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Nearly 1,500 migrants in Massachusetts have been arrested by immigration officials over the past month. Federal agents say most were criminals, but many were not, including 18-year-old high school student Marcelo Gomes Da Silva. WBUR's Simón Rios explains more.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement Wednesday that the State Department "will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields." NPR's Emily Feng joins us to explain what it means.

This month, the Community Foundation hosted our Annual Meeting, where we shared the financial results of our fiscal year, which ended in April.

Featured: An Evening with Hank Smith at Ugly Art Co., and Louis Michot in The Green Room

Tens of thousands of researchers are out of work amid President Trump's ongoing purge of the federal workforce. One of those workers is Peggy Hall, a biologist who worked at the National Institutes of Health. Hall joins us with freelance reporter Virginia Gewin, who recently wrote about fired workers for Nature.

Many Memphians would agree that our community faces critical challenges related to safety and well-being. At the Community Foundation, we believe the most meaningful solutions come from those closest to the issues—people who understand root causes, prioritize trust, and are deeply connected to the neighborhoods they serve.

Kacky Walton spoke with Jamison Totten, Director of Live at the Garden and the Radian Amphitheatre, about this summer’s concert series at the Memphis Botanic Garden and what audiences can expect from the lineup.

Kacky Walton spoke with pianist Jim Cornfoot and baritone Patrick Jones about their concert, "Murder She Wrote: Ballads of Love and Death," on Sunday, June 8, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral.

Featured: Interwoven at Prizm's festival, and a traveling exhibit at Pink Palace.

President Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday to ban nationals of 12 countries from entering the U.S. One of those countries is Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghans helped the U.S. military fight its 20-year war there.