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Averted strike at Brigham and Women's highlights ongoing tension around traveling nurses
The proposed contract, which has yet to be voted on by union members, has a major focus on limits around visiting nurses, also called traveling nurses, that many hospitals rely on to fill staff shortages.
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The Golden Thread sheds light on little known East Boston history — and its present
From poignant immigration history to local activism, there's a little for everyone, according to the creators of the new community project.
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On anniversary of Battle of Bunker Hill, quotes targeted for removal remain on display
Three signs displaying six quotes related to abolition, women’s suffrage and immigration were reportedly ordered removed earlier this month. -
What’s causing Boston's opioid death toll to plummet? Experts credit availability of Narcan
In 2025, there were 120 opioid overdose deaths in the city, the lowest number in a decade, according to new data from the Boston Public Health Commission. -
With new wrong-way driving prevention effort, Mass. hopes to prevent tragic crashes
Officials announced the effort weeks after a wrong-way driver struck and killed a state trooper. -
Council urges long runway to introduce new graduation standards
The report marks the culmination of an 18-month process launched after voters in 2024 approved Question 2 and eliminated the MCAS graduation requirement. -
Wicked Strange: The Barney and Betty Hill abduction from the White Mountains
In 1961, a New Hampshire couple started a media frenzy after they claimed to have been abducted by aliens while driving one night in rural New Hampshire.
GBH News podcasts
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Catching The Codfather
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. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
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.’