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Immigration policy shifts are already costing health workers their jobs in Massachusetts

City’s Live Long and Well Agenda awards $5M in grants with goal of closing health equity gaps

Federal courts weigh Department of Education cuts

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Immigration policy shifts are already costing health workers their jobs in Massachusetts
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Immigration policy shifts are already costing health workers their jobs in Massachusetts
Some health and home care providers in Massachusetts have recently laid off staff because of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, according to advocates and employer associations.
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Opinion
We carry on: Black family reunions in a time of erasure
They try to erase us. Again. Erase the stories, the elders, the recipes handed down on index cards stained with soul. Erase the baby with thick curls chasing cousins through the grass. Erase the uncle who grills with one hand and carries history in the other.
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Can college prep programs survive Trump’s war on DEI?
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Can college prep programs survive Trump’s war on DEI?
The Education Department has warned colleges that they will lose funding for any admissions programs that “favor one race over another.” The Trump administration has gone after several prestigious colleges for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Opinion
Heat is a warning: What we’re losing and who we’re leaving behind
The heat doesn’t knock anymore — it barges in. It fills your lungs like smoke, presses against your chest like regret. It sits on porches in poor neighborhoods where the AC never worked or was too expensive to run.
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Activists march for rent control
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Activists march for rent control
Activists from Greater Boston-area cities and towns marched on the State House Tuesday, May 20 as part of a national demonstration against the Trump administration’s planned cuts to federal housing programs.
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Mass protests in Black and white —  Are we showing up?
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Mass protests in Black and white — Are we showing up?
From the podium at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, Kadida Kenner, executive director of the New Pennsylvania Project, scanned the vast human landscape at the April 5 “Hands Off!” protest. Among the estimated 30,000 assembled, she made a stark observation: Black protesters were missing.
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NAACP-LDF files suit against U.S. Department of Education
Last week, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Legal Defense Fund sued the United States Department of Education. Rushing to defend diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming, the NAACP’s lawyers may find themselves on rocky rhetorical terrain: Convincing a federal judge that the nation’s foundation is fundamentally flawed.
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Large crowd converges on Boston Common for ‘Hands Off!’ protest
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Large crowd converges on Boston Common for ‘Hands Off!’ protest
The crowd quickly grew Saturday morning as protestors gathered around the Parkman Bandstand at Boston Common for a “Hands Off!” rally and march. Organizers said they expected 25,000 people to attend.
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Opinion
Plan to cut CDC HIV prevention funding will negatively impact Black and Latino Americans the most
Last week, word leaked that HIV prevention is on the chopping block. The Trump administration plans to defund critical HIV prevention efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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The state of Boston strong
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Editorial
The state of Boston strong
Once a year, the elected chief executive of Boston delivers a speech about the state of the city and how as mayor she or he plans to move it forward. This year, Mayor Michelle Wu gave the annual speech at a time Boston has been the target of hostility from the Trump administration for the city’s support of immigrants who live here and for their communities.
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Opinion
What do we do now? Ten action steps for the next four years
There’s so much going on right now that it’s impossible to keep track of it all, and that’s the point. They want us to be overwhelmed so we can’t keep up or fight back, but today, I want to give you 10 action steps you can take to stay engaged, make a difference, and protect your peace.
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Editorial
Trump’s questionable cabinet choices
The second coming of the Trump presidency in 2025 has generated significant controversy and speculation over the potential makeup of his cabinet.
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