4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (817+ words) Inside a basement laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 27-year-old Bastien Eymann sits at his bench. “This is my spot,” he says, tapping the table covered with paperwork, test tubes and a vacuum chamber. The fourth-year PhD candidate in…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1279+ words) Salvadorans in Massachusetts face uncertainty as temporary protected status for that country is set to expire Wednesday. Over 7,300 Salvadoran TPS holders live in the Bay State, according to a 2026 report from the Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (882+ words) It’s midday on a Friday at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury, the largest mosque in New England. More than a thousand men, women and children of all different ethnic backgrounds stream in. Some head to the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (671+ words) With the threat of federal funding being pulled next month, at least five other states nationwide plan to join Massachusetts in covering minors’ transgender health care through Medicaid. Their decisions come after a new rule from the Trump administration that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (818+ words) Local advocates and attorneys say that a recent court decision is sowing confusion among some immigrants, including many brought to the U.S. as children and temporary protected status holders. In August, the Board of Immigration Appeals — the nation’s highest immigration court…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (541+ words) In the run-up to the Sept. 1 Democratic primary, state Rep. Tram Nguyen seemed to have built up a massive amount of momentum in her bid for Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District seat currently held by Rep. Seth Moulton. Nguyen was racking up…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1194+ words) The results are coming in from last night’s primaries across Massachusetts. GBH politics reporter Adam Reilly joined GBH’s Morning Edition host Tori Bedford in studio Wednesday morning to break down everything we need to know. What follows is a lightly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (340+ words) The incumbent senator will face Republican John Deaton in November. At Moulton’s party in Dorchester, the North Shore congressman took the stage to address his supporters. “I just called Senator Markey to congratulate him on his victory tonight,” Moulton told…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (716+ words) The decision leaves room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump’s order, and other similar cases have already been filed. The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (464+ words) O’Brien’s complaint, filed by Needham attorney Timothy Burke, includes three separate claims against Goldberg: retaliation in violation of the Massachusetts Whistleblower Act, a charge also brought against the CCC; violation of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act; and that Goldberg invaded…...