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Mass General Brigham pilot program delivers care to new mothers right at home
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Norfolk County Sheriff Opens Center to Help People Build Stable Lives After Incarceration
Updated April 25, 2024 Lynn Jolicoeur The ...
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Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Closer to Getting Victim Visas
Sarah Betancourt April 22, 2024 Migrants ...
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Federal Subsidy Connecting 367,000 Massachusetts Households to Internet is Expiring
By Craig LeMoult April 25, 2024 ...
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Immigrants Want Faster Permission to Work. So Do Mass. Leaders and Businesses
April 17, 2024 By Anthony Brooks ...
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Lawsuit Alleges Incarcerated Young Adults Are Deprived of Special Education Services
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A Boston Nonprofit is Bringing Community-Owned Solar Power — and Profit — to Low-Income Neighborhoods
By Kana Ruhalter and Arun Rath ...
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Even With Work Permits, Migrants in Shelters Struggle to Find Self-Sustaining Jobs
Sarah Betancourt April 11, 2024 Loudine ...
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Latino Families Are a Fast-Growing Group in Mass. Why Are so Few Able to Buy Homes?
Sam Turken Updated April 12, 2024 ...
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MIT Sloan Looks to Boost Hiring of People with Criminal Backgrounds
By Paul Singer April 05, 2024 ...
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Mayor Wu and BPHC Release Health Equity Report, Seek Partners to Close Life Expectancy Gap Across Neighborhoods
First funding round calls for proposals for $5 million of total $10 million investment to improve health outcomes in Boston by bolstering economic mobility and financial security BOSTON – Thursday, February…
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Hundreds march in Boston to support democracy and protest policies of Trump, Musk
The peaceful rally in freezing conditions was supported by 100 civil rights, environmental and progressive groups from Massachusetts. By MICHAEL CASEY February 14, 2025 BOSTON (AP) — Chanting “Stop the…
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For some Boston neighborhoods, heat advisories come too late
Vivian La January 24, 2025 Last August, Boston officials issued a heat advisory when temperatures and humidity were expected to reach dangerous highs. But some neighborhoods had already reached that threshold days…
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‘A forgotten generation’: Older Black men in Boston are dying of drug overdoses at alarming rates
A new analysis shows that they are now hardest hit by the opioid epidemic By Chris Serres and Yoohyun Jung Updated January 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m. Anthony James is the first…
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Anxiety, fear ramp up among Worcester’s immigrants over ICE raids
Henry Schwan Jan. 30, 2025 WORCESTER ― Confusion and fear. Those emotions are alive in Worcester amid reports of President Donald Trump’s administration authorizing raids of undocumented immigrants in several U.S.…
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to testify before Congress on sanctuary cities
By Matt Schooley Updated on: February 3, 2025 / 6:12 PM EST To watch video report, Click Here. BOSTON – Mayor Michelle Wu said Monday she plans to cooperate with a request…
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Some Mass. immigrant communities fearful after videos of federal agents making arrests
By Kristina Rex Updated on: January 24, 2025 / 4:30 PM EST To watch video report, Click Here. EAST BOSTON – Video is circulating online which appears to show federal agents,…
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Mass. Health Policy Committee lays out possible primary care remedies
David Seltz, executive director at the HPC, said Massachusetts is locked in a “state of extreme challenge” By Alison Kuznitz • Published January 18, 2025 To watch video report, Click Here. While…
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Court Ruling Paves the Way For State to Sue Towns With Exclusionary Zoning Laws
By Christian MilNeil 11:56 AM EST on January 8, 2025 A hotly anticipated ruling from the Commonwealth’s Supreme Judicial Court affirms that the state government has a clear authority to sue cities and…
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Local initiative reconnects formerly incarcerated individuals with communities they left
Avery Bleichfeld For Mac Hudson, eating together is a traditional way of connecting to community. “It’s the African tradition from our communal existence,” said Hudson, founder of the equity organization AccessMA.…
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