Hundreds gather on Boston Common to demand justice for alleged Cornell rape victim
Organized by Mass NOW and Jane Doe Inc, the rally featured speeches from sexual assault survivors, advocates, and elected officials.
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Healey moves to block Kratom sales from convenience stores, smoke shops
Kratom is a plant-based substance, but a synthetic version sold around the state can cause opioid-like addiction, withdrawal and overdoses. -
Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena arrested by FBI on wire fraud, money laundering charges
The mayor is being accused of misusing COVID small-business loans to fund his campaign account, pay personal taxes and hard-money mortgages that encumbered various properties he owned in Lawrence. -
Healey wades into Quabbin community water issues
Towns that supply water to eastern Massachusetts say they need help. -
A grim footnote illuminates a harsh reality for Black Bostonians during the revolution
The intersection of Washington Street and Inner Belt Road in Somerville is the site of a little-told Black history event that happened about two decades before Paul Revere's ride, that centers on an enslaved man named Mark. -
GBH Daily: Wealth, poverty and that $8 statistic
Looking back on net worth in Massachusetts. -
Coastal waters feel colder this year? You're not imagining things
Local waters are experiencing noticeable cooler temperatures this season due to subarctic water being pulled into the Gulf of Maine. -
‘It was like the end of the world’: Local Colombians react to earthquake, launch fundraising efforts
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Colombians say they've heard from relatives and friends about the devastation in the country, and multiple Colombian businesses are raising money to help. -
Boston Fed updates oft-cited 2015 report finding median Black wealth in Boston was just $8
The new report updated the 2015 report, The Color of Wealth in Boston, but relies on a different methodology and the authors say it should not be directly compared to the previous report.
