Mass. residents face tough choices as health insurance deadline looms
Higher premiums on the state exchange could prompt thousands to drop coverage.
The hidden history of Indigenous slavery in New England and beyond
It's a surprising and overlooked story, a blind spot in the narrative of early America: the hidden history of Indigenous slavery. As colonial powers took over Native land, white settlers were enslaving Native people. Some worked in New England. Others were kidnapped and shipped to an isolated tropical island. For generations, a lost tribe in Bermuda wondered about its past. Centuries later, they've reconnected with family — in New England.
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Mass General Brigham primary care physicians continue push to unionize despite hurdles
Mass General Brigham has requested National Labor Relations Board review the vote. -
Boston mayor demands information from ICE on immigrant detentions
Wu says people aren't 'buying the line that these secret police tactics are making communities safer.' -
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Hundreds in Boston protest ICE raids in Los Angeles and arrest of union leader
The rally was co-sponsored by the local SEIU union in support of union president David Huerta, who was arrested in Los Angeles. -
Misconduct hearing underway for judge accused of helping immigrant avoid ICE arrest
The state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct is looking into claims that a Newton district court judge helped a defendant evade immigration officials seven years ago.
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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 Podcast
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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