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BU Groups Rally for Sanctuary Campus After Student Says He Called ICE on Allston Workers
Roughly 140 Boston University students rallied at BU’s Marsh Plaza on Friday afternoon before marching to the house of the school’s president, Melissa L. Gilliam, to demand she make BU a sanctuary campus to protect students from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
3 More Allston Car Wash Employees Detained by ICE Granted Release on Bond, Bringing Total to 6
Three of the nine workers arrested in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Allston Car Wash earlier this month were granted release on bond in Massachusetts immigration court on Thursday morning, bringing the total number of employees granted bond to six.
‘I Hate That This Day Has To Exist’: Hundreds Rally for Bike Safety
BOSTON — More than 250 people crowded the steps of the State House on Boston Common on Sunday for the “Ride and Walk for Your Life” rally, calling for stronger road-safety laws amid a rise in cyclist deaths across Cambridge and Boston.
Allston Leaders Demand Response from BU After Student Says He Called for ICE Arrests
Allston residents and Boston University alumni slammed the student president of the Boston University College Republicans after he claimed he had spent months asking Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrant workers in Allston.
Votes Roll In for Michelle Wu After Polls Close in Boston’s Uncontested Mayoral Race
Michelle Wu ’07 is poised to cruise to reelection on Tuesday to serve a second term as mayor of Boston, after a first term marked by national attention and opposition to the Trump administration.
Authorities Investigating Explosion at Harvard Medical School, Believed To Be Intentional
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.
Boston City Council Candidates Are Floating Ideas to Address Allston’s Stalled Community Center
With elections for the Boston City Council less than a week away, a long-running sore spot for Allston-Brighton residents has returned to the public eye through several candidates’ campaign platforms: the still unaddressed future of the neighborhood’s condemned community center.
Allston-Brighton Community Services Report Shrinking Attendance As Immigrants Stay Home
Ever since ICE presence increased in Allston-Brighton this spring, service providers and farmers market vendors said they have seen fewer Spanish and Portuguese-speaking students and patrons.
Harvard Affiliates Join Crowd of Tens of Thousands at Boston’s No Kings Rally
Thousands gathered in Boston Common on Saturday as part of nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations to protest the Trump administration’s policies.
Boston, Naming Developer, Moves to Next Stage of Replacing Demolished Sound Museum
The city of Boston has selected a developer and consultant to manage the long-awaited replacement of the Sound Museum, a popular musicians’ rehearsal space in Brighton demolished two years ago to be developed into biotech labs.
Allston-Brighton City Council Candidates Go Head to Head, but Present Similar Progressive Policies at Election Forum
At the first election forum for Allston Brighton’s two city council candidates on Monday night, incumbent Elizabeth A. “Liz” Breadon and her challenger, Pilar Ortiz, proved their policy stances to be more similar than different.
Students Mobilize to Put Rent Control on the Ballot in 2026
As a regional housing crisis grinds on in the wider Boston area, Harvard students are mobilizing in an effort to bring back rent control to Massachusetts — three decades after a contentious referendum banned the policy statewide.
E-Book Contracts Are a Big Cost for Public Libraries. One Harvard Librarian Is Fighting to Change That.
For the past five years, Kyle K. Courtney, who directs copyright and information policy for Harvard’s libraries, has fought to make e-books more accessible to public libraries across the United States.
Thomas P O'Neill Federal Building
The Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building is located at 10 Causeway St, Boston and is part of the National Labor Relations Board.
Josh Kraft Suspends His Campaign for Boston Mayor
Philanthropist Josh Kraft suspended his run for mayor of Boston on Thursday, after incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 dominated the vote in the preliminary election.
