WBUR's All Things ConsideredLocal content from WBUR's All Things Considered broadcastsThis Massachusetts doctor's trips to Mississippi to perform abortions will end if Roe v. Wade is overturnedJackson Women's Health Organization is the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. It has had to pay out-of-state doctors like Dr. Cheryl Hamlin from Cambridge to perform abortions, which carries some...PlayLocal Coverage08:14Jun 14, 2022Mass. advocates work to get most out of ARPA funding to house people who are homelessThe state has targeted $150 million in federal pandemic relief funds to permanent supportive housing. A coalition of advocates and social service providers says the funding could go a long...PlayHealth06:05Jun 2, 2022Advertisement Listen back to WWII veteran's speech recounting Iwo JimaOn Memorial Day across Massachusetts there are parades, wreath layings and speeches to remember those in the U.S military who fought and died for their country. PlayLocal Coverage04:40May 30, 2022This is the Massachusetts sculptor behind the Lincoln MemorialThe Lincoln Memorial turns 100 years old May 30. The prolific sculptor who created it, Daniel Chester French, had deep Bay State roots.PlayLocal Coverage06:42May 27, 2022Ukrainian teen who fled to Mass. wants to return home as a post-war leaderSvitlana Pokliatska, her mother and brother fled Ukraine shortly after the war started. They're staying at her uncle's home in Sharon, Mass. Pokliatska says she wants to return to Ukraine...PlayLocal Coverage06:54May 19, 2022'They have to help us out': Mass. parents are feeling the nationwide formula shortageThe supply chain, a factory shutdown and increased demand: Here's why Massachusetts parents are worried about a formula shortage.PlayHealth02:58May 13, 2022Local film director of 'The House We Lived In' on memory and mental healthTeacher-turned-filmmaker from Lowell, Tim O'Donnell, documents his father's miraculous recovery after a coma. He talked to All Things Considered's Lisa Mullins about his latest documentary, "The House We Lived In"...PlayArts & Culture10:28Apr 29, 2022Singer Miranda Rae is intent on emerging from her cocoonThe neo-soul artist is coming into her own. “I think sometimes I play it a little safe with my lyrics. But on my next project, I really just want to...PlayArts & Culture07:22Apr 28, 2022WooSox 'chief ambassador' on why he loves helping fans cheer on the team at Polar ParkLots of fans will be greeted by a man with a big grin, big mustache and big personality: Rick Medeiros. He's the chief ambassador of the WooSox and talked about...PlayLocal Coverage04:41Apr 12, 2022What to know about a planned natural gas 'peaker' plant in Mass.Massachusetts has strong climate laws and has committed to hitting “net zero” emissions by 2050. So why is the state allowing the construction of a new natural gas power plant...PlayEnvironment06:13Apr 8, 2022What the latest federal COVID-19 funding package could mean for Mass.Congress is considering a $10 billion package to fund the fight against COVID-19. Here is a look at what another injection of cash could mean for the pandemic response in...PlayHealth05:01Apr 5, 2022Research partners from Boston, Ukraine, Russia fear war will hurt HIV and substance use effortsPublic health researchers from Boston University have collaborated with scientists in Ukraine and Russia for years to try to curb HIV transmission and substance use disorder. The war now puts...PlayLocal Coverage06:48Mar 25, 2022As Russian invaders approach, former Mass. couple goes about life in native KyivHelen and Leon describe 'livable conditions' in Ukraine's capital city as they help their neighbors and hope for the best.PlayLocal Coverage05:41Mar 23, 2022Trahan, in Poland, meets with Ukrainian refugeesMass. U.S. Representatives Lori Trahan and Stephen Lynch were part of a Congressional delegation that spent the weekend in Poland to see first-hand the plight of refugees who've fled Ukraine...PlayLocal Coverage05:37Mar 21, 2022Keating reflects on Ukrainian President's speech to CongressMassachusetts Congressman William Keating joined WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to Congress and the U.S. response to the Russian invasion.PlayLocal Coverage05:24Mar 16, 2022Young kids reflect on fear, joys and lessons learned during the pandemicKids have a lot to say about the last two pandemic-dominated years. WBUR's All Things Considered wanted to hear from some of the youngest — kids who barely had a...PlayLocal Coverage08:09Mar 10, 2022Smiles – and ambivalence – as mandatory masking ends at many Mass. schoolsAs the state ended its school mask mandate, some districts kept them in place for now, including nearby Lawrence, as well as Boston, Chelsea and Springfield. In others, the choice...PlayEducation04:13Feb 28, 2022How Vermont's 'snowflake man' created the first-ever images of fleeting snow crystalsUsing a microscope and a bellows camera, Wilson Bentley successfully photographed his first snow crystal in 1885. Almost 100 years after his death, his images continue to mesmerize. PlayArts & Culture06:33Feb 25, 2022Raging at the patriarchy, Lady Pills forges a new musical pathAfter a breakup and the near-dissolution of her band, Ella Boissonnault decided to make Lady Pills' third album on her own terms.PlayArts & Culture08:08Feb 24, 2022Two Afghan families start anew in a Newburyport church basementThey escaped their homeland during the American evacuation and Taliban takeover in late August and are among the 2,000 evacuees resettling in Massachusetts.PlayLocal Coverage08:44Feb 16, 2022 Previous PageNext Page
This Massachusetts doctor's trips to Mississippi to perform abortions will end if Roe v. Wade is overturnedJackson Women's Health Organization is the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. It has had to pay out-of-state doctors like Dr. Cheryl Hamlin from Cambridge to perform abortions, which carries some...PlayLocal Coverage08:14Jun 14, 2022
Mass. advocates work to get most out of ARPA funding to house people who are homelessThe state has targeted $150 million in federal pandemic relief funds to permanent supportive housing. A coalition of advocates and social service providers says the funding could go a long...PlayHealth06:05Jun 2, 2022
Listen back to WWII veteran's speech recounting Iwo JimaOn Memorial Day across Massachusetts there are parades, wreath layings and speeches to remember those in the U.S military who fought and died for their country. PlayLocal Coverage04:40May 30, 2022
This is the Massachusetts sculptor behind the Lincoln MemorialThe Lincoln Memorial turns 100 years old May 30. The prolific sculptor who created it, Daniel Chester French, had deep Bay State roots.PlayLocal Coverage06:42May 27, 2022
Ukrainian teen who fled to Mass. wants to return home as a post-war leaderSvitlana Pokliatska, her mother and brother fled Ukraine shortly after the war started. They're staying at her uncle's home in Sharon, Mass. Pokliatska says she wants to return to Ukraine...PlayLocal Coverage06:54May 19, 2022
'They have to help us out': Mass. parents are feeling the nationwide formula shortageThe supply chain, a factory shutdown and increased demand: Here's why Massachusetts parents are worried about a formula shortage.PlayHealth02:58May 13, 2022
Local film director of 'The House We Lived In' on memory and mental healthTeacher-turned-filmmaker from Lowell, Tim O'Donnell, documents his father's miraculous recovery after a coma. He talked to All Things Considered's Lisa Mullins about his latest documentary, "The House We Lived In"...PlayArts & Culture10:28Apr 29, 2022
Singer Miranda Rae is intent on emerging from her cocoonThe neo-soul artist is coming into her own. “I think sometimes I play it a little safe with my lyrics. But on my next project, I really just want to...PlayArts & Culture07:22Apr 28, 2022
WooSox 'chief ambassador' on why he loves helping fans cheer on the team at Polar ParkLots of fans will be greeted by a man with a big grin, big mustache and big personality: Rick Medeiros. He's the chief ambassador of the WooSox and talked about...PlayLocal Coverage04:41Apr 12, 2022
What to know about a planned natural gas 'peaker' plant in Mass.Massachusetts has strong climate laws and has committed to hitting “net zero” emissions by 2050. So why is the state allowing the construction of a new natural gas power plant...PlayEnvironment06:13Apr 8, 2022
What the latest federal COVID-19 funding package could mean for Mass.Congress is considering a $10 billion package to fund the fight against COVID-19. Here is a look at what another injection of cash could mean for the pandemic response in...PlayHealth05:01Apr 5, 2022
Research partners from Boston, Ukraine, Russia fear war will hurt HIV and substance use effortsPublic health researchers from Boston University have collaborated with scientists in Ukraine and Russia for years to try to curb HIV transmission and substance use disorder. The war now puts...PlayLocal Coverage06:48Mar 25, 2022
As Russian invaders approach, former Mass. couple goes about life in native KyivHelen and Leon describe 'livable conditions' in Ukraine's capital city as they help their neighbors and hope for the best.PlayLocal Coverage05:41Mar 23, 2022
Trahan, in Poland, meets with Ukrainian refugeesMass. U.S. Representatives Lori Trahan and Stephen Lynch were part of a Congressional delegation that spent the weekend in Poland to see first-hand the plight of refugees who've fled Ukraine...PlayLocal Coverage05:37Mar 21, 2022
Keating reflects on Ukrainian President's speech to CongressMassachusetts Congressman William Keating joined WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to Congress and the U.S. response to the Russian invasion.PlayLocal Coverage05:24Mar 16, 2022
Young kids reflect on fear, joys and lessons learned during the pandemicKids have a lot to say about the last two pandemic-dominated years. WBUR's All Things Considered wanted to hear from some of the youngest — kids who barely had a...PlayLocal Coverage08:09Mar 10, 2022
Smiles – and ambivalence – as mandatory masking ends at many Mass. schoolsAs the state ended its school mask mandate, some districts kept them in place for now, including nearby Lawrence, as well as Boston, Chelsea and Springfield. In others, the choice...PlayEducation04:13Feb 28, 2022
How Vermont's 'snowflake man' created the first-ever images of fleeting snow crystalsUsing a microscope and a bellows camera, Wilson Bentley successfully photographed his first snow crystal in 1885. Almost 100 years after his death, his images continue to mesmerize. PlayArts & Culture06:33Feb 25, 2022
Raging at the patriarchy, Lady Pills forges a new musical pathAfter a breakup and the near-dissolution of her band, Ella Boissonnault decided to make Lady Pills' third album on her own terms.PlayArts & Culture08:08Feb 24, 2022
Two Afghan families start anew in a Newburyport church basementThey escaped their homeland during the American evacuation and Taliban takeover in late August and are among the 2,000 evacuees resettling in Massachusetts.PlayLocal Coverage08:44Feb 16, 2022
