2025 in review: The biggest stories from Boston and around Massachusetts
As we wrap up 2025, the journalists at GBH News have been reflecting on the headlines that defined the year.
Meet three authors who wrote some of the most banned books in America
Jodi Picoult, Maia Kobabe and Sandra Cisneros have each written books that have been challenged and banned throughout the country.
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In 1775, Boston’s Prince Hall broke Freemasonry’s racial barrier. His global movement marches on.
Prince Hall Freemasons are celebrating their history, focusing on community service and new generations of membership. -
Protestors upset by recent ICE operation shut down Worcester City Council meeting
Demonstrators railed against the city’s handling of the immigration operation on Eureka Street on May 8. -
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Rajani LaRocca's picture book ‘Some of Us’ is her personal tribute to American democracy
The book was produced by three naturalized U.S. citizens and shares the many paths to becoming American. -
This community fridge in Dorchester is keeping pantries stocked
The Dorchester Community Fridge operates on a 'take what you need, leave what you can' model for people struggling with food insecurity.
GBH News podcasts
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Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
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 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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