The escalating standoff between Wu and the Trump administration
Defunding, prosecution and military occupation have all been named as possible next steps by the Department of Justice.

Growing up on Choctaw land, and not being able to go back, inspired this chamber music album
Charles Shadle’s new album Choctaw Places pays tribute to the Choctaw Nation’s reservation within Oklahoma.
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Survey: College leaders warn of growing financial threats
A new national survey reveals deepening anxiety among college business officers, as higher education faces mounting financial pressure and political uncertainty. -
Bar advocate work stoppage reaches crisis level as courts seek SJC intervention
Trial courts are under pressure to provide due process to defendants in criminal cases amidst a work stoppage by bar advocates who represent indigent people charged with a crime. The Trial courts have filed a motion to request the MA Supreme Judicial Court intervene and allow more judges to hold hearings. -
GBH lays off 13 staff at American Experience, pauses production of new documentaries
The move follows Congress' clawback of $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. -
Massachusetts home sales, prices continue to rise in June
Single-family home sales were up 5.5% across Massachusetts in June and, at the halfway point in 2025, are up 3% over the same stretch last year, real estate market analysts said Tuesday. -
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Scratch & Win
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College Uncovered
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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
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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