Author: Chloe Jad
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Labor union protests in Boston, calling for Tufts student to be released from ICE custody
A union leader led a chant for a crowd of more than 200 people, including Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and state Attorney General Andrea Campbell, who gathered in downtown Boston Tuesday evening to protest the arrest of Tufts University doctoral…
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Library services threatened by Trump funding cuts
Boston Public Library president David Leonard said he worries about future funding and hopes Congress will act to preserve the Institute of Museums and Library Services. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Libraries across Massachusetts are worried about how they’ll provide vital services such…
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Lawyers in Boston protest Trump administration on National Law Day
Protesters listen to a speech at the National Law Day of Action protest at the Parkman Bandstand. (Chloe Jad/WBUR) More than 200 lawyers and advocates protested attacks on law firms and the norms of due process by the Trump administration…
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Pass the Easter dinner rolls, please: A nutritionist’s take on what to eat — and avoid — ahead of the Boston Marathon
One runner digs into a bowl of beef and sweet potatoes when training to run 26.2 miles. Another pops a pair of Pop-Tarts before long runs. Training for a marathon is as much about eating as it is about exercising.…
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New plan for a resurrected Great Scott comes with housing
Allston’s atrophied “Rock City” might get its beating heart back — and Bostonians seem to be all in. Legendary live music club Great Scott, shuttered by the pandemic since May 2020, is being reimagined down the street from its original…
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Meet Clube Desportivo Faialense, the amateur Mass. soccer team headed to the U.S. Open Cup
The best team in the Bay State Soccer League doesn’t hold tryouts. Clube Desportivo Faialense, the back-to-back victor of the league’s Division I championships, builds out its bench by word of mouth, a vetting process that players say safeguards the…
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How Boston-area cinemas snagged ‘No Other Land’
A still from the documentary “No Other Land.” (Courtesy Antipode films) If you don’t want to see it, don’t come. That’s Katherine Tallman’s philosophy about “No Other Land,” the divisive, Oscar-winning documentary showing at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre, where she…