‘The magic of Boston’: SoWa Winter Festival opens for 10th annual holiday market
Hundreds of shoppers headed to the South End for the market's opening day on Black Friday, sipping hot chocolate as they browsed booths.
Need an ambulance in Massachusetts? It could leave you thousands in debt.
Calling 911 can even leave residents in small claims court. Insurers, ambulance companies and patients all agree: it’s a “broken” ambulance billing system in Massachusetts.
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'Every bit helps': Chatham tries a new model for affordable housing
The town's purchase of a single-family home for affordable housing could become a model for other towns. But the deal hinged on altruistic homeowners selling their house to the Chatham Affordable Housing Trust well below market rate. -
GBH Daily: 85% of renters can’t afford to buy a starter home
And more on the state of housing in Boston. -
After ballot Q win, Somerville backers want divestment from Israel to become a reality
Backers of the proposed measure are rallying at City Hall before Thursday’s City Council meeting. -
Only 1 in 7 Greater Boston renters can afford a starter home, new report finds
The report offered policy recommendations on how to address the housing crisis, including funding incentives for cities and towns to increase their housing supply. -
Massachusetts Historical Society’s chief historian steps down after half century of service
In his 47-year tenure, Peter Drummey has witnessed a historical arc of his own — from seeing the research room’s first portable computer to curating tours for U.S. presidents.
GBH News podcasts
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Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
What Is Owed?
Boston has begun to wrestle with the notion of paying reparations to Black people to make up for 400 years of enslavement and economic exclusion. -
The Big Dig Podcast
This Peabody Award–winning podcast dives into the cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure. No project embodies that cynicism quite like ‘The Big Dig.’
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