David Carr, a columnist at The New York Times who covered business, culture and government in his Media Equation column and a professor in Boston University’s College of Communication, died Thursday...
Wind and rain did not stop about 80 protesters from marching against capitalism on Tuesday, shouting, “One, two, three, four! Let’s call a class war!” as part of the annual worldwide May Day celebration.
The...
President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are sparking a reconnection with 18- to 29-year-old voters despite low approval ratings in the fall, according to a Harvard University poll released Tuesday.
Although...
The next wave of decisions regarding the construction of the Bay State’s first casinos may be pushed back until late May, said representatives from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in a public meeting...
Many Massachusetts residents still have no idea what Hepatitis C is, said state Rep. Carl Sciortino, of Medford, adding that the liver-inflaming disease has become a “silent epidemic.”
About 40...
Chanting “sick time now,” supporters of sick paid leave rallied on the steps of the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday in support of a bill that would require businesses to provide state workers...
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said community colleges are “brilliantly positioned” to fill the state’s skilled workers gap at a discussion at the State House on Tuesday that addressed his plan...
Abigail Adair, a sophomore at Anna Maria College, said she could not have gone to college without the scholarship that allowed her to start school.
Adair, along with about 200 other students from more...
Boston ranked 20th among America’s major cities with the highest poverty rates, according to recent data from Queens College demographer Professor Andrew Beveridge.
Local antipoverty agencies, including...
Although they provide cleaner energy, wind turbines may be damaging to the health of Bay State residents, according to recent testimonies.
Members of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection...
Secret admirers on the T can snap pictures of crushes from afar and upload them to BostonTCrush, a website launched on Tuesday that shares photos of attractive men.
Co-founder Stephen Motion...
Opponents of a bill that would eliminate parole opportunities for certain third-time offenders argued, at the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday, that policy change would create skyrocketing costs,...
