Jul 28 Watch This mom leads young people on walks in the woods to prevent and heal from tragedy By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Boston’s inner city often sees a spike in violence during the summer, when many students are out of school and on the streets. But as special correspondent Tina Martin from PBS station… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch 8:53 Why your summer getaway is staffed by foreign workers By PBS News Hour At the tip of Cape Cod, the iconic summer getaway Provincetown has a small year-round population that swells when the weather gets nice, welcoming an estimated 4 to 5 million tourists every year. Businesses there depend on foreign workers willing… Continue watching
Jun 16 Judge finds woman in Massachusetts suicide texting case guilty of manslaughter By Joshua Barajas, Nsikan Akpan Michelle Carter could face up to 20 years in prison for urging Conrad Roy III to take his own life. Continue reading
Feb 18 Balancing privacy and community with design in cohousing By Corinne Segal Architect Laura Fitch describes cohousing communities as "privacy within your home, and community at your doorstep."… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:38 How a veteran at retelling true stories took on 'Patriots Day' By PBS News Hour “Patriots Day” recounts the 2013 Boston marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt. Although the film is not a documentary, it aims to stay very true to the real events. For director Peter Berg, it’s his third film based on a story… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 7:50 Can the seafood industry get Americans to eat local fish? By PBS News Hour Off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, there’s not much cod left, but there’s plenty of dogfish. It’s a creature most Americans have never heard of, much less consumed. Instead, Americans are eating imported tuna, salmon and shrimp, in a… Continue watching
Oct 30 Pot legalization movement seeks first foothold in Northeast By Bob Salsberg, Associated Press Advocates for recreational marijuana believe "yes" votes in New England would perhaps build momentum toward ending federal prohibitions on the drug. Continue reading
Oct 29 As record number of states vote on marijuana, public health questions remain By Shayla Love, STAT The states that currently have legalized marijuana in some form represent ongoing experiments in public health. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 9:05 How a Massachusetts couple saved thousands from Nazi death camps By PBS News Hour It started with a school project: Interview someone with moral courage. For Artemis Joukowsky, it became an enduring project to explore the life of his grandparents, Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who helped more than 2,000 people avoid deportation to Nazi… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 3:04 Meet the couple on a mission to end hunger in their town By PBS News Hour The idea started at David and Alicia Blais’ dinner table: what if they could end hunger in their town? Their traveling trailer delivers meals to 200-300 people a night, motivated by the memory of their son, Daniel. Special correspondent Tina… Continue watching