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Diti Kohli

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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Boston flagged the area around where Louisa Gag was struck and killed on her bike as a point of concern years ago, saying it lacked in both “bike safety and comfort.” But improvements were never made — a sign Boston is "moving backwards" on bike safety. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/m...
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‘Systemic failure’: Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts - The Boston Globe
Louisa Gag, a bike-share and transportation planner for the City of Boston who was responsible for helping improve roadways and expand city bikes, was struck and killed at the intersection Thursday, r...
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Matt Porter @mattyports.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Love to see this: @bostonglobe.com has more paid digital-only subscribers than any metro news organization in America. We rank 36th in the world. pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/big...
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At least 61 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs
Biggest subscription news websites in the world 2026: Exclusive ranking of all sites with 100,000+subscribers.
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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 08/05/2026
stop what you’re doing and read this
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Aidan Ryan @aidanryan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Dartmouth has moved swiftly to embrace AI. @ditikohli.bsky.social and I covered its deal w/ Anthropic, how AI is leading to classroom tension, and how officials are under fire for paying an undergrad to promote a mental health chatbot in the student paper. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/b...
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Dartmouth College went all-in on AI. Then came the tension. - The Boston Globe
The swift rollout at the Ivy League school is a case study in the turbulence that AI can bring.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 04/02/2026
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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Bradley D. Custer @bradleydeanc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
My comments in @bostonglobe.com on how dismantling of ED affects colleges: “When you haphazardly cut whole teams, and people from other teams quit or are forced to retire, there are going to be problems with everything.” @ditikohli.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/b...
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Massive cuts at the Department of Education are causing big problems at Massachusetts colleges - The Boston Globe
Local universities rely on the agency in order to disburse financial aid disbursement, create new programs, or merge with other institutions. Now, they're scrambling.
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The Fort Pointer @fortpointer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
‘It’s just crickets’: An uptick of apartment vacancies in Boston suggests a decline in student enrollment… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/b... Andrew Brinker and @ditikohli.bsky.social
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‘It’s just crickets’: An uptick of apartment vacancies in Boston suggests a decline in student enrollment - The Boston Globe
Signs are emerging that there may be fewer international and graduate students in the Boston area this academic year.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Tech doesn’t exist in isolation from politics - especially not right now. I talked to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social about why @wired.com is doing what we’re doing right now. www.status.news/p/wired-kati...
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WIRED for the Moment
In a conversation with Status, WIRED’s Katie Drummond argues that Silicon Valley is no longer just innovating new technology—it’s actively shaping American democracy.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The U.S. government is deploying an AI tool, called SweetREX and developed by DOGE, to gut federal regulations. (More specifically, the tool was developed by an undergrad who took leave from college to join DOGE...) www.wired.com/story/sweetr...
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A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation
Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.
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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
NEW: Massive and confusing inconsistencies at NIH. New director says health disparities research is critical yet grants are being cut left and right. With @aniloza.bsky.social and @ericboodman.bsky.social. (Also my last story for STAT. 😢) www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...
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Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither
Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
If you have (or had!) student loans, the Globe wants to hear about it for a few stories we have cooking on changes in the college financial aid system. Tell us how you're feeling here: podboston.survey.fm/student-debt...
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Student debt call out (link)
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 30/07/2025
The @bostonglobe.com today covers one way in which colleges and universities are dealing with the economic strains largely triggered by the current presidential administration: cutting low enrollment degree programs. I offer my dismal science observations. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/b...
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Contemporary theater at Berklee. Ancient history at Clark. Seven degrees at the University of Maine. In an era of cost-cutting and layoffs, universities are eliminating — or scaling back — some academic programs. For @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/b...
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As financial woes mount, colleges are starting to cut majors - The Boston Globe
Degrees are being eliminated or scaled back at Boston University, Clark, Lesley, and the Berklee College of Music to the dismay of students and faculty.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Students and professors are the most visible part of universities. But college staff who rarely enter the classroom are the first to be impacted by colleges' mounting financial crisis, raising questions about the future of the Mass. middle class. My latest: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/27/b...
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As colleges cut back, non-teaching staff are the first to go - The Boston Globe
Project managers, events directors, and research scientists — who never stand at the front of the classroom — are bearing the brunt of universities’ financial crisis.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Grant Watch — now called Grant Witness — is the leading watchdog of lost research dollars from the NIH and NSF. I wrote about how the site came to be and about Scott Delaney (@scott-delaney.bsky.social), the Harvard research scientist who helped make it happen: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/b...
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How a researcher from Medfield created the go-to database of federal research cuts - The Boston Globe
A lawyer-turned-Harvard scientist built what was known as Grant Watch from a Google spreadsheet over a matter of months.
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Chris Serres @chrisserres.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The Globe spent seven days reporting from immigrant communities, where the streets and pews are quiet, the graduation is skipped, the barber shop empty. Some families have locked their doors and pulled their shades, turning their homes into stifling bunkers. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...
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ICE arrested more people in Mass. in a month than all of last year. Here’s what happened next. - The Boston Globe
Immigrant neighborhoods in Massachusetts are feeling the strain of recent ICE actions, which have intensified in recent months. The Globe spent seven days in local communities to tell their stories.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Our elite universities are fighting for billions in lost research dollars. But many of the large public schools in the South and Midwest see themselves well-positioned to grow, or even flourish. For @bostonglobe.com w/ @hilaryburns.bsky.social: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/m...
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As Trump administration punishes Ivy League, universities in the heartland stand to benefit - The Boston Globe
SEC school leaders predict wealth and talent will soon be broadly distributed at public universities around the country and less concentrated in elite institutions.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Shorter reappointments for Harvard postdocs. Staff layoffs at the Kennedy School. And a push to have some PhD candidates graduate early. In the midst of the Trump-Harvard battle, here are the myriad ways the university is already cutting back. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/b...
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As battle with Trump persists, layoffs and cuts are spreading at Harvard - The Boston Globe
Harvard is pulling from a far smaller pool of money for day-to-day operations than it’s used to.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Exclusive: A new analysis from the Institute for Women's Policy Research estimates that the Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade—issued 3 years ago tomorrow—is costing the nation more than $133 billion annually. First reported by me for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year.
A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.
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Omar Mohammed @shurufu.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
NEW: My latest for @bostonglobe.com is about how Fall River, a city in southern Massachusetts, is grappling with the reality of tariffs and changing immigration policies.
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Fall River plows forward amid tariffs and harsh immigration policies - The Boston Globe
Businesses across the South Coast are grappling with deep uncertainty as the costs of imports rise, and some workers could disappear amid immigration crackdowns.
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Anna Kuchment @akuchment.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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A member of RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement and a public health expert met on Zoom. Here’s what happened next. - The Boston Globe
When public heealth experts and MAHA activists broke bread together, they found more in common than they expected.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...
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They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is a big deal. Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data
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Exclusive | Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data
The Labor Department says staffing shortages reduced its ability to conduct its massive monthly survey, forcing it to turn to less precise guesses.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists www.wired.com/story/fbi-wm... @rshapiro.bsky.social of @propertyofthepeople.org does excellent FOIA work, give them a follow
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How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists
For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Harvard has long said its $53 billion endowment is not a piggy bank to be tapped in emergencies. But as Trump's attacks intensify, will the university's budget crunch will be enough to warrant — or force — a change of course? My latest @bostonglobe.com story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/27/b...
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Harvard has a $53 billion endowment. Will that be enough to withstand Trump’s assault? - The Boston Globe
The university endowment is an enormous asset, but tapping it isn’t as simple as withdrawing cash from an ATM.
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Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
ICYMI: Our explainer of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, or SEVIS, is mighty relevant today. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...
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Why are so many students in Mass. losing their visas? The answer lies in a little-known database. - The Boston Globe
Federal immigration authorities are using a little-known database to find students and terminate their status, experts say.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/05/2025
"I tried to book an appointment at the Columbia clinic, where, she said, 'almost everybody' was able to get one. But there were none online, and there were none when I called. The receptionist suggested I go to Kansas."
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Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access
The state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/05/2025
“No one is watching, no one will hold them accountable, so they can just do what they want,” said one HUD attorney. “The civil rights laws that people marched for and fought for, ... it’s not happening. And people are really being harmed by it.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws
Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are…
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Harvard Medical School operated in the red for years. What does that mean now, as research dollars vanish, layoffs begin, and leaders talk about a "longterm, sustainable" shift in how the school operates? My latest for @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/b...
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Amid Trump’s crackdown, Harvard Medical School braces for layoffs, cuts, and broad changes - The Boston Globe
The country’s premier medical school has lost money for years and leans heavily on research dollars that are now under threat from the White House.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The Globe higher ed team (and me!) will be answering questions about the Harvard-Trump standoff live on Thursday at 11 a.m. And we're taking questions until then here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...
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What questions do you have about the Trump administration’s battle with Harvard? Submit them here, then join our reporters for a live Q&A. - The Boston Globe
As the weeks-long standoff between the university and the president continues, we want to know your questions. Then, join us on Thursday, April 24, at 11 a.m. to get answers.
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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🚨SCOOP🚨: DOGE is building a master database at DHS that could track and surveil immigrants. They are already cross-referencing immigration data with data from SSA, IRS, and voting records from at least Pennsylvania and Florida, sources tell me. www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
‪Foreign contributions for Harvard are in the limelight, again, as the DoE levies its second attempt (but first in this term!) to probe donations to the school from abroad. Data shows the money funds $$ aid for Arab students, Chinese trees, and much more. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/18/b...
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Foreign funding at Harvard is in the spotlight. But where does it come from? - The Boston Globe
The college is among the biggest recipients of foreign investments among schools nationwide and has previously faced criticisms for its financial ties to other countries.
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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Reporter @ditikohli.bsky.social spoke with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social about the Trump administration freezing federal funding to Harvard University.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
What does $2 billion funding freeze mean for the country’s wealthiest college? An explainer on how the Harvard budget works and the benefits of having an endowment bigger than the economy of Iceland for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/b...
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What is $2.2 billion worth to the world’s richest university? - The Boston Globe
Even Harvard, with its $53.2 billion endowment, is not immune to such a rapid and unprecedented cutoff of the kind of federal funds that comprise at least a tenth of its annual revenue.
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Dana Mattioli @danamattioli.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New from me: The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
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The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers
The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over mone...
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 14/04/2025
Lawyers for Harvard University said the school will not comply with a new list of demands sent by the Trump administration on Friday.
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Harvard says it will not yield to Trump’s demands - The Boston Globe
Lawyers for Harvard University said Monday the school will not comply with a list of expanded demands from the Trump administration.
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Nik DeCosta-Klipa @nikdecostaklipa.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
An economic revival is happening in old New England port cities — like New London, Connecticut — that have bet their future on offshore wind. But as Trump pushes to "end" the industry, the question is whether it will last. www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-53... via @miriamwasser.bsky.social @wbur.org
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The Northeast bet big on offshore wind. Trump wants to halt the industry entirely
Northeast states have bet big on offshore wind to meet spiking power demand and drive economic growth. But the industry's future is much more uncertain under President Trump.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This was….five months ago
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emmaplatoff.bsky.social @emmaplatoff.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
He joined the college GOP & the Federalist Society. He celebrated Trump's defeat, backed "Team Joe" Biden, and authored a legal brief supporting transgender kids. Now, 28-year-old Jeremy Lewin is helping Trump & DOGE dismantle USAID. w @sambrodey.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/02/n...
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From the Ivy League to working for Elon Musk’s DOGE, meet the 28-year-old Mass. native turning the lights out at USAID - The Boston Globe
Jeremy Lewin worked on Donald Trump's impeachment and celebrated his 2020 defeat. Now he's helping the president dismantle USAID.
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Erin Douglas 📝 climate reporter @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Woods Hole has been a company town for #ocean and #climate science for 150 years. Now, it may be one of the most extreme examples of a community vulnerable to federal spending cuts. The centers here rely heavily on government $$ to support research. My latest: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/27/s...
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This town on the Cape is a hub for climate scientists. Under Trump, its local economy is shaking. - The Boston Globe
The small upper Cape community has been a sort of company town for environmental scientists for more than a century.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A contested student union effort at Clark University is a sign, labor experts said, of the end of the half-decade of record-breaking organizing on university campuses. “These victories are fragile at the moment," one told me for @bostonglobe.com. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/26/b...
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At Worcester’s Clark University, student union blowback sparks wider fears over the future of campus organizing - The Boston Globe
Student workers have had a string of labor victories across New England campuses in recent years. But if a recent clash at Clark is any indication, that could be changing.
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/03/2025
The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, his colleagues and eyewitnesses said.
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Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ assaulted by Israeli settlers in the West Bank | CNN
The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, his colleagues and eyewi...
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 13/03/2025
A star drug cop in Massachusetts manipulated confidential informants and fell under FBI scrutiny. Now he's the police chief. And under his watch, police have abused the informant system in almost every way imaginable. New from @globespotlight.bsky.social: trib.al/rMDxWr4
An illustration shows two people meeting in the rain, one wearing a hood and the other holding an orange umbrella. Text on the card reads: “The FBI investigated him for stealing from drug dealers and misusing informants. Now he's the police chief.”
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Adjunct professors, I want to hear from you 📚🚨 Tell @bostonglobe.com about your experience as part-time faculty for a story about what the job is like, and how universities rely on your labor: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/b...
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What is it like being an adjunct professor? We want to hear from you. - The Boston Globe
The Globe is looking to talk to adjunct faculty about their experiences teaching at one or multiple schools, and their concerns about hiring and retention.
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Diti Kohli @ditikohli.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Many rural towns rely on teensy private colleges to anchor their economies. But what happens when the schools close? I wrote about the now-shuttered Green Mountain College, its whiskey-hawking owner, and the future of higher education in New England. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/13/b...
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What’s happens to a ‘college town’ when the college closes? In Vermont, a wealthy liquor magnate has a vision. - The Boston Globe
Poultney was anchored by Green Mountain College until 2019. Now — like many other small New England towns left with gaping holes where campuses once stood — it’s charting a future without it.
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