Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
In January, New England was hit by a powerful nor’easter that meteorologists called a "bomb cyclone." The storm brought heavy snowfall, strong winds, and extensive coastal flooding to Massachusetts.A...
View ArticleAmid Global Silence, A 'Massive Moral Failure' Is Carried Out in Syria
In recent days, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and supported by Russia, have intensely bombarded a rebel-controlled area outside the Syrian capital of Damascus. Residents in the area...
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Uncertain Times for DACA College Students on U.S.-Mexico Border
In September, President Trump set March 5th as the day he was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, or DACA, unless Congress can come up with a fix. The program protects...
View ArticleDestroying Evidence? Rohingya Villages in Myanmar Obliterated
Around 700,000 Rohingya people have escaped from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh in the past six months, fleeing brutal violence by Myanmar’s military, something that the U.N. has described as ethnic...
View ArticleTransportation Safety Rules Stalled Under Trump Administration
President Trump has made it clear that he is not a fan of what he considers to be needless government rules and regulations. Just take the president’s infrastructure plan, where the White House hopes...
View ArticleTexas Primary Election: What You Need to Know
All eyes were on Texas on Tuesday when it held the first statewide primaries in the nation, kicking of the start of the 2018 midterm election season.In what is traditionally a deep-red state, Democrats...
View ArticleAfter Parkland: How Gun Laws Are Changing Across America
After a deadly mass shooting on February 14th, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida began demanding tougher gun control measures. The students traveled hundreds of...
View ArticleU.K. Expels Russian Diplomats After Nerve Gas Attack
On Wednesday, British officials announced plans to expel 23 Russian diplomats following the attempted murder of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The U.K. had given Moscow a midnight deadline...
View ArticleThe Howard University Takeover, Fifty Years Later
Many of America’s historically black colleges and universities played a vital role in the country’s civil rights movement. Influential black leaders such as Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael, and...
View ArticlePeru's President Resigns Amid Bribery Scandal
Ahead of a second impeachment set to take place on Thursday, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced his resignation. The president is accused of accepting bribes and other illegal payments...
View ArticleHeeding Court Order, Wisconsin Governor Calls for Special Elections
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appealed a court order on Wednesday that required him to call special elections to fill a state Senate and Assembly seat, but his appeal was rejected. The legislative...
View ArticleControversial Online University Launches Next Month
Purdue University’s acquisition of Kaplan University was approved earlier this month. The price of the deal between the public university located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the online college...
View ArticleHow James Brown Kept Boston Calm After MLK Jr.'s Assassination
In the hours and days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., violence broke out in some 130 cities across America. But amidst the chaos and rioting, there was an oasis of relative peace...
View ArticleSea-Level Rise Endangers Centuries-Old Farms in Maryland
Farmers on the lower eastern shore of Maryland have a fight on their hands. Sea-level rise in the Chesapeake Bay region is twice the global average and it could be to blame for saltwater that has been...
View ArticleFCC Chair Ajit Pai Promised to Scrap Net Neutrality. So Why Hasn't He Done it...
In December of last year, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality rules that had been in place under the Obama administration since 2015. The protections regulate the...
View ArticleMalaysian 'Fake News' Law Targets Government Critics
Malaysia has convicted the first person under a new law outlawing 'fake news.' Under Malaysia's Anti-Fake News Act, it is a crime to create or share fake news, and it carries a sentence of up to 10...
View ArticleThe 50th Anniversary of Bill Russell's Historic N.B.A. Championship Win
50 years ago this week, former Boston Celtics player-coach Bill Russell made history by becoming the first black coach ever to win a major professional championship. On May 2, 1968, Russell led the...
View ArticleNew York A.G. Eric Schneiderman Resigns Amid Sex Abuse Allegations
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned after four women accused him of physical assault, sexual violence, and threats on their life. The women, two of whom decided to go on the record...
View ArticleGina Haspel Faces Tough Confirmation to Head C.I.A.
President Trump’s pick to serve as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel faces a challenging confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Haspel has worked...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Sports Gambling
On Monday, the Supreme Court paved the way for states to begin legalizing sports betting. In a landmark decision, the court struck down a federal law passed by Congress in 1992 known as the...
View ArticleOutcry After Rape Survivor Sentenced to Death in Sudan
A death sentence case involving a woman in Sudan has brought international condemnation from human rights groups, as well as on social media through the campaign called #JusticeforNoura. 19-year-old...
View ArticleWhy British Comedian Gina Yashere Won't Be Watching the Royal Wedding
On Saturday Prince Harry will marry American actress Meghan Markle. The two will tie the knot at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, just over 20 miles west of London.As a biracial woman, whose...
View ArticleNew Report Examines Diversity in America’s Newsrooms
Back in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Kerner Commission to investigate the reasons for violence and unrest in the black and Latino neighborhoods in several American cities. When the...
View ArticleRepublicans Roll Back Dodd-Frank Regulations Passed After Recession
Congress passed a partial rollback of Dodd-Frank on Tuesday. In a bipartisan move, the House voted 258-159 to exempt free thousands of small and medium-sized banks from Dodd-Frank rules. The reforms...
View ArticleSwift Prosecution of ISIS Suspects in Iraq Raises Alarm
Since the fall of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate in Iraq, thousands of people have been detained by the authorities in the country who stand accused of being members of the militant...
View ArticleStudent Activists Push for Asian-American Studies Programs
Asians are the fastest growing ethnic group in the country, but few colleges and universities offer programs about Asian-American history or culture. Now there is a growing national movement by...
View ArticleOn 50th Anniversary Of His Father's Death, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Finds...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. On June 5, 1968, Senator Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles shortly after winning...
View ArticleWith Trump-Kim Summit Underway, a North Korean Defector Speaks Out
President Trump has talked ambitiously about using the summit with Kim Jong-un to push for the denuclearization of North Korea.But many who have escaped from life under North Korea’s authoritarian...
View ArticleStudy Finds Proposition 47 Increased Theft Crimes in California
In November 2014, voters in California passed a controversial ballot measure that reduced penalties for people who committed some lower-level drug and property crimes. The initiative, known as...
View ArticleCongress Debates the Farm Bill as Deadline Approaches
Friday, June 22nd is the deadline for the House of Representatives to reconsider the 2018 Farm Bill, which unexpectedly failed to pass in the House on May 18th by a 213-to-198 vote. The bill has been...
View ArticleTens of Thousands of Former For-Profit College Students Await Debt Relief
Last week a federal judge in California ordered the Education Department to stop collecting on the loans of students who previously attended schools run by the failed former for-profit college chain,...
View ArticleGuatemalan Mother Still Separated from Son Following Self-Deportation from...
Lourdes de Leon was apprehended while attempting to cross the southern border into the United States with her 6-year-old son, Leo in May. De Leon, who says she was fleeing an unsafe situation in...
View ArticleBritain Braces Itself for Trump’s Visit
President Donald Trump is embarking on his first official visit to the U.K. since he was elected and his trip, which begins today, is expected to be marked by widespread protests around the country.On...
View ArticleHow the Food Network Shaped a Generation
All this week on The Takeaway, we are exploring our changing attitudes about cuisine with our series: What’s Cooking: The Evolution of American Food.Ever since the rise of women in the workforce, home...
View ArticleChef Edward Lee on the Multilayered Melting Pot of American Cuisine
Chef and writer, Edward Lee traveled across America for two years, meeting the people and savoring the delights of our nation’s vast, ever changing and diverse culinary landscape.In his new book,...
View ArticleUnderstanding Food Gentrification's Impact on Hunger
For years there have been struggles over the gentrification of city neighborhoods in America, but what about the gentrification of food?“Food gentrification” is a term used to describe how previously...
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How One Puerto Rican Restaurant Keeps its Flavors Alive
We continue our weeklong series, What’s Cooking: The Evolution of American Food, with a visit to Casa Adela on the Lower East Side. Casa Adela was opened in 1976 by Adela Fargas, promising authentic...
View Article"Only 10 Percent of Americans Love Cooking": What it Means for the Grocery...
Fewer Americans than ever enjoy cooking, according to research by food industry analyst, Eddie Yoon. Yoon found a decline over the past 15 years in the percentage of consumers who love cooking, from 15...
View ArticleThe Rise of Taliban Influence in Afghanistan
It has been almost 17 years since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, to oust the Taliban which had long sheltered al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden in the country. All these years later, the Taliban...
View ArticleSome Immigrants Seeking Legal Residency Through Marriage Targeted for...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is representing five immigrants and their American citizen spouses in a class action lawsuit challenging what it alleges is the Department of...
View ArticleReflections on the Life and Legacy of Senator John McCain
Senator John McCain died on Saturday at the age of 81, after suffering from brain cancer. McCain’s legacy included his work as a longstanding advocate and champion of democracy and human rights abroad....
View ArticleUN Report Accuses Myanmar Military of Genocide
A new report from the United Nations says six of Myanmar’s top generals should be tried for genocide and other crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court.The report comes one year...
View ArticleAyanna Pressley on Path to Become the First Black Woman Elected to Congress...
Tuesday was primary day in Massachusetts and voters in the state went to the polls to select their nominees for a wide range of races including the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives, the...
View ArticleIs there a “Textbook Shakedown” on College Campuses?
U.S. student loan debt has now ballooned to about 1.5 trillion dollars. Besides college tuition, another hefty cost that students need to worry about is the price of textbooks. Since 1970, the cost of...
View ArticleDramatic Increase in Social Media Use by Teens
Six years ago, the San Francisco-based non-profit Common Sense Mediabegan tracking the use of social media by American teenagers and today the organization is publishing the results of a follow-up...
View ArticlePoll: Majority of Americans Support Diversity in Higher Education, Oppose...
Should race be a factor in college admissions? The results of a new poll conducted by WGBH News and released today reveal that nearly three in four Americans do not think it should be. But a majority...
View ArticleEmotional Scars Haunt Frederick Clay as He Reintegrates Back Into Life...
In August last year, Frederick Clay was released after serving 38 years in prison in Massachusetts for the murder of a cab driver called Jeffrey Boyajian in Boston. He was only 16 years old when he was...
View ArticleFormer Secretary of State John Kerry on America's Shifting Place in...
World leaders gathered in New York City for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, this week. President Donald Trump reiterated his commitment to an "America First" agenda while other...
View ArticleEverything You Really Need to Know about Paying for College
As the cost of college continues to rise and many students increasingly graduate with tens of thousands of dollars of debt, selecting the right school and paying for it, may feel pretty overwhelming...
View ArticleCan Our District Attorneys Reform American Criminal Justice?
Advocates for police reform have long looked to lawmakers in hopes of addressing the social inequities baked into the criminal justice system. And even though criminal justice reform receives...
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