The escalating standoff between Wu and the Trump administration
Defunding, prosecution and military occupation have all been named as possible next steps by the Department of Justice.

Growing up on Choctaw land, and not being able to go back, inspired this chamber music album
Charles Shadle’s new album Choctaw Places pays tribute to the Choctaw Nation’s reservation within Oklahoma.
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New Jamaica Plain housing project supports people coming out of homelessness
Largest permanent supportive housing project in Boston comes online. -
Massachusetts cities and towns brace for 'catastrophic' federal budget cuts
Massachusetts municipalities are preparing for the potential loss of millions as the Trump administration cuts federal spending. -
Healey bemoans federal funding cuts, says loss of up to $16B would be 'devastating'
The state couldn't raise the requisite funds elsewhere, the governor tells GBH News. -
Harvard Medical School doctors sue Trump administration to restore censored articles
The group claims papers including the words “LGBTQ” and “trans” were removed from the Patient Safety Network, a government-run website for doctors and medical researchers to share information. -
U.S. Education Department says it is cutting nearly half of all staff
According to the department, more than 1,300 positions will be cut as a result of this reduction in force. Roughly another 600 employees have accepted voluntary resignations or retired.
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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
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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