Samath “Sam” Thoeun is the type of immigrant ICE says it’s going after: people with criminal records, even old ones. Now he's facing deportation to the home country of his parents, a place he's never been.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/08... via @emilypv.bsky.social

Smaller, lesser-known public radio stations in Massachusetts to also feel the hit from the loss of public media funding, including those that carry local affairs programming and artists -- some of the best music to be found! www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

“… a lack of resources had left the beach where Warner died unguarded on Sunday.” Malcolm-Jamal Warner Drowned in Area Known for Rip Currents www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/a...

So glad I had the opportunity to hear from Harvard students, who squeezed me in between final exams and calling venues and fundraising as they worked to keep affinity graduations alive. www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

“Jaws” lore endures! The film is now 50 years old, wow 😮

Wow! Wish I knew about this! @bostonsymphony.bsky.social

A helpful breakdown on the two proposals on Beacon Hill to eliminate broker's fees - weigh in on the form linked in there www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

@chinanu.bsky.social looks deeper into efforts to temporarily save the Brookline school district's Office of Educational Equity, published just as his ed reporting fellowship with WBUR wraps! 👏 www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

It’s my last day @wbur.org & my second-to-last story w/ Rachell Sanchez-Smith takes a look at what local students, parents, & teachers think about a cell phone ban in Massachusetts schools. What do y’all think?

WBUR's Cici Yu talked to small business owners around Mass. about tariff impacts. The owner of Worcester-based American Vinegar Works said fees from "one small shipment of glass are equivalent to nearly two and a half months of rent of our small manufacturing facility" www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

Hope to get caught up on the last 100 days of the new administration? Here is WBUR's rundown of the whirlwind of executive actions, orders, counter-actions and lawsuits (with tabbed categories!) www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Thankful for the international students who shared their stories with me this week. “She's not a criminal. These kids are not criminals,” said Jennifer Cameron-Moore. “They're students who are just trying to get their education to contribute to our society.” www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

“I don't understand any rational purpose behind this other than to drive fear into everybody's hearts and to push people out of the United States," attorney for MIT int'l student suing feds over sudden termination of her SEVIS record, via @emilypv.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Harvard rejects ‘unprecedented’ demands by Trump admin @wbur.org @suevlee.bsky.social & Carrie Jung www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

www.wbur.org/news/2025/04... "WBUR's Amy Sokolow reports not a single filmmaker is coming from overseas this year, and organizers say it's a reaction to Trump." 😕

Ayo Edebiri, a Boston Latin School alumna and Dorchester native, stopped by the school today to chat with the mayor and greet students. Story by @annarubenstein.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

Two skaters based at The Skating Club of Boston are preparing for the biggest competition of their partnership: the World Figure Skating Championships. The skating club recently lost six members of its community in the tragic plane crash in D.C.

UMass Chan Medical School has rescinded acceptance offers to several dozen incoming doctoral students at its Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences because of the uncertainty surrounding federal funds:

In 2020, the pandemic closed classrooms and banished hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren to learn over screens at home. Here's what some local school workers say they saw then — and what challenges they see students face now.

“This is going to hurt not just Harvard, but what places like Harvard are trying to do which is conduct scientific research and to educate our students to provide a service to society,” Harvard Prof. Ryan Enos says www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

“It's just kind of horrifying for me to think that if I depart from the U.S., maybe I cannot come back. It feels like being locked inside a country," one Emerson College student tells @emilypv.bsky.social on re-thinking travel plans right now www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

A recent Quincy, Mass. school committee vote against designating Lunar New Year a school holiday could galvanize new candidates to run for open seats on the board this fall. BU ed reporting fellow @chinanu.bsky.social has the story on the vote and context behind it www.wbur.org/news/2025/02...

Teachers, parents and students: should cellphones be banned across all Mass. public schools? Let us know what you think here! www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...

School leaders across Mass are reassuring families and readying staff in case immigration officers arrive at their doorstep. www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...

Terrific ski guide to local ski slopes near Boston whether you’re a beginner or advanced via Hanna Ali www.wbur.org/news/2025/01...

Many K-12 schools are built around the assumption that all students are sighted. Perkins School for the Blind is trying to change that with the launch of virtual academy for educators this year. www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...

Precincts in Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, the South End, and West Roxbury ran out of ballots, according to complaints compiled by WBUR from interviews with elected officials, election integrity advocates and voters, as well as public records.

A class-action lawsuit filed today claims that the educational publishing company Heinemann falsely advertised its products as “research-backed” and “data-based.” www.apmreports.org/story/2024/1...

“Each one of our young people deserves to be moved, surprised, challenged and inspired.” -Mayor Michelle Wu, story by Emily Piper-Vallillo www.wbur.org/news/2024/12...

Massachusetts education officials say threats of mass deportations to cuts in federal funding are among their concerns.