Trump admin threatens to withhold MBTA funds over crime concerns
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy demanded the head of the T share information on the agency's plans reduce crime within two weeks or face funding cuts.

The Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race showcases art, creativity and joy — on wheels
Each year, artists, engineers and tinkerers from across New England bring their wacky, human-powered machines to Lowell.
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‘Overjoyed’: Trash pickup strike will end in dozens of Greater Boston communities
The agreement ends a work stoppage dating back to July. -
A record number of students lack basic reading skills. Can this approach help?
Experts weigh how a linguistics-based approach, compared to the more recent "balanced literacy" methods, may increase childhood literacy in the U.S. -
Boston film festival puts a spotlight on Latino diversity and resiliency
The third annual CineFest Latino Boston Film Festival starts on September 24. -
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DiZoglio says lawmakers ‘rewarded’ Campbell for helping stall her audit
Legislative leaders say they gave the attorney general more money to take the Trump administration to court.
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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
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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