New walking tour shines light on Boston’s overlooked abolitionist history
The "Abolition Acre" self-guided walking tour was recently established by the nonprofit Beacon Hill Scholars to raise awareness about the city's anti-slavery movement.
Massachusetts elections 2025: Everything you need to know to vote
Boston, Worcester, Cambridge and Everett will have elections this fall. Read up on what’s on your ballot.
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How your phone could be harming your relationships
Phubbing, or phone-snubbing, could be having a negative impact on your relationships. -
GBH Daily: What is Boston’s ‘Abolition Acre’?
The 10-stop, self-guided tour launched in October explores Boston’s role in spurring the American abolitionist movement. -
Law enforcement investigating overnight explosion at Harvard Medical School
No injuries reported in what is believed to be an intentional act. -
Massachusetts to pay for heating assistance with leftover funds — for now
Governor Maura Healey said the state still has $13 million in federal funds from last year that it can use in the short-term. -
Local authorities debate: How much sewage in Boston-area rivers is too much?
Environmental advocates want that number to get down to zero. But the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority says it’s more responsible to allow limited “combined sewer overflows” and save money for ratepayers in infrastructure upgrades.
GBH News podcasts
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Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
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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