Pushing a ‘sacred rebellion,’ American colonists justified revolt with religion
Old almanacs and songs show how religious icons — familiar from ancient, sacred texts — helped legitimize a war effort for independence.
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A new program is bringing bike-riding lessons to Boston kindergartners
All Kids Bike is expanding to a second school later this year, said Regional Supt. Kirsten Weeks.
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Healey asks Navy's help in recovering video that could show sunken fishing ship's last moments
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Mass. public school enrollment is down 14K. Nearly half were English language learners.
Immigration enforcement over the past year appears to be a big factor in the fact that statewide, school enrollment fell by more than 14,000 in the year ending in October 2025. -
New England's largest Latino cultural center to open this week in Boston
La CASA: The Center for Arts, Self-Determination and Activism will open to the public this Friday at the South End’s historic Villa Victoria. -
Healey bars ICE from getting undercover license plates for civil arrests
“Massachusetts is not going to allow state resources to be used to help ICE operate in secret while they are violating people’s rights and making us all less safe,” said a state spokesperson. -
Is Boston’s use of concurrent signals putting pedestrians at risk?
A third of Boston intersections let pedestrians in crosswalks cross at the same time as traffic.
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