From Robin Hood to resumes: The humanities get a job market makeover
Schools like Georgia Tech have reframed liberal arts as essential career training, and students are responding in big numbers.

State Senate pitches spending $5 million on World Cup transportation upgrades
With summer 2026 fast approaching, the Senate spending bill would set aside money to help fans get to and from Gillette Stadium.
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CDC cuts $1 million from Boston community health programs
The city’s eye is on the “very concerning threat” of larger funding cuts, Boston’s public health commissioner says. -
Distraction or threat to democracy? Mass. delegation split on Trump's talk of third term.
While the Constitution prohibits three presidential terms, Trump says there are ways to circumvent that ban. -
GBH Daily: Local homebuilders brace for tariffs
Fear of rising costs and slower production. -
Massachusetts homebuilders brace for tariffs to raise costs and slow housing production
Rising costs for construction materials could make it harder to address Massachusetts’ affordable housing shortage. -
Jeremiah Program’s two-generational approach supports single moms on their way out of poverty
For single mothers in major cities, getting a college degree isn't always front-of-mind. The Jeremiah Program wants to make those goals attainable.
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Scratch & Win
Scratch & Win follows the unlikely rise of America’s most successful lottery. We begin in 1970s Boston, with state bureaucrats going toe to toe with mafia bookmakers, and each other, as they struggle to launch the state's greatest innovation: the scratch ticket.

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