Boston's stories of justice, hope and resilience

The Scope
Boston's stories of justice, hope and resilience

The Scope
Boston's stories of justice, hope and resilience

The Scope
Chinatown has only one public restroom, and community members are desperate for more options

Chinatown has only one public restroom, and community members are desperate for more options

Yuqing Jin, Reporter
April 20, 2023
Mayor Wu, who was at the time a mayoral candidate and City Councilor, walks with volunteers at the Roxbury Unity Day Parade on July 18, 2021. A large part of her campaign was progressive climate policies.

Mayor Wu’s policies instill hope for mitigating the climate crisis

Isabel Meyers, Reporter
April 14, 2023
Sherri Ettinger’s daughter, Maia (right), 8 at the time, signs autographs during the Wheelock Family Theater’s 2019 performance of James and the Giant Peach. Photo courtesy of Sherri Ettinger

‘Vacation camps’ provide safe and fun — sometimes free — place for kids whose parents work during school breaks

Cassidy McNeeley, Reporter
April 7, 2023
The Politics of Menstruation: How Boston organizations and local policymakers are working to end stigma and increase access to period products

The Politics of Menstruation: How Boston organizations and local policymakers are working to end stigma and increase access to period products

Isabel Meyers, Reporter
April 3, 2023
Pilot of retrofitted electric street light at 212 Stuart St. in Bay Village.

Boston to switch its 2,800 gas lamps to LEDs

Emily Niedermeyer, Reporter
March 24, 2023
Boston, MA: Feb. 24, 2023 — In February, many of the stalls at the Somerville Winter Farmers Market look like this one: packed with locally-sourced seasonal root vegetables like carrots, parsnip, daikon and radishes. As climate change influences agriculture practices in the area, farmers may see a shift in their harvest and the produce it yields.

Boston-area farmers find solutions for unusually warm winter

Elisabeth Hadjis, Assistant Editor
March 21, 2023
Boston faces a shortage of medical interpreters

Boston faces a shortage of medical interpreters

Wenxuan Fan, Reporter
March 17, 2023
Mural outside Cargill Hall at Northeastern University.

Mental health apps: Are they providing college students with adequate care?

Melissa Rejuan, Reporter
March 10, 2023
Earlier this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its first new set of guidelines for treating obesity in children in 15 years. Photo licensed under Unsplash.

Physicians and body positivity advocates consider the impacts of new childhood obesity treatment guidelines

Antonia Sousa, Reporter
March 8, 2023

This nonprofit in Jamaica Plain is pushing to change the healthcare industry through food

Shuang Jing and Elijah Nicholson-Messmer
March 2, 2023

What the last 3 years of AAPI hate looked like in Massachusetts

Elijah Nicholson-Messmer and Ziyu Peng
February 28, 2023
An iceberg from the Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Melting permafrost is releasing into the atmosphere ancient eukaryotic viruses that have been dormant for 48,500 years. Scientists are debating the potential risk these viruses pose for humans. Photo by Melissa Bradley is licensed on Unsplash.

Scientists grapple with a possible new consequence of climate change: ‘Zombie’ viruses

Rachel Umansky-Castro, Reporter
February 24, 2023
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