As NPR Celebrates 50th, WBUR's All Things Considered Looks Back On Coverage Over The DecadesWBUR began airing NPR programming in the early 1980s, a decade after All Things Considered began, and has covered stories of local and national significance ever since.PlayWBUR News09:10May 3, 2021
Mass. Loosens Outdoor Mask Mandate And Outlines Lifting Of COVID Rules. Here's What To KnowOn Tuesday, Massachusetts released its timeline for a full reopening of business activities by August. Starting Friday, residents will no longer be required to wear masks when they are outdoors...PlayWBUR News04:43Apr 27, 2021
Interested In Eco-Friendly Gardening? Here's What You Should KnowInterest in eco-friendly gardening has surged in the pandemic. Mark Richardson, director of horticulture at the Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston has recommendations on how to get started with...PlayEarthwhile06:28Apr 23, 2021
'We Must All Engage:' In New Book, Scholars Offer Advice For White People When Discussing RaceIn their new book "Let's Talk Race," authors Marlene Fine and Fern Johnson aim to push white people to engage in conversations about race, and about being Black in America.PlayWBUR News08:37Apr 22, 2021
WBUR Poll: Rent Control Supported By Most Boston VotersMore than three-quarters of Boston voters support rent control to control soaring housing costs, according to a new WBUR poll.PlayWBUR News01:46Apr 14, 2021
Mass. General President Peter Slavin On His Decision To Step Down After 18 YearsDr. Peter Slavin says he's leaving MGH because he's ready for a change in his career and the timing is right, since the hospital and its parent organization, Mass General...PlayWBUR News06:30Apr 7, 2021
Brigham Face Transplant Pioneer Reflects On His Patients And The Procedure As He Heads To YaleDr. Bohdan Pomahac has led the face transplant program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston since he started it more than a decade ago, and he performed the first...PlayCommonHealth05:42Apr 2, 2021
Police Dash Cams, Body Cams Remain The Exception In MassachusettsCost, unions, and other priorities have slowed deployment. PlayWBUR News04:48Mar 31, 2021
Baker Urges Vigilance As Coronavirus Cases Once Again Increase In Mass.On Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky toured the vaccination site at Hynes Convention Center in Boston.PlayWBUR News04:22Mar 30, 2021
Listen To 'Let's Do The Time Warp,' A Simmons University Student's Podcast Contest EntryA Simmons University student in one of 10 finalists in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. NPR invited college students to submit an idea for a short podcast story. PlayWBUR News03:36Mar 30, 2021
'Where Madness Lies' Traces Family History Of Mental Illness From Nazi Germany To MassachusettsWBUR's Lisa Mullins speaks with author Sylvia True about her novel tracing mental illness, and the consequences of keeping it secret, through two generations of a family.PlayWBUR News07:43Mar 29, 2021
Mass. Psychiatrists Concerned About Increase In Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Among AdolescentsBoston Children's Hospital reports that between July and October of last year it saw a 47% increase, over the same period the year before, in kids needing to be hospitalized...PlayCommonHealth08:13Mar 25, 2021
Wilmington Survivors React To Long-Awaited State Study Linking Cancer Cluster To Contaminated WaterThe two-decades-long Department of Public Health study suggests a connection between prenatal exposure to NDMA, which leached into Wilmington's public water aquifer from the Olin chemical manufacturing facility, to childhood...PlayWBUR News05:50Mar 24, 2021
Marty Walsh Confirmed As U.S. Labor SecretaryWalsh, a former union leader who has been mayor of Boston since 2014, will be the the first union member to serve as secretary of labor in nearly half a...PlayWBUR News05:55Mar 22, 2021
Emerson College Journalists Document Use Of Online Sex Work Platforms By Fellow StudentsEmerson College's student newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon, recently reported on students who make hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars a month selling nude and seminude photos to clients on line.PlayWBUR News08:39Mar 19, 2021
Russell Hoyt On His Father And Brother's Boston Marathon LegacyDick Hoyt ran the Boston Marathon for more than 30 years while pushing his son, Rick, who has cerebral palsy and is quadriplegic using a custom racing chair. Together, they...PlayWBUR News04:30Mar 17, 2021
A Slice of June Weather Cuts Into March's Usual Gloom In Mass.Boston shattered the high temperature record for this date with a high of 74 degrees. The previous record of 67 was set in 1990.PlayWBUR News03:12Mar 11, 2021
Tensions Flare Between Mass. Teachers And The Baker AdministrationThere's a heated disagreement shaping up between Massachusetts' teacher's unions and the Gov. Charlie Baker's Administration.PlayWBUR News04:40Mar 11, 2021
Indie Jazz Band Really From Is Reframing Its Origin StoryReally From’s upcoming self-titled album doubles as a freshly focused declaration of the artistic direction the band has honed over the past seven years, unpacking the complexities of identity and...PlayThe ARTery08:39Mar 11, 2021
