The world’s first modern rocket launched from a cabbage farm in Massachusetts 100 years ago
Robert Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry, but at the time, many people mocked his ideas around space exploration.
GBH’s CEO endorses a merger with WBUR
Her counterpart at WBUR seems more skeptical about the two public media institutions joining forces.
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Report: Smoking, care costs down since flavored tobacco ban
The state's smoking rate has declined and residents have avoided more than $70 million in health care expenses, the state said Monday. -
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Gov. Healey wants to spend more casino revenue on boosting local tourism
A Healey deputy told lawmakers the change would help support an industry that's both "wildly underfunded" and key to the Massachusetts economy. -
Boston Public Schools hits an all-time high graduation rate
The biggest year-over-year gains for were made by multilingual learners, whose graduation rate increased by 5%. -
At Old North Church, American Revolution lives on ahead of nation's 250th
Old North Illuminated‘s Emily Spence joined GBH's All Things Considered to highlight the stories beyond Paul Revere's and the famed signal lanterns — those of the ordinary Bostonians.
GBH News podcasts
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Catching The Codfather
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. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
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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