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A grim footnote illuminates a harsh reality for Black Bostonians during the revolution
The intersection of Washington Street and Inner Belt Road in Somerville is the site of a little-told Black history event that happened about two decades before Paul Revere's ride, that centers on an enslaved man named Mark.
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Jury convicts brother of Mass. AG Campbell of sexual assaults
Alvin Campbell was found guilty of 21 out of 22 counts for assaults from 2017 to 2019. He faces up to life in prison when sentenced on June 29. -
Scientists are injecting elm trees with a killer fungus to save them
Scientists with the Nature Conservancy and Forest Service have been raising American elms that are bred to be resistant to Dutch elm disease at two sites in Vermont. Now, they're injecting them with the fungus to see what happens. -
Brockton schools told mayor to stay away from high school graduation before outburst
A letter from the district casts doubt on Mayor Moises Rodrigues’ assertion that he didn’t know the identity of his accuser. -
NH court reverses father’s murder conviction in case of missing 5-year-old girl
Adam Montgomery was sentenced to a minimum of 56 years in prison in 2024 for second-degree murder and other charges. On Thursday, the court agreed a lesser assault charge should have been prosecuted separately. -
Annual Mass. sales tax holiday set for early August
Tax-free weekend in Massachusetts allows buyers to avoid sales tax on many purchases, although critics say it doesn't generate much new economic activity and merely shifts consumer buying patterns.
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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
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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.’