Gov. Maura Healy appointed Eric Paley as the new economic development secretary this week. Paley is a venture capitalist and former entrepreneur. He will have a lot of tough decisions to make at a ...

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a shield law to protect people in the state who get abortions or transgender medical care — ...

The FBI brought a man from El Salvador to the U.S. to testify in a Massachusetts case against members of the notorious gang ...

It’s Pride month, and Jason Prokowiew has been thinking about a high school bully — one who surprised him. It couldn’t have ...

The Harvard Kennedy School announced layoffs Wednesday, adding to the list of the schools at Harvard that are taking steps to ...

America's Interstate Highway System cut through the hearts of many downtowns when it was built in the 1950s and 1960s, ...

More than 15 million American adults say they have ADHD, and about half of them received their diagnoses as adults.

On this day 10 years ago, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States. Public support ...

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, better known as LIHEAP, is under threat. WBUR's Miriam Wasser tells us how ...

As the Trump administration moves to strip the name of civil-rights icon Harvey Milk from a Navy ship, critics worry the decision is part of a larger backlash against LGBTQ+ people. Steve Walsh from ...

The Trump administration announced on Monday that it wants to do away with a Clinton-era regulation known as the Roadless Rule, which put protections on huge swaths of federal land across the country.

As the Trump administration pushes against diversity, equity and inclusion and some corporations are scaling back their Pride ...