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Former Congressman Barney Frank's urgent message for Democrats

Barney Frank has a trailblazing legacy as a long-serving Democratic congressman and champion of liberal causes. He’s now in hospice care but is urging his party to refocus its priorities to defeat President Trump’s brand of right-wing populism.

WBUR’s Anthony Brooks reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Anthony Brooks has more than twenty five years of experience in public radio, working as a producer, editor, reporter, and most recently, as a fill-in host for NPR. For years, Brooks has worked as a Boston-based reporter for NPR, covering regional issues across New England, including politics, criminal justice, and urban affairs. He has also covered higher education for NPR, and during the 2000 presidential election he was one of NPR's lead political reporters, covering the campaign from the early primaries through the Supreme Court's Bush V. Gore ruling. His reports have been heard for many years on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.