Will new federal student loan caps make grad school more affordable or less attainable?
Critics warn the limits could hurt the Massachusetts economy and shut out low-income students.
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2026 World Cup in Massachusetts
At this local barbershop, the World Cup is a celebration of two homelands
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‘I don't feel safe’: Smith College students react to federal probe on college’s trans women policy
The investigation is based on whether Smith College’s policy of admitting transgender women violates Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination. -
Senate passes stronger version of immigrant-focused PROTECT Act
The most glaring distinction that House and Senate negotiators will have to resolve is where warrant requirements for civil arrests will apply. -
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Immigrant commercial drivers in Mass. hit a dead end trying to renew licenses
The state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles for months followed a Trump administration rule in disallowing an estimated 1,600 immigrants from renewing CDLs. -
‘I refuse to be complicit’: Boston survivor of human trafficking resigns from federal council
Jose Alfaro, an advocate and local survivor of human trafficking, resigned from his seat on the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking in protest of the Trump administration and its policies against immigrants, equity and inclusion, and other vulnerable people.
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