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Investigative reporter at the Boston Globe, bird lover 📱 Signal: cserres.22 Tips: chris.serres@globe.com Substack: chrisserres.substack.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 02/10/2026
Paweł Pawlikowski has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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How Paweł Pawlikowski Learned to Film Europe’s Fractures
The Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 02/10/2026
The nurses union at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has set a date for an open-ended strike, its second work stoppage this year.
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses union sets date for open-ended strike, its second work stoppage this year - The Boston Globe
The walkout could be potentially disruptive to patients, the hospital, and nurses, who would forgo paychecks.
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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: The killing of a college freshman outside a Providence nightclub has sparked a debate about 18+ clubs, a staple in Providence's nightlife scene. Some want to ban the underage clubs altogether and raise the age to 21 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/02/m...
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A college freshman was killed outside a Providence nightclub. Should the city put an end to 18+ nightlife? - The Boston Globe
Boston’s stricter limits on 18+ nightclub events prompts college students to party in Providence instead.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A scathing new state report chronicles a century-long nightmare of child abuse in Catholic parishes in Massachusetts, revealing how church leadership concealed decades of predation by scores of priests, who victimized hundreds of children across the Coomwealth www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/30/m...
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‘It validates our stories.’ Sprawling new report unearths hundreds of priest sex abuse cases across Mass. - The Boston Globe
A state investigation found evidence that more than 270 Catholic clerics abused nearly 1,000 children across the Catholic Dioceses of Fall River, Springfield and Worcester.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 29/09/2026
Today’s Starting Point takes a look at what prompted the Globe Spotlight Team to dig into Massachusetts nursing homes.
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Inside the Spotlight Team investigation of Mass. nursing homes - The Boston Globe
Nursing home chains were expanding quickly in Mass., and the state kept saying yes. So we started asking: Who is behind these companies?
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 29/09/2026
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel's genocidal war
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 28/09/2026
From @globespotlight.bsky.social: After a New Jersey man bought up nursing homes around Massachusetts, some of the state's best-rated facilities fell to among the worst. Patient care plummeted. Veteran staff fled. And the state kept letting him buy more. trib.al/HKE9scd
Text on the card reads: “The Boston Globe Spotlight. He’s buying Mass. nursing homes, cutting budgets, and driving down care. The state keeps signing off.”
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The chronic mishandling of calls has contributed to a striking decline of nearly 80,000 households getting assistance from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the complaint said. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/m...
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Thousands in Massachusetts are losing food assistance because of disconnected SNAP calls, lawsuit says - The Boston Globe
The state's Department of Transitional Assistance automatically disconnected 74 to 81 percent of incoming calls in the first six months of 2026, complaint alleges.
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Brendan Quinn @bfquinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A forewarning that this one is difficult. But it’s a credit to Duncan Robinson and his family for telling it. They hope it’ll help others. And maybe it’ll be a good reminder that “we can all be a little less certain about knowing what someone is going through.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/761...
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Omar Mohammed @shurufu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“It doesn’t seem that there are any particular targets,” said Heather Perez Arroyo, an immigration attorney with the progressive Mass Law Reform Institute. “This is something we anticipated with the start of this administration, but that we had not seen.”
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The South Coast is facing another surge in ICE activity. Lawyers say this time seems different. - The Boston Globe
The arrests, lawyers and advocates for immigrants say, appear more indiscriminate than operations last year.
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Katie Johnston @ktkjohnston.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
After delving into new MassINC research about rising income segregation, I focused on a part of South Boston where two neighboring Census tracts had wildly different median family incomes: $60k and $250+k, a difference of $190,000 a year. Here's what I found out. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/23/m...
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‘I’m not your neighbor’: In Southie, a few blocks away is a world apart - The Boston Globe
South Boston has some of the starkest income divides in Greater Boston, which is one of the most income-segregated metropolitan areas in the country, according to new MassINC research.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 23/09/2026
Interviews with Chinese immigrants suggest the allure of the U.S. is being put to the test by a torrent of immigration restrictions under President Trump, and the emergence of China as the world’s second-largest economy. But for many, the core draw of America remains strong.
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For Quincy's Chinese community, the American dream lives on, with caveats
Interviews with Chinese immigrants suggest the allure of the U.S. is being put to the test by a torrent of immigration restrictions under President Trump, and the emergence of China as the world’s second-largest economy. But for many, the core draw of America remains strong.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
Tribal leaders and organizers return to reservation 10 years after demonstrations against Dakota Access pipeline
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Activists and leaders reflect on Standing Rock a decade on: ‘I would do it again’
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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Providence is poised to have a pro-Palestine mayor, leaving its Jewish community at a crossroads My latest, with @stephmachado.bsky.social: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/22/m...
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Providence is poised to have a pro-Palestine mayor, leaving its Jewish community at a crossroads - The Boston Globe
The win by a democratic socialist aligned with the pro-Palestine movement has prompted fears, as antisemitism is on the rise and a divestment question aimed at Israel is on the ballot.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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AI threats are getting scarier. How are you coping? - The Boston Globe
Are you contemplating any life changes — considering switching careers, putting off financial moves, etc — because of this technological uncertainty? The Globe wants to hear from you.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026
More than 300 million birds are expected to soar across the U.S. on Saturday during their annual fall migration, prompting requests for residents to turn off or dim lights to help ensure their safe flight.
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As Millions of Birds Migrate, Residents Are Asked to Turn Off the Lights
Birds are drawn to lights, and more than a billion die each year after crashing into buildings, experts said.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tech observers and watchdog groups have likened AI’s breakneck development to a car hurtling toward a cliff without brakes, a once-cute cub grown into a predatory lion, and even malevolent aliens landing on earth. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/20/b...
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‘There is something you can do’: How to slow down AI without crashing the economy - The Boston Globe
With AI embedded in every corner of daily life, how does an industry slow development without crippling the people and institutions that depend on it?
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 17/09/2026
The MBTA is reversing some of its rules on what riders can — and cannot — bring on The RIDE, the agency’s paratransit service, altering a policy that some riders said radically upended their routines.
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After outcry, MBTA reverses restrictions that made for ‘difficult year’ for some paratransit riders - The Boston Globe
Under the agency’s new policy, released on Wednesday, the MBTA is again allowing users of The RIDE to keep their belongings inside RIDE trunks and some foldable carts.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Chinatown has weathered neglect and sometimes outright hostility from authorities for generations. Carved up by highway construction and saddled with a red light district decades ago, Chinatown is currently burdened by bad air quality and targeted by casinos. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/15/m...
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This is a story about a persistent puddle in Chinatown. But also so much more. - The Boston Globe
It’s been here for years, flooding basements and spawning clouds of mosquitoes in the most urban of landscapes.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And who hasn’t been thrilled at the sight of a tricolored heron or other rare bird? Yet a bird’s everyday commonness does not diminish its beauty and spirit. chrisserres.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
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Thoughts on the black-capped chickadee
These resilient birds have much to teach us, and Susan Smith’s book is the definititive place to start.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/09/2026
Read the Supreme Court’s ruling on mail voting restrictions.
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Read the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Mail Voting Restrictions
The order blocks a Trump administration plan to dramatically change how Americans vote by mail in the lead-up to the midterm elections.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 14/09/2026
He called 911 for help when she was in a mental health crisis after her miscarriage. Instead, she ended up in ICE custody in Burlington.
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He called 911 to get his partner help. But ICE came and took her instead. - The Boston Globe
For several nights, ICE held her at the agency's field office in Burlington without medical care. For more than a year, immigrants and their attorneys have alleged inadequate conditions at this facility.
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 11/09/2026
These are the journalists and the coverage communities are now left without, as told by the publications’ workers: newsguild.org/mcclatchy-la...
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McClatchy laid off 40% of its unionized workers; here’s how local coverage will suffer | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/09/2026
Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian Testimony from 24 Israeli military insiders ​on the secret ​systems used in ​the war on Gaza​ has been revealed in a new documentary film about the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. NAZA, a film from the Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, shown at the Venice international film festival on Thursday as the only documentary competing for its prestigious Golden Lion award. Continue reading...
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Omar Mohammed @shurufu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Those who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks did it to advance their own political agenda, and we still don’t really know what that is,” said Martin Bentz, from the Islamic Society of Southeastern Massachusetts. “We’ve been trying to make it clear that they didn’t represent any Muslim principles.”
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‘Where do we go from here?’ Muslim Americans reflect on 25 years since 9/11. - The Boston Globe
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, Muslims in Massachusetts reflect on how the tragedy shaped their experiences of what it's like to be Muslim in America.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 11/09/2026
A Taunton woman died of a heart attack in 2023 after a nurse sent her to a Steward hospital registration line without evaluating her. Three years later and after a Globe Spotlight investigation, her family is suing that nurse.
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A woman died of a heart attack while waiting for help at a Steward hospital. Now her family is suing. - The Boston Globe
The case was one of at least 15 identified by the Globe in which a Steward patient died after failing to receive professionally accepted standards of care.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Despite concerns around crime, the statistics point to a safer Chinatown in recent years. According to Sampan’s analysis, total reported crime in the Chinatown neighborhood... decreased by 15% between 2021 and 2025. The homicide count was zero in that 5-year period. www.sampan.org/post/amid-fe...
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Amid Fear of Chinatown Crime Uptick, Data Tell Different Story
Despite the concerns around crime, the statistics point to a safer Chinatown — and city — over recent years. According to Sampan’s analysis of BPD data, total reported crime in the Chinatown neighborh...
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
At least 206 people with Massachusetts ties were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here are the stories of those they left behind. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/11/m...
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9/11 changed their lives. This is what came next. - The Boston Globe
At least 206 people with Massachusetts ties were killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here are the stories of those they left behind.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 08/09/2026
The true cost of “vertical integration”: Patients directed to a higher-priced location for surgery. Or forced to buy from their insurer’s own pharmacy. kffhealthnews.org/news/vertical-int…
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The Market Forces Quietly Adding Thousands to Patient Bills - KFF Health News
The true cost of “vertical integration”: patients directed to a higher-priced location for procedures. Or forced to buy from their insurer’s wholly owned pharmacy, which may not stock the drug prescri...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/09/2026
BREAKING: The Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions.
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Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions
The Trump administration is renewing its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/09/2026
UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size aje.news/yqo7w2
UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size
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NPR @npr.org · 01/09/2026
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed. n.pr/4xvMl7f
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Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Public health advocates and antigambling activists have likened the cartoonish imagery to “Joe Camel” — the infamous mascot used to market Camel cigarettes that drew fury in the 1980s and ‘90s for targeting youths and helping to hook a new generation of smokers. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/31/m...
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‘Joe Camel all over again’: Mass. Lottery blasted for cartoonish games critics say lure children - The Boston Globe
The imagery of the new games, part of the state's new online lottery, has come under fire amid a troubling rise in youth gambling statewide.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/08/2026
Architect of Srebrenica genocide is dead but those scarred by his atrocities say his ideology is still shockingly pervasive
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‘The butcher may be gone, but to many he is a hero’: victims condemn glorification of Mladić
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Amanda Milkovits @amandamilkovits.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
They kept a secret about a R.I. priest for more than 50 years. But when they read the AG's investigative report, the five former altar boys realized they weren't the only ones allegedly molested at the priest's lakefront cottage, which he called "Virgin Wood." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/26/m...
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They kept a secret about a priest for more than 50 years. Now, thanks to a new R.I. law, they’re suing the Catholic church. - The Boston Globe
“There’s a degree of shame,” said the lawyer for the five former altar boys, who say they were abused at a priest’s cabin in the 1970s. “They all feel like that they let these other boys down, because...
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 26/08/2026
As he prepared to move from his apartment, Globe housing reporter Andrew Brinker waded through thousands of listings, unresponsive brokers, and fierce competition with other tenants.
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The Globe’s housing reporter thought he’d have an edge finding an apartment. He had no idea what was coming. - The Boston Globe
As he prepared to move, Globe housing reporter Andrew Brinker waded through thousands of listings, unresponsive brokers, and fierce competition with other tenants.
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Washington-Baltimore News Guild @wbng.org · 24/08/2026
VICTORY: The Guild @postguild.bsky.social wins reinstatement for @washingtonpost.com columnist @karenattiah.bsky.social in wrongful termination arbitration, underscoring the protections collective bargaining agreements provide workers against retaliatory discipline ✊ wbng.org/news/karen-a...
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The Guild wins reinstatement for Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah in wrongful termination arbitration
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NPR @npr.org · 19/08/2026
Oregon was the first state to establish a legalized and regulated psilocybin industry. Since then, thousands have tried magic mushrooms. Here is the first data from the state's real life experiment. n.pr/4wFENxQ
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Real-world study of Oregon's nonmedical psilocybin program shows promise
Oregon was the first state to establish a legalized and regulated psilocybin industry. Since then, thousands have tried magic mushrooms. Here is the first data from the state's real life experiment.
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Christopher Gavin @chrisgavin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Ronald L. Fischer, the former doctor who spent 21 years evading authorities as a fugitive from Rhode Island, was referred to the public defender’s office Monday after telling a judge he has been unable to hire a private lawyer because his assets are frozen. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/17/m...
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In court, fugitive R.I. doctor Ronald Fischer says frozen assets prevent him from hiring a lawyer - The Boston Globe
The former anesthesiologist disappeared while on trial for sexual assault in 2005. One victim’s son says the family is concerned Fischer “continues to play games with the judicial system.”
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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Inside DHS' "mass spying campaign" targeting leftist groups + ICE protesters: -undercover agents posed as protesters at meetings + secretly recorded -agents infiltrated Signal chats + encouraged others to do "direct action" -DHS got financial records of major groups, incl SEIU + Sunrise Movement
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US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13/08/2026
A new AP-Ipsos poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly see major benefits to kids playing organized sports, but higher-income families are more likely to participate.
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Higher-income families more likely to enroll kids in organized sports, an AP-Ipsos poll finds
A new AP-Ipsos poll finds Americans overwhelmingly see major benefits to children playing organized sports, but higher-income families are more likely to participate.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The new report found Latino families in Massachusetts have a median net wealth of just $1,200; Black families have only slightly more, at $7,800. White families, on the other hand, have a median net wealth of $549,200. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/m...
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How wealthy are Massachusetts families? A new survey reveals enormous racial divides. - The Boston Globe
Even in Massachusetts, where the overall median net worth is $374,000, deep structural inequities persist.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 12/08/2026
This new report shows that one-third of families in Massachusetts don’t have $400 to cover emergency expenses. We want to hear from you about an emergency expense you faced, and what that meant for you. A reporter may reach out.
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Tell us about a recent emergency expense. How much did it cost you? - The Boston Globe
A new report shows that one-third of families in Massachusetts don’t have $400 to cover emergency expenses. We want to hear from you about an emergency expense you faced, and what that meant for you.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/08/2026
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment. bit.ly/45UHctg
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Its only August and more than 2.9 million acres have already burned across Washington and Oregon this year. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Unprecedented, dangerous territory’: US north-west reckons with a summer of historic wildfires
Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes – and the danger isn’t over
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Sometimes you can sit on the banks of that river, contemplating. Sometimes you can watch yourself float past. And other times you can feel yourself sinking. chrisserres.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
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Thoughts on naloxone, 'thin places' and resurrections
“Who doesn’t want to just disappear, at some point in the day, in a year, to just step off the map and float?” — Nick Flynn, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
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NPR @npr.org · 08/08/2026
Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants. n.pr/45TAofr
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Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears
Drug addiction groups are reeling after Trump officials said federal grants cannot be used to hand out test strips to drug users. The strips help users check street drugs for dangerous adulterants.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 07/08/2026
What’s wrong with the Blue Line? The oft-reliable T line is coming off a troubling bout of service interruptions that agency officials say is difficult to diagnose.
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What’s wrong with the Blue Line? - The Boston Globe
T officials admit the current state of the Blue Line is neither acceptable nor easily diagnosed.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 04/08/2026
Minnesotans who organized bus stop escorts and grocery deliveries during the immigration crackdown are now becoming Democratic party delegates, campaign volunteers and even candidates for office.
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Volunteer network born during immigration crackdown becomes DFL organizing force
Minnesotans who organized bus stop escorts and grocery deliveries during the immigration crackdown are now becoming party delegates, campaign volunteers and even candidates for office.
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Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“That’s the first time I can truly say it takes all 26 guys,” Garrett Whitlock said. “Because, yeah, that was crazy.” The Red Sox have a new wildest win of their wild season: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/06/s...
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Red Sox outlast White Sox in 13 innings in their wildest game of the season - The Boston Globe
Boston won its eighth in a row and is 31-5 in its last 36 games.
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