Greater Boston sees ‘surge’ in immigration enforcement
Some ICE altercations in Greater Boston turned violent last week, spurring a fear in local immigrant communities that this may be round-two of the "hell" Trump's border czar promised to bring.
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Tufts doctoral student detained by ICE for 6 weeks is ordered released
Jessie Rossman, attorney and legal director with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, was in the courtroom to represent Rümeysa Öztürk and spoke with WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins after the hearing.
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How little Franklin, Mass. opened America's first public library
“I open the case that they are stored in, and...it's this whole experience. You smell the aged books, and then you touch their smooth leather covers that have worn down because they've been held by thousands of citizens of Franklin before you...They're like this little family. I open the case and visit my little family. They're really special.”
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How Pope Leo XIV's American education could shape his papacy
Lisa Sowle Cahill, a professor of theology at Boston College, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how the new pope's American background could inform his perspective and priorities.
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Copley Square’s redesign has stirred controversy. But a prominent urban designer urges patience
Some Bostonians aren’t thrilled to see there’s less green, and a lot more gray, at the partially reopened Copley Square Park. But Jeff Speck, an urban designer from Brookline, makes the case in favor of the redesign.
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