Some Boston-area Jews worry Trump's university crackdowns weaponize antisemitismResumeEducation07:41Apr 2, 2025
UMass biomedical scientist freezes pediatric brain cancer research due to federal funding problemsResumeHealth05:21Mar 27, 2025
This Turkish musician channels Ottomans and rock gods on the electric oudResumeArts & Culture04:50Mar 26, 2025
Massachusetts companies fear higher costs, business declines as a result of Trump tariffs, says trade associationBrooke Thomson, president & CEO of Associated Industries of Massachusetts, says some manufacturers are predicting their costs will increase by millions of dollars per year due to the higher price...ResumeLocal Coverage05:09Apr 3, 2025
Mass. Bar Association says Trump is attacking the rule of lawPresident of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Victoria Santoro, says President Trump's actions target American's constitutional rights. ResumeLocal Coverage07:01Apr 3, 2025
Harvard professor says Trump administration is infringing on free speech on college campusesHarvard professor Vincent Brown discusses the "climate of fear" that he says the Trump administration's policies have created on campus. ResumeEducation03:53Mar 26, 2025
Plummeting pot prices have Mass. cannabis businesses on edgeThe state's Cannabis Control Commission just touted a record-breaking $1.6 billion of marijuana sales across Massachusetts in 2024, evidence, it says, of a "robust and thriving market." But the price...ResumeBusiness05:35Mar 25, 2025
Former Mass. education secretary on the impact of closing the U.S. Department of EducationFormer Massachusetts Secretary of Education James Peyser joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss President Trump's efforts to change the Department of Education. ResumeEducation04:06Mar 24, 2025
Learning about 'nutritional literacy' with Boston Public Library's chef-in-residenceThe Boston Public Library recently wrapped up the inaugural year of its chef-in-residence program and is searching for its second chef.ResumeArts & Culture04:42Mar 24, 2025
Celtics sold to private equity executive for $6.1 billionThe Boston Globe's Michael Silverman joins WBUR's All Thing Considered to break down the news.ResumeLocal Coverage04:01Mar 20, 2025
'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never...ResumeArts & Culture07:59Mar 20, 2025
'We have questions': Mass. residents flood congressional Democrats' town halls, calling for actionHundreds of people angered by national politics are crowding town halls led by members of Massachusetts' all-Democratic congressional delegation. Many are venting frustrations with Democrats' inaction as the Trump administration...ResumeLocal Coverage04:03Mar 19, 2025
Pressley says Democrats should use courts and community to fight against Trump's agendaMassachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss what she thinks the Democratic Party must do to mitigate and combat policy shifts by the Trump administration and...ResumeLocal Coverage07:24Mar 18, 2025
Mass. education secretary on the impact of U.S. Department of Education's cutsSecretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss how these changes will impact education in Massachusetts. ResumeEducation03:14Mar 14, 2025
Mass. schools will lose $12 million in federal funding to buy food from local farmsMassachusetts is losing more than $12 million in federal funding for a program that allows 200 school districts to buy food from local farms.ResumeLocal Coverage01:36Mar 12, 2025
This Boston doctor wants to collect your health data for 'societal good'Dr. Calum MacRae is the lead researcher of a new study with Apple that wants to understand how data can predict and manage wellbeing.ResumeLocal Coverage06:34Mar 12, 2025
People who lost loved ones to COVID continue pushing for a national day of remembranceThe organization Marked By Covid has been pushing for a national memorial day for those who died during the pandemic. So far, Congress has failed to enact such a resolution.ResumeLocal Coverage03:23Mar 10, 2025
Terminated federal worker joins Pressley in D.C.Former HUD employee joins WBUR's All Things Considered to share her message for President Trump. ResumeLocal Coverage04:30Mar 5, 2025
Wu faces Congressional grilling over 'sanctuary cities'Boston Mayor Michelle Wu testified on Capitol Hill today about how Boston does and does not cooperate with federal immigration agents who want people here without legal status to be...ResumeLocal Coverage07:22Mar 5, 2025
A local federal worker shares what it is like to be terminated after decades of public serviceFrank Beck spent nearly 30 years working for the New Hampshire state government, before getting a job in the federal government this past summer. He was among the U.S. Department...ResumeLocal Coverage06:57Mar 4, 2025
Boston's largest police union endorses Mayor Wu, a former police criticWu has won their backing after successful contract negotiations. The endorsement comes as the mayor prepares to testify in Washington over what Republican legislators call the city's "sanctuary" policies.ResumeLocal Coverage04:44Mar 3, 2025
Some Canadians are canceling trips to Vermont because of TrumpBusinesses in northern Vermont are reporting that Canadians are cancelling planned trips to Vermont or saying they won't visit during the Trump administration.ResumeLocal Coverage04:33Mar 3, 2025
Boston clergy describe immigrant fears ahead of Wu's testimony in D.C.“What we have to do as faith leaders: to pray for them, for God to open their eyes,” said the Rev. Nicolas Homicil of Mattapan.ResumeLocal Coverage03:54Feb 26, 2025
Harvard student reflects on three years of war in her home country of UkraineMariia Solovii was 16 when Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine. She's now a sophomore at Harvard and the co-founder of the first undergraduate group focused solely on solidarity...ResumeLocal Coverage04:40Feb 26, 2025
Haitian immigrants in Mass. on edge over Trump administration plan to end protected statusThe Trump administration announced late Thursday that it will cancel that protection this August — six months before it was set to expire.ResumeLocal Coverage03:36Feb 21, 2025
Boston-area Afghan immigrant: Trump 'closed the hope doors' on her refugee familySabira came to the U.S. in 2022. Her husband had worked in the Afghan military and assisted U.S. troops, and he fled in the 2021 evacuation of Afghanistan. They sponsored...ResumeLocal Coverage04:36Feb 20, 2025
Why your heating bills are so expensive this winter in Mass.Natural gas customers saw big spikes in their energy bills this winter thanks largely to colder temperatures and higher delivery fees.ResumeEnvironment03:54Feb 19, 2025
UMass President Marty Meehan says changes to Dept. of Ed. and research funding cuts would harm students and scientific advancementMeehan is talking with both Democratic and Republican members of Congress, and university leaders from other states, in an effort to fight the Trump administration's plans to cut funding.ResumeLocal Coverage06:04Feb 13, 2025
A Cambridge startup is using AI to adapt literary classicsEthan Pierce, the founder of Adaptive Reader, joins All Things Considered to discuss using AI to simplify classic literature. ResumeArts & Culture06:29Feb 12, 2025
Mass. regains access to some federal funds, but environmental projects still face uncertain futureMassachusetts gained access to at least some previously frozen federal money Monday after a federal judge ordered the Tump administration to immediately restore all funding. But the future of the...ResumeLocal Coverage04:01Feb 10, 2025
Venezuelans in Boston decry Trump administration's termination of protected statusThe order will end that legal status for about 350,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. We hear from an immigrant in Boston who's scrambling to secure a different status to stay...ResumeLocal Coverage05:39Feb 7, 2025
Come along on a tour of Mass Maritime's new training shipMassachusetts Maritime Academy’s new training ship, the Patriot State, is heading to St. Thomas this week after stops in Puerto Rico and North Carolina. Students are taking part in a...ResumeLocal Coverage06:20Feb 6, 2025
ICE detained a Mass. man with no criminal record — and sent him to TexasThe man's lawyer says he has a family and no criminal history, but he's now listed at the Karnes County Immigration Processing Center, about 50 miles southeast of San Antonio....ResumeLocal Coverage03:21Feb 6, 2025
El Mundo Boston CEO takes Facebook show to streets to report on local ICE enforcementAlberto Vasallo, CEO and journalist at El Mundo Boston, has spent the last week working to sort out fact from fiction when it comes to local crackdowns by federal immigration...ResumeLocal Coverage05:19Feb 5, 2025
Josh Kraft to launch campaign for mayor of BostonIn taking on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, the 57-year-old scion of a paper and football fortune will have to persuade voters why they should elect him.ResumeLocal Coverage07:04Feb 3, 2025
State senator wants Mass. to create bitcoin strategic reserveEarlier this month, state Sen. Peter Durant introduced a bill that would invest the state's unallocated or uncommitted surplus funds into bitcoin and other digital currencies.ResumeBusiness06:29Feb 3, 2025
Nurse describes the struggles and resiliency of people found on streets in Boston's annual homeless censusThe census, or Point-in-Time count, is required by the federal government and helps officials determine how to direct federal, state and city funds for housing and homeless service programs.ResumeLocal Coverage04:54Jan 30, 2025
Boston-area skating club mourns members on downed D.C. flightThe club's chief executive, Doug Zeghibe, identified the skaters as 16-year-old Spencer Lane and 13-year-old Jinna Han. Their mothers are Christine Lane and Jin Han, and the coaches are Evgenia...ResumeLocal Coverage04:40Jan 30, 2025
How local immigrant advocates are responding to Trump suspending refugee resettlementJeff Thielman, president and CEO of the International Institute of New England, joins All Things Considered.ResumeLocal Coverage04:27Jan 23, 2025
Mass. and nearly two-dozen states sue Trump for move to end birthright citizenshipLawyers for Civil Rights also sued, alleging Trump's order is unconstitutional based on the language of the 14th Amendment. The civil suit was filed on behalf of an expectant mother...ResumeLocal Coverage03:17Jan 21, 2025
Outgoing New England EPA head says Trump's environmental agenda is 'counter to the values' of U.S.David Cash was appointed by President Biden almost three years ago. He said Massachusetts and other states can continue to enact policies to protect the air and water, help communities...ResumeLocal Coverage06:42Jan 21, 2025
Former official who helped write Mass. right to shelter law wants to protect premise of lawPhil Johnston served as Health and Human Services Secretary under Gov. Michael Dukakis in the 1980s. ResumeLocal Coverage04:28Jan 16, 2025
