Massachusetts ecologists build a winter ‘hotel’ for snakes
The success of the rocky structure will be measured once temperatures drop.

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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‘They want to maximize the cruelty’: Laid-off federal workers share their frustrations
Probationary employees fired from the National Weather Service and Veterans Affairs share their stories. -
JFK, Tip O’Neill federal buildings slated for potential sale
Both buildings among a list of almost 450 federal properties across the country considered “non-core” by the Trump administration. -
Ahead of congressional testimony, Wu promises to defend Boston
Wu’s comments were part of a joint press conference with some of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation. -
Massachusetts reps will bring fired federal workers to Trump’s congressional speech
Members of the state’s congressional delegation are trying to make a political statement with the guests they are taking to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. -
Transit advocates call for Wu to keep Back Bay bus lane
The nonprofit TransitMatters says the dedicated bus lane has been a success and the city should reconsider its plan to dismantle it.
GBH News podcasts
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Scratch & Win
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College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
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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