Flooding is a normal and necessary part of life for many plants that grow in the floodplains and dunes of Vermont. But this years floods were more intense than usual,...

Environment

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The kitchen of an apartment which has been vacant for close to 300 days at the Brady Village Apartments in Agawam. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

3 ways Mass. is working to fill empty public housing units during '90-day push'

After an investigation by WBUR and ProPublica found that nearly 2,300 of the 41,500 state-funded public housing units in Massachusetts are sitting vacant, Gov. Maura Healey's administration is launching a...

Local Coverage

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Mary Skelton Roberts, an Orange Line rider who works in the clean energy sector, is Mayor Wu's pick to represent Boston on the MBTA's board of directors. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Wu names her pick to represent Boston on MBTA board

Mary Skelton Roberts, an Orange Line rider who works in the clean energy sector, is Mayor Wu’s choice to represent the city of Boston on the MBTA’s board of directors....

Local Coverage

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A MBTA commuter rail train rolls slowly toward North Station in Cambridge. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Massachusetts gets $108 million federal grant to support East-West rail

The federal government awarded Massachusetts a $108 million grant that will pay to upgrade the infrastructure needed for East-West rail, transit officials announced Friday.

Local Coverage

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Superintendent Skipper reflects on first year at Boston Public Schools

WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy talks with Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper about her first year leading Massachusetts' largest school district and what she is thinking about in...

Education

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Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’, a podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry

WBUR and The Trace bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class — a new podcast about the gun industry’s grip on our country.

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Cold and flu season will soon be upon us. This year, there are vaccines for all three of the major viruses that tend to make people sick: COVID, flu and RSV. (via Getty Images)

COVID has been rising and flu is coming. Here’s what you need to know about respiratory virus season in Mass.

The start of fall marks the beginning of respiratory virus season. COVID has been on an upswing for much of the past couple months — and other viruses, including flu...

Health

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Palestinian children play with a kite next to a portion of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank refugee camp of Aida in Bethlehem, Thursday, June 10, 2010. (Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP)

To support a 'beautiful resistance' I faced questions about my own responsibility

Over the last year, Leah Hager Cohen has attended weekly Zoom seminars about Israel and Palestine. After a recent seminar, she was compelled to make a donation to a Palestinian...

Cognoscenti

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Reed Birney and Karen Allen in Shakespeare & Company's production of "Lunar Eclipse." (Courtesy Maggie Hall)

15 theater productions to see this fall

Despite the financial pressures that continue to pinch theater companies post-pandemic, this fall’s theatrical lineup is an ambitious and intriguing mix of titles and topics, from an adaptation of "Hamlet"...

Arts & Culture

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