Mar 16 It’s official, Boston wins its snowiest winter on record By Marina Lopes Three inches of snowfall on Sunday capped what has been the worst winter in Boston’s history. The city was dumped with more than 108.6 inches of powder this season, an inch more than the previous record, according to the National… Continue reading
Mar 09 LIVE BLOG: Follow the Boston bombing trial By News Desk Nearly two years since the attack on the Boston Marathon, the trial for suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is underway in a federal courtroom in Boston. Follow live updates from the Boston Globe. Continue reading
Nov 27 The economics of Thanksgiving from 1621 to 2014 By Simone Pathe Paul Solman stepped back to 1621 to explore the economics of the very first Thanksgiving, where, he learned, profit wasn't everything. Neither is profit everything in 2014 on a family turkey farm that sells most of its free-range turkeys during… Continue reading
Nov 16 POLL: Would you support a ban on the sale of tobacco products? By News Desk The town of Westminster, Mass., could become the first in the nation to entirely ban the sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e-cigarettes. What if a similar ban was proposed where you live?… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Massachusetts town mulls nation’s first total tobacco ban By PBS News Hour The town of Westminster, Mass., could become the first in the nation to ban the sale of tobacco products if a proposal from the city's board of health passes in December. The unprecedented pitch would ban the sale cigarettes, chewing… Continue watching
Oct 31 The other Ebola scare: the rising cost of chocolate By Santi Falcone With Ebola inducing fears about West Africa's cocoa supply, truffle maker Santi Falcone is paying agribusiness giant Cargill more than he ever has for chocolate. And because he just signed a one-year contract, the pinch Falcone is feeling won't let… Continue reading
Oct 15 Students react to decision to admit transgender students at Mount Holyoke By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH This fall, Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts became the second all-women's college in the U.S. to begin accepting applications from transgender students. Continue reading
Aug 27 Massachusetts mayor says her city feeling effects of immigrant surge By Andrew Troast Lynn, Massachusetts is 1,500 miles from the U.S. border with Mexico, but the old factory city has found itself strained because of the recent surge of Central American minors into the country. Mayor Judith Kennedy, who spoke at a press… Continue reading
Aug 13 With jobs on the line, why are Market Basket employees so loyal to Artie T? By Simone Pathe Despite an ultimatum from the Market Basket board that striking employees will lose their jobs if they don't return to work by Friday, many of the New England grocer's workers refuse to come back without the return of former CEO… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Bare shelves for Market Basket as employees and shoppers unite in profit-sharing fight By PBS News Hour The owners of a successful New England grocery store chain are in a family feud over whether company profits should go to shareholders or to employees, some of whom have abandoned their shifts and hit the streets. Economics correspondent Paul… Continue watching