personal story of growing up as a Latino, facing discrimination on two fronts as he began to work in both Hispanic and White worlds.

Buffalo Public Schools not completely ruling out suspending students who repeatedly violate cellphone ban

Hochul's response comes after criticisms from U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats that the push by Texas Republicans to do the same is unfair.

Governor Kathy Hochul launched a website for her "distraction free" schools law. Providing districts across the state with the necessary framework to craft district wide policies.

At least once each year, Pastor Kinzer Pointer from Agape Fellowship Baptist Church on Northland Avenue in Buffalo takes new UB Medical students on a tour of Jefferson Avenue, pointing out the issues that they need to have awareness of and people they should have empathy for. Then Jay Moran brings us excerpts from a recent “Making Spaces” discussion at Buffalo Arts Studio with Artist Matt Kenyon, Fruit Belt activist Dennice Barr, UB professor Henry Louis Taylor Jr. and others on art, urban planning and economic justice.

In a recent ruling, the Indian Supreme Court reinstated a colonial-era ban on gay sex. Two authors react to the news with two very different recommendations. Manil Suri suggests that readers check out a book of interviews, while Ruth Franklin turns to Victorian England for a look at a similar law's effects.