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Boston Globe Spotlight Team
about 17 hours ago
Our earlier investigation revealed widespread police misconduct around confidential informants in New Bedford. Now we're looking across Massachusetts. What we found: Instead of safeguarding against informant abuse, prosecutors enable it.
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A âblack boxâ: Mass. prosecutors rarely prevent police informant abuse. They often enable it. - The Boston Globe
Other gatekeepers also consistently fail to hold police accountable.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/29/metro/snitch-city-prosecutors-police-abuse-informants/?s_campaign=audience:bluesky
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Volunteers with charities and church outreach ministries report being followed, yelled at, and sometimes ordered by police to leave Mass. and Cass, long the epicenter of the intersecting problems of homelessness and substance abuse in the city.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/30/m...
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âItâs all intimidationâ: Charities and city clash over approaches to combat illicit drug use at Mass. and Cass - The Boston Globe
Aid workers say stronger enforcement undermines efforts to help people on the streets, but the city says its approach is working.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/30/metro/mass-and-cass-opioids-wu-harm-reduction
about 6 hours ago
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The Boston Globe
1 day ago
Civil process money faces little to no state oversight, and while a portion of the fees sheriffâs offices collect is supposed to go to the stateâs general fund, some sheriffs have a history of not making all their transfers.
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Mass. sheriffs collectively pull in millions in civil process fees. Theyâve paid for singers, parade floats, and a motor home. - The Boston Globe
The civil process money faces little to no state oversight, and while a portion of the fees are supposed to go to the stateâs general fund, some sheriffs have a history of not making all their transfers.
https://trib.al/wW4Kozr
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The New Yorker
4 days ago
For those who recall the impunity of the Pinochet years, JosĂ© Antonio Kastâs election signifies an end to a 35-year period in which most Chileans repudiated the dictatorâs legacy.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The Right Wing Rises in Latin America
The new President of Chile joins a new class of leaders trying to seize the future by rewriting the past.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-right-wing-rises-in-latin-america
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KFF Health News
8 days ago
Itâs âeasier to criminalize somebody than to get them help,â said a mother who for more than a decade has been trying to get her son the care he needs.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/criminally-ill-state-mental-psychiatric-hospitals-prisons-waitlists-ohio/
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Criminally Ill: Systemic Failures Turn State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons - KFF Health News
There has been a steep rise in the share of people with severe mental illnesses being sent to state psychiatric hospitals on court orders after being accused of serious crimes. The shift has all but halted patients' ability to get care before they have ...
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/criminally-ill-state-mental-psychiatric-hospitals-prisons-waitlists-ohio/
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The Boston Globe
8 days ago
How did Harvard find itself under attack by President Trump? There is no simple answer, but in a Globe report, a theme stands out: In the past decade of political and cultural upheaval, Harvard became the university that plenty of Americans loved to hate.
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Trump vs. Harvard was 10 years in the making
Over a decade of political and cultural upheaval, Americaâs most powerful university grew vulnerable to attack. There were warning signs.
https://trib.al/gPng1aR
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ICT News
13 days ago
After more than a century of advocacy, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina secured federal recognition through passage of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. The decision marks a historic milestone for one of the largest tribal nations in the country.
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The Lumbee Tribeâs federal recognition is assured with a final push by Trump - ICT
Legislation to recognize the Lumbee Tribe had struggled to pass through Congress in recent years, but it was attached to the 2026Â National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by the Senate on ...
https://ictnews.org/news/the-lumbee-tribes-federal-recognition-is-assured-with-a-final-push-by-trump/
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POLITICO Europe
15 days ago
Content which re-imagines the EU as a pan-European empire has flooded social media platforms over the past two years, garnering billions of views collectively on X, TikTok and Instagram.Â
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Forget the far right. The kids want a âUnited States of Europe.â
Based on social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades.
https://www.politico.eu/article/united-states-of-europe-online-propaganda-social-media-memes/
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The Boston Globe
11 days ago
A doctor's negligence led to a woman's amputation. When discipline came, it was light â and a decade late.
@globespotlight.bsky.social
found this is often how the state's medical board runs. Its process is secretive. And its actions increasingly protect doctors.
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Massachusetts board of medicine slow to discipline doctors accused of medical malpractice
The Massachusetts medical board should be the ultimate protector of patients. But a Boston Globe Spotlight Team investigation found it is slow to act on physician lapses and regularly fails to protect...
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/investigations/spotlight/2025/10/standards-of-care/massachusetts-medical-board/?s_campaign=audience:bluesky
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KFF Health News
12 days ago
Maria, a Mississippi resident from Honduras, said she and her two children have missed routine doctorsâ appointments because they are âterrifiedâ to leave the house.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/immigration-deportation-risk-immigrants-avoid-health-care-new-orleans-mississippi/
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Call 911 or Risk Losing the Baby? Raids Force Some Immigrants To Avoid Care - KFF Health News
More immigrants in New Orleans and Mississippi are skipping important health care appointments and experiencing heightened stress amid federal immigration raids.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/immigration-deportation-risk-immigrants-avoid-health-care-new-orleans-mississippi/
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The American Prospect
12 days ago
Trump is cutting up to 67,000 positions at the VA, stretching overworked doctors and nurses even further. Experts warn itâs âa perfect patient safety storm.â From Suzanne Gordon and Russel Lemle:
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Another Mass Staffing Purge at the VA - The American Prospect
Up to 37,000 positions may be dropped, with the VA transformed into a facilitator for outsourcing, sources tell the Prospect.
https://trib.al/9y9y7TF
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The Boston Globe
13 days ago
A state task force focused on Massachusettsâ primary care access problems has a bold proposition â demand providers and insurers double what they spend on primary care.
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Massachusetts has a problem with primary care access. A new proposal suggests a bold solution. - The Boston Globe
A new state task force is looking for ways to fix a shrinking number of providers and a growing number of struggling patients.
https://trib.al/eWnS9G7
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The Boston Globe
14 days ago
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu condemned federal immigration authorities for turning people away as they were prepared to take citizenship oaths earlier this month.
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Faneuil Hall immigrant oath ceremonies were canceled due to âhatefulâ Trump policies, Boston mayor says - The Boston Globe
Michelle Wu spoke Tuesday at Faneuil Hall, where on Dec. 4 four people had their citizenship ceremonies canceled at the last minute.
https://trib.al/wIcrSo5
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Michael Sainato
15 days ago
I spoke with workers at the NLRB about the impacts of a year long lack of quorum, at least 100 staff leaving an already underfunded agency, and corporations like SpaceX trying to gut labor law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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âA very hostile climate for workersâ: US labor movement struggles under Trump
National Labor Relations Board, the federal watchdog for workersâ rights, has been rendered toothless as employees grapple with corporations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/labor-movement-union-trump-nlrb
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Euromaidan Press
18 days ago
Russia's advance in Ukraine is slower than virtually every major campaign of the past century, reports WSJ. After nearly 4 years of full-scale war, Moscow still hasn't taken Donetsk provinceâa target since 2014.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/12/w...
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WSJ: Russia making âmarginal advancesâ on Ukrainian front despite Moscowâs claims
Russia's military advance in Ukraine is moving slower than virtually every major campaign over the past century, including World War I's Battle of the Somme, according to analysis by the Center forâŠ
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/12/wsj-russia-making-marginal-advances-on-ukrainian-front-despite-moscows-claims/
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The Boston Globe
19 days ago
Video of RĂŒmeysa ĂztĂŒrkâs arrest on a Somerville street would be viewed millions of times. Overnight, it transformed a student who co-authored a mild pro-Palestinian op-ed into the face of the Trump administrationâs crackdown on foreign scholars.
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Rebecca Ostriker
19 days ago
New details on how Larry Summersâs wife â a powerful Harvard professor â tapped Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen to boost her poetry project, while hiding or downplaying Epstein's involvement to staff.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/m...
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Larry Summersâ wife â a powerful Harvard professor â tapped Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen to boost her poetry project - The Boston Globe
Elisa New, the spouse of former university president Larry Summers, sought to downplay her relationship to the disgraced financier.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/10/metro/jeffrey-epstein-larry-summers-woody-allen-harvard/?s_campaign=sharetool_Bluesky_view
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Al Jazeera English
20 days ago
The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
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Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal?
The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
https://bit.ly/4rVHt9p
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The Guardian
23 days ago
âIâd defend our nationâ: Poles prepare for growing threat of war
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âIâd defend our nationâ: Poles prepare for growing threat of war
From digging trenches and building walls, to learning survival skills, Poland is increasingly aware of risks posed by its eastern neighbours
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/dec/08/id-defend-our-nation-poles-prepare-for-growing-threat-of-war?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1765170890
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Cory Oldweiler
27 days ago
For the
@bostonglobe.com
I wrote about Antonia Lloyd-Jonesâ wonderful revised translation (âMushroominessâ FTW!) of Olga Tokarczukâs HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT, an insightful early novel that shows her playing with the complex narrative form that would reach its height, for me, in âFlights.â
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A new edition of an early Olga Tokarczuk novel is cause for celebration - The Boston Globe
Again and again her characters contend with the changing physical borders within which they and their families must live, in a world disrupted by war.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/arts/olga-tokarczuk-house-of-day-house-of-night/
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With many hospitals struggling financially, the job they have the hardest time filling is a thankless, often unnoticed, but critical one: sitters, who protect people at risk of harming themselves or others. Nearly half the sitter jobs in the state are vacant.
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Emotionally draining, vital, and underpaid: Inside the job that hospitals have toughest time filling - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, nearly half the jobs for "sitters" â health care workers who protect people at risk of harming themselves or others â are vacant. And that number is on the rise.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/business/massachusetts-hospital-sitters-pay
25 days ago
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Labor Notes
28 days ago
Defending schools is a growing challenge for rattled educators in cities where heavily armed men in tactical vests are snatching people from the arms of loved ones and from the streets that lead to school. Our organizer Barbara Madeloni reports:
labornotes.org/2025/12/ice-...
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ICE Raids Turn Schools into Battlegrounds to Defend Students | Labor Notes
https://labornotes.org/2025/12/ice-raids-turn-schools-battlegrounds-defend-students
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The Boston Globe
29 days ago
At a time when many Massachusetts hospitals are already struggling, the impending loss of federal money could be existential for some of the stateâs poorest facilities.
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Massachusetts hospitals are already strained. With Medicaid cuts, some could face financial ruin. - The Boston Globe
The loss of so many federal dollars will exact the greatest toll on "safety-net" hospitals, experts say, with some possibly even facing bankruptcy.
https://trib.al/qv9Ux90
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The Upshot
28 days ago
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/02/upshot/trump-science-funding-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k8.4CWq.Td1-cqUTIqZ6&smid=url-share
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The US Navy knew of potentially dangerous levels of airborne plutonium in San Francisco for almost a year before it alerted city officials after it carried out testing that detected radioactive material in November last year, public health advocates allege.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US navy accused of cover-up over dangerous plutonium in San Francisco
Advocates allege navy knew levels of airborne plutonium at Hunters Point shipyard were high before it alerted officials
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/27/us-navy-san-francisco-plutonium
about 1 month ago
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The Conversation U.S.
about 1 month ago
Narcan appears to work almost miraculously, reversing an opioid overdose in minutes. But exactly how it does this was a mystery since the FDA approved it in 1971. Until now. Biology researchers have captured the mechanism at the molecular level.
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How does Narcan work? Mapping how it reverses opioid overdose can provide a molecular blueprint for more effective drugs
Naloxone can reverse an overdose in minutes, but exactly how it does this at the molecular level has previously been unclear.
https://theconversation.com/how-does-narcan-work-mapping-how-it-reverses-opioid-overdose-can-provide-a-molecular-blueprint-for-more-effective-drugs-269706
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Le Monde in English
about 1 month ago
Top court rules EU nations must mutually recognize same-sex marriages
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Top court rules EU nations must mutually recognize same-sex marriages
The Court of Justice of the European Union said in a statement on Tuesday that any refusal to do this 'is contrary to EU law' and 'infringes not only the freedom to move and reside, but also the fundamental right to respect for private and family life.'
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/lgbtq/article/2025/11/25/top-court-forces-eu-nations-to-recognize-same-sex-marriages-from-other-member-states_6747809_211.html
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âWe would be lying to ourselves if [Arthur Sacklerâs] methods were not used exactly for the purpose for which they were developed â to make a profit,â said Swathi Srinivasan, cofounder of HCOPES and a Harvard doctoral student in population health sciences.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
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Harvard rebuffs calls to remove name of Sackler patriarch from campus buildings - The Boston Globe
Students and families of overdose victims have renewed demands to remove Arthur M. Sacklerâs name from two campus buildings after a landmark legal settlement.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/metro/harvard-sackler-opioids-museum-denaming
about 1 month ago
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The Washington Post
about 1 month ago
Omar El Akkadâs âOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against Thisâ about the war in Gaza won the nonfiction award at the National Book Awards.
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A provocative bestseller wins the National Book Award for nonfiction
Omar El Akkadâs âOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against Thisâ criticizes Western indifference to civilian suffering in Gaza.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/11/19/national-book-award-winners/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Euromaidan Press
about 1 month ago
Poland just deployed 10,000 troops after Russia blew up a rail line carrying aid to Ukraine. The response marks a shift: Poland calls it "state terrorism," closes Russia's last consulate, and promises actions "more than just diplomatic"
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/20/p...
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Poland deploys 10,000 troops, closes Russian consulate after rail blast blamed on Moscow
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski accused Russia of "an act of state terrorism" on 20 Nov. and promised a response "more than just diplomatic" after an explosion damaged rail tracks used toâŠ
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/20/poland-deploys-10000-troops-closes-russian-consulate-after-rail-blast-blamed-on-moscow/
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Many Massachusetts families who lost relatives wanted a much larger payout from Purdue Pharma to individual victims and are concerned that burdensome paperwork requirements will impede efforts to hold Purdue responsible for peddling highly addictive painkillers.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
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âBittersweetâ: Judge approves bankruptcy settlement for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma - The Boston Globe
Some Mass. families who lost relatives to opioid overdoses object to the size of the payouts and paperwork requirements.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/metro/opioids-purdue-bankruptcy-oxycontin/
about 1 month ago
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Samantha Gross
about 1 month ago
NEW: Governor Maura Healeyâs administration is refusing to release public records that could detail when former aide LaMar D. Cook came and went from the Springfield state office building where police say eight kilograms of cocaine were delivered last month.
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Healeyâs administration denies releasing records tied to former aide accused of trafficking cocaine - The Boston Globe
The governorâs office has divulged little about Cook since his arrest on drug trafficking charges.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/metro/healey-lamar-cook-springfield-arrest-records/
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The Washington Post
about 2 months ago
Catholic bishops nationwide recently announced âYou Are Not Alone,â a program that lays out ways for Catholics across the country to provide direct aid and solidarity to immigrants in the U.S.
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Catholic bishops launch new program in defense of migrants
At their first business meeting since the Trump administration crackdown began, church leaders resolved to combat the fear they detect among their adherents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/12/catholic-bishops-trump-immigrants-defend/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Al Jazeera English
about 2 months ago
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
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How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
https://bit.ly/47AK4xo
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The Boston Globe
about 2 months ago
Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the government shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.
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Maine sought federal help amid its largest HIV outbreak in state history. Itâs still waiting. - The Boston Globe
Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.
https://trib.al/n4N7c5I
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The Boston Globe
about 2 months ago
A video is going viral of a man in Fitchburg who appeared to suffer a seizure while holding a baby as immigration authorities tried to detain him.
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Video shows immigration authorities detaining man having apparent seizure, holding toddler in car - The Boston Globe
A video of immigration authorities apparently trying to detain a man who is holding a toddler, while bystanders are yelling for his safety, has gone viral.
https://trib.al/33N36CU
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Omar Mohammed
about 2 months ago
âThere arenât words to describe ⊠the sense of hope, that I have for the future of my children, that someone has finally been able to break that barrier.â My latest for
@bostonglobe.com
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âs election in New York means for Muslims in New England.
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Mamdaniâs victory inspires âhopeâ among New England Muslims - The Boston Globe
The first Muslim elected Mayor in New York City could galvanize a new generation of leaders in the region and across the country.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/metro/mamdani-mayor-muslim-new-york-new-england/
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The sixth and most recent fatality occurred Sunday at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, where the prisoner died of an apparent suicide, the agency said in a statement. The death occurred five days another apparent suicide at the facility last Tuesday.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/m...
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Mass. prisons to review surge in suicides among inmates - The Boston Globe
The number of fatalities diverged dramatically from previous years, the agency said.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/metro/massachusetts-prisons-suicide-review
about 2 months ago
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Globe New Hampshire
about 2 months ago
Hurricane Melissa has devastated the Caribbean, and itâs also taking a toll on migratory songbird species that overwinter there. The impact could be felt in New Hampshire and the Northeast, where the birds return to breed during the summer months.
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Another victim of Hurricane Melissa? Migratory songbirds that breed in New England - The Boston Globe
Migratory birds that breed in N.H. spend the winter in the Caribbean islands, which have been ravaged by the storm.
https://trib.al/zfDJf1L
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Reuters
about 2 months ago
In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
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In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.
https://reut.rs/47yNiQJ
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STAT
2 months ago
The federal agency SAMHSA funds programs focused on suicide prevention, teen alcohol use, opioid addiction treatment, and school-based mental health, among others. Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power:
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Trump cuts have decimated the federal addiction and mental health agency
The Trump administration has dismantled big chunks of the federal agency focused on mental health and addiction treatment, reducing its staff by more than half
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/samhsa-grant-cuts-staff-reductions-impact-analyzed/
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Sabrina Shankman
2 months ago
New proposal would allow sewage and rainwater to be released into the Charles in perpetuity. It's "like itâs the 1700s and we donât understand modern sanitary management,"
@emnorton.bsky.social
told me.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/s...
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Dirty water, indeed: New proposal would allow continued sewage in the Charles - The Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority has proposed reclassifying the Charles River to allow for continued releases of sewage.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/science/proposal-to-allow-sewage-into-charles-river/
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The Boston Globe
2 months ago
A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made âhigh-level arrestsâ of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August. A Globe investigation found that many of the DEAâs targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
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The DEA said they arrested 171 âhigh rankingâ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found thatâs not true. - The Boston Globe
A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against such groups.
https://trib.al/sU3WzJt
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Ian Prasad Philbrick
2 months ago
Will Massachusettsâ new pay transparency law, which takes full effect today, succeed in reducing gender and racial wage gaps? Todayâs
@bostonglobe.com
Starting Point explores:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/n...
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Massachusettsâ wage transparency law takes effect today. Hereâs what that means for you. - The Boston Globe
Requiring companies to post salary ranges may help boost earnings for women and people of color. But questions remain about how it will actually work.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/newsletters/starting-point-wage-gap-massachusetts/
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DJ Fusion [FuseBox Radio/The Futon Dun]
2 months ago
âWe Survived the Nightâ: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History l Democracy Now
www.democracynow.org/2025/1...
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âWe Survived the Nightâ: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History
To mark Indigenous Peoplesâ Day, we sit down with the award-winning Indigenous writer, journalist and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat, member of the Canim Lake Band Tsqâescen and a descendant of the LilâWat Nation of Mount Currie. His debut book, We
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/13/julian_noisecat_we_survived_the_night
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In Massachusetts, 665,000 households rely on SNAP benefits, at an average of $323 a month, and more than one in three households have reported not having enough to eat, according to a recent study by the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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The crisis in food aid is being felt far and wide, from needy families to small grocers and local farms - The Boston Globe
The loss of SNAP benefits could press many low-income families already reeling from rising costs related to inflation and tariffs to a breaking point.
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: âthe greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depressionâ
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: âthe greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depressionâ
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/government-shutdown-food-stamps-snap?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761339111
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Reuters
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Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile, top general says
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Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile, top general says
The missile travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours.
https://reut.rs/4qruziv
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Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the
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Needle Exchange Programs Reach Only 21 of 575 Tribes Despite High Overdose Rates
Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient number of programs that provide clean needles in Indian Country to reduce dea...
https://nativenewsonline.net/health/needle-exchange-programs-reach-only-21-of-575-tribes-despite-high-overdose-rates
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The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
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