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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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When is a 30 mph vehicle no longer an e-bike? Speed, ambiguous rules lead to injuries on Cape Cod
They're fun and environmentally friendly. But electric bikes and other "micromobility devices" are involved in what health and safety professionals say are a growing number of crashes. -
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Rowdy crowd cheers and heckles during Suffolk County DA forum in Roxbury
The three Democratic candidates onstage — Linda Champion, Kevin Hayden, and Rachael Rollins — all had a bone to pick with their opponents in the race for Suffolk County district attorney. -
Boston parks rediscover centuries-old gravestone of a free Black man
The marker located in the famed Granary Burial Ground near Park Street is likely one of the oldest of a free Black person in the U.S., city officials said Thursday. -
Federal deregulation of Head Start may increase class sizes in Mass., say education leaders
The proposed set of regulations reduces federal burdens for Head Start programs, leaving center operators to look to the state and local law for guidance.
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
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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.’