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The flight path from Boston to Palestine on Distance Calculator. Local organizations around Boston, such as HEAL Palestine, have been working to evacuate children from Gaza and provide them with necessary care and medical attention amid conflict in the area. ISABELLA OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Local humanitarian efforts provide recovery care to children evacuated from Gaza

George Lehman October 31, 2024
Humanitarian organizations in Boston have been evacuating children from Gaza for months to provide medical care in the City as conflict in the region persists.
Michelle Wu $12 million digital equity initiative

Senator Markey, Mayor Wu invest over $12M in digital equity efforts

Bella Ramirez February 11, 2022
Mayor Wu and Senator Markey announced an allocation of over $12 million to bring digital equity and inclusion to Bostonians.
Polling station in Concord, New Hampshire. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, voting may look different this year for high-risk voters in Massachusetts if a bill allowing the use of mail-in ballots passes in the state’s Senate. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

A look at current Mass. politics amid pandemic and partisan turmoil

Jane Avery June 11, 2020
From the pandemic to the 2020 Presidential Election, Massachusetts politics is in for a change this fall. Here's the political breakdown for the state.
U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III at a September 2018 event in Copley Square ahead of the Massachusetts general election. The congressman on Saturday officially launched a primary bid for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Ed Markey. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DFP FILE

Kennedy officially announces his campaign for Massachusetts’s senate seat in 2020

Sonia Rubeck September 24, 2019
The representative is challenging incumbent Senator Ed Markey in the 2020 Democratic primary elections.
EDIT: Bet on Net Neutrality

EDIT: Bet on Net Neutrality

Editors February 6, 2015

Net neutrality has been in the news again lately thanks to a proposal by U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler. Wheeler’s proposal would reclassify Internet as a telecommunications...

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