Brandeis bets big on rebuilding the liberal arts around real-world skills
Facing financial pressure, declining enrollment, and growing skepticism about the value of a degree, Brandeis University is launching a sweeping overhaul and recasting the liberal arts with a focus on what students can do after they graduate.
Local Haitians thrilled men's team made World Cup despite country's struggles, travel ban
This will be the first time that Haiti's men's team has been in the World Cup since 1974.
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A sitdown with Mass. Senate president: Spilka wants to ‘be bold’ on housing
Sen. Karen Spilka checked in on her legislative priorities, transparency and the state’s response to the Trump administration. -
USDA worker appeals firing for talking to press about food assistance during shutdown
Ellen Mei is challenging a termination she says violates her First Amendment rights. -
New research shows there’s no affordable municipalities left in Rhode Island
Our regional news roundtable breaks down the latest headlines from Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Cape Cod and the Islands. -
Unbound Pages: Banned-book clubs unite readers and activists of all ages
We speak with three founders of banned-book clubs about why they decided to create reader groups to encourage the freedom to read in their communities. -
Mass. Republicans mostly mum on public tips to ICE
A BU student claims he contacted the feds before a recent raid in Allston.
GBH News podcasts
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Scratch & Win
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College Uncovered
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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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