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Huddled around a small conference table in Greater Boston, volunteers form an ad hoc assembly line to slip hundreds of pills into padded envelopes. It's not an illegal drug operation, at least not here in Massachusetts. But, their work to provide abortion medications could risk criminal or civil charges in states where abortion is banned.
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Three communities in Massachusetts have a lot to lose if the Trump administration succeeds in halting all offshore wind.
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In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters. -
The pro-worker marches come as Connecticut nursing home union members are set to strike in mid-May. -
The study, released Thursday, shows that while Vermont law enforcement agencies are doing fewer traffic stops since the COVID pandemic, there are continuing disparities in how Black and Hispanic drivers are policed. -
Volunteers have always been part of IRIS’s model, but in the face of downsizing due to shifting federal policies, they’re more critical than ever. -
Some farms are facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost income. -
As part of the global City Nature Challenge, students at Brandeis trekked around campus photographing and identifying local species. -
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has started a process to schedule drilling for offshore fossil fuel. -
The $2.4 million in terminated Vermont grants funded positions that focused on “everything from housing placement services, food security, to job training, to after school programming” and flood recovery, said Philip Kolling, who oversees AmeriCorps programs in the state.
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