Hundreds of Bostonians gathered in frigid weather this weekend to protest the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis - and to wonder whether their city would be next.
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Introducing our new series: the Six-State Roundup! Every week, we’ll be gathering interesting happenings from across Yankeedom and bringing it right to your inbox — including politics, the arts, culture, and other ephemera worth noticing.
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Digging your car out today? You're not alone. This weekend's winter storm is likely to crack the region's top 10 worst - and it's our biggest storm in the past four years.
Canceled surgeries, flooded laboratories - Rhode Island's healthcare was never the greatest, but private equity has blown the doors down.
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"We asked ourselves, 'what are the clear lessons we have learned to help us oppose the Trump administration?' After a year of chaos, there are some distinct takeaways."
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An already left-leaning region is shifting - get ready for 2026.
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But beneath their facades, they are both company towns for two of America’s largest corporations. Why has Woonsocket been left behind?
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On paper, the cities of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Bentonville, Arkansas, are as different as two places can be. Woonsocket is a former mill town decimated by white flight, while Bentonville is vibrant, home to arts festivals and concerts.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island is home to one of America's largest corporations - but are residents benefiting?
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The state has less than a month to lock down a deal and save Rhode Island’s third- and sixth-largest hospitals before their owner shutters them at the end of the year.
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The nonprofit Centurion Foundation has been in stalled talks to buy the hospitals for three years from their bankrupt owner, but the state has been looking for other buyers. One such buyer dropped out this week, after learning that it would be forced to take on $90M in post-bankruptcy debt.
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Time is running out for the Fatima and Williams hospitals in Rhode Island. Two of the state’s largest medical institutions have been subject to an intense battle for ownership over the past few years, as Rhode Islanders hope to prevent the collapse of the state’s healthcare system.
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New England's leaders tout their green energy creds - but is the region actually as clean as it says it is?
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A new party wants to secede from the US. But they're not in the South - they're in New England. Why?
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Land ownership doesn't determine voting rights anymore -- except for in Brookline, NH.
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The Native people of New England are here, and have always been here. Now, they want land back. Find out how they've been doing it.
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Dark money has controlled New England's politics for too long. Here's how we fix it.
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It wasn't just you. This year's fall foliage sucked.
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Can New England show the nation a new way forward during Trump 2.0?
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New Hampshire and Maine are relatively conservative states in a liberal region, allowing their senators to be mediators between the parties.
However, other New England senators slammed the breakaways, most notably Vermont's Sen. Bernie Sanders, calling it, a "very, very bad vote."
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Last night, eight Dem. and Ind. senators voted with Republicans to end the government.
Three of them were from northern New England, and helped broker the deal: Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Angus King (I-ME).
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Ed Markey is a progressive icon in Congress, and a strong representative for the Bay State. That is why he should resign.
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Universities are a lifeline for northern New England's rural communities, but what happens when the federal funding taps get turned off?
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