All Things Considered

Latest News

A vial containing five doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. (Marta Lavandier/AP)

CommonHealth

Mar 5, 2021

Massachusetts Explores The Advantages And Potential Challenges Of The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Massachusetts received 58,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine this week, the first of what could be a substantial boost in vaccination efforts here and across the country. But it’s not clear how that boost will play out or when it will start.

Listen to the latest local news

Support the news

More Boston Headlines

Conn. Man Who Died In Construction Collapse Inside Cambridge Parking Garage Identified

Christopher Stuck, 56 of South Windsor, Connecticut, fell and was pinned by the fallen stairway on the second floor, according to a statement from the Middlesex district attorney's office.

Mar 5, 2021

Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) map of Haverhill from the 1930s. Areas colored red were considered high risk for mortgage lenders. (Courtesy of Mapping Inequality)

Mapping Project Explores Links Between Historic Redlining And Future Climate Vulnerability

Historic segregation practices may make people more vulnerable to the extreme heat and flooding arriving with climate change

Earthwhile

04:54Mar 5, 2021

Left to right, the members of the band SEED: Jack Whelan, Lux Lucidi, Chelsea Ellsworth and Tony Tibbetts. (Courtesy Hope Antonellis)

Experimental Metal Band SEED Is Creating Space For Trans And Queer People

Ethereal and reflective, but intense and heavy with rage, the Boston band’s debut album “Dun Pageant” (out now) is fused with personal experiences that they hope offers comfort during the...

The ARTery

Mar 5, 2021

The author at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newbury. (Courtesy)

The Pandemic Convinced Me To Stop Coloring My Hair. Here’s The Real Me, Fully Gray

Soon Janet Banks will be vaccinated and she'll return to the salon for a haircut. But, she writes, she'll keep the gray.

Cognoscenti

Mar 5, 2021

Tamara Lanier, who is suing Harvard University for "wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation" of images she says depict two of her ancestors, is seen in an earlier photo. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Portraits Of Enslaved People At Harvard

The lawsuit dismissed Tuesday centered on a series of 1850 photos thought to be among the earliest images of enslaved people in the United States.

Mar 4, 2021

Here's Who's Running For Mayor Of Boston

Here's who's already announced and who may be considering a run for mayor. Candidates are listed in order of when they declared their campaigns.

Mar 4, 2021

As Boston's Building Boom Continues, How Do We Keep Workers Safe?

Two recent deadly construction incidents are raising questions about how we keep construction workers safe on the job, especially as buildings keep going up in the city, and fast.

Radio Boston

21:39Mar 4, 2021

Fenway's scoreboard turned over to designate its use as a mass vaccination site, as seen on Jan. 27. (Courtesy Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox)

Fenway Mass Vaccination Site Moving To Hynes Convention Center

Anyone scheduled for a second dose at Fenway Park after March 27 will have their appointment honored at Hynes, Baker said, and CIC Health will eventually have the capacity to...

Mar 4, 2021

Former mayoral candidate John Barros speaks with Radio Boston live in Copley Square on Wed. September 26, 2013. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

With John Barros Entering, Boston Mayoral Field Grows To 5

Plus, we catch up with Rep. Ron Mariano, the new Massachusetts Speaker of the House, to talk about a number of issues.

Radio Boston

48:01Mar 4, 2021

Speaker Ronald Mariano addressed his colleagues after being elected leader of the House. (Sam Doran/SHNS)

Getting To Know State House Speaker Ron Mariano, And His Legislative Agenda

We catch up with Rep. Ron Mariano, the new Massachusetts Speaker of the House, to talk about a the state's handling of the pandemic, ongoing negotiations over a wide-ranging climate...

Radio Boston

11:18Mar 4, 2021

Radio Boston

John Barros, at WBUR, in September 2013 (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston Mayoral Candidate John Barros

Radio Boston

10:26Mar 4, 2021

Massachusetts Teachers Association President Merrie Najimy speaks to the news media regarding Gov. Charlie Baker’s announcement related to vaccines for school employees, as well as the actions being taken by the Biden administration, at Watertown High School on Wednesday. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Massachusetts Teachers Move Up In Line For Vaccines

Radio Boston

48:26Mar 3, 2021

Mass. Teachers Added To Vaccine Pool

As the state pushes schools to return students to an in-person learning model, Gov. Charlie Baker has announced that teachers will be able to make...

Radio Boston

26:41Mar 3, 2021

Sen. Markey On COVID Relief, Minimum Wage, And Other Progressive Priorities

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey joins us to discuss legislative priorities he hopes Democrats will focus on early in the Biden administration.

Radio Boston

12:24Mar 3, 2021

More Boston Headlines

William Allen in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Kristine McDonald)

Parole Board Will Hear Commutation Petition From William Allen, Who Has Been Imprisoned For Decades

It will be the second clemency hearing before the board since Gov. Charlie Baker took office in 2015.

Mar 4, 2021

In this 2016, file photo, signs call attention to the house where slain African-American leader Malcolm X spent part of his childhood in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. According to the National Park Service the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in February 2021. (Bill Sikes/AP File)

Malcolm X’s Boyhood Home In Boston Gets Historic Designation

The 2 ½-story house is the only surviving residence associated with the slain civil rights leader’s formative years in the city, according to Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin, who...

Mar 4, 2021

In this April 17, 2017, file photo, runners head down the stretch to the finish line in the 121st Boston Marathon in Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP File)

Boston Marathon's Plan To Hand Out 70K Medals Roils Runners

As a consolation prize, the Boston Athletic Association is offering medals to people who complete a virtual version of the marathon. Some runners who've spent years training to qualify for...

Mar 4, 2021

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Democrat Ben Downing at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in East Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

With A Focus On Inequality, Democrat Ben Downing Starts His Campaign For Governor

The 39-year-old former state senator, who announced his candidacy in the 2022 gubernatorial race last month, has defied the political odds once before, and is hoping that his early start...

05:18Mar 4, 2021

Baker Opens Vaccinations For K-12 Educators, School Staff

WBUR State House reporter Steve Brown talked to All Things Considered host Jack Lepiarz on Wednesday about Gov. Charlie Baker's plan to open up vaccination appointments for educators and others...

03:22Mar 3, 2021

Authorities Say 1 Worker Dead, Another Injured In Stairwell Collapse At Cambridge Parking Garage

One of the workers was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other worker was taken to a hospital with significant chest and arm injuries, according to the Cambridge Fire...

Mar 3, 2021

In this March 26, 2011, file photo, people walk past the memorial to Union Col. Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, near the State House in Boston. (Michael Dwyer/AP File)

Black Soldiers Monument Returning To Boston Common After $3M Restoration

The bronze relief at the center of the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial is expected to be hoisted back into place Wednesday on the Boston Common across...

Mar 3, 2021

The state's highest court, in its recent ruling, said black men may have a legitimate reason to flee police because of earlier findings of racial profiling in the Boston Police Department. (Joe Difazio for WBUR)

Boston Police, City Hall Leaders Are No Shows At Council Hearing On Rollout Of Police Reforms

City councilors also wanted an update on the investigation into any Boston police officers who may have participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January.

Mar 2, 2021

Inmate Christian Millett, of Worcester, gets the first of two COVID-19 vaccine shots administered by Alyssa Dobbs, an LPN contractor, in the medical department at the Worcester County Jail and House of Corrections in West Boylston on Jan 22, 2021. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

WBUR Town Hall Recap: Ethics And The Vaccine

Join us for the third event in a four-part WBUR Town Hall series on the science, rollout and safety of the coronavirus vaccine.

Mar 2, 2021

The wind gust forecast for Massachusetts on Monday night into Tuesday morning included widespread gusts 45 to 55 mph, with a few 60 mph gusts over higher terrain and outer Cape/Islands. (Courtesy National Weather Service Boston)

High Winds Leave Tens Of Thousands Without Power In Northeast

On Monday evening, blackouts were affecting 30,000 customers across Massachusetts, including in Boston. High winds toppled scaffolding at the site of a seven-story building under construction late Monday night.

Mar 2, 2021