Feds end the automatic renewals of most immigrants’ work permits
The new policy will go into effect Oct. 30, and will apply to people applying for renewals in the future.
After last year’s fire, volunteers track new life at Blue Hills
Enthusiastic citizen scientists are hiking in each month to document what’s coming back. After more than 40 acres burned, now, there’s a diverse array of plants and birds.
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Lawsuit aims to stop taxpayer information sharing with ICE
Immigrants without legal status paid nearly $650 million in Massachusetts’ state and local taxes in 2022. Advocates question if ICE actions have contributed to fewer immigrants applying for taxpayer numbers this year. -
Two Massachusetts brothers aboard flotilla heading for Gaza port
Two brothers from Sheffield, Massachusetts, are on a flotilla of nearly 50 ships headed to Gaza with humanitarian aid supplies for Palestinians. -
Logan airport expects ‘no immediate interruptions’ due to government shutdown
Air traffic controllers and TSA employees are considered "essential" and are required to continue working without pay during the federal government shutdown. -
Worcester City Council passes resolution barring police from assisting ICE
Although the measure was mainly symbolic, councilors said it sends a message that Worcester cares about immigrants. -
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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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