After the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sued U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio Aug. 16 for violating First Amendment rights on behalf of The Stanford Daily, student news publications across the country took action.
Since President Donald Trump began his second term in office, he has targeted universities across the country — whether it be through funding freezes, student and faculty censorship or, in Harvard University’s case, lawsuits.
Recently, the Trump administration called for Harvard to invest about $500 million in building trade and vocational schools as part of an initiative to “refocus young Americans on career preparation” instead of on higher education, which Trump called an “economically unproductive postsecondary system.”
Nonprofits across Massachusetts have been thrust into financial turmoil amid broad slashes to federal funding, leaving their leaders scrambling to keep organizations afloat.
Since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security initiated Operation Patriot 2.0 Sept. 6, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have conducted a series of raids across Boston neighborhoods.
By Phoebe Miller, Associate City Editor
• September 19, 2025
The Trump administration is reconsidering a permit for an offshore wind farm south of Nantucket, emphasizing a looming threat to Massachusetts’ clean energy movement.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 11 sent shockwaves across higher education, leaving universities grappling with the implications of escalating political violence.
Boston City Council proposed an initiative to ensure access to life saving online resources for LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized communities during its Wednesday meeting at City Hall Plaza.
By Brie Foster, Associate City Editor
• September 11, 2025
About 40,000 Boston residents are at risk of losing some — and for some, all — of their Supplemental Nutrition Access Program benefits as a result of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
At their best, colleges and universities should serve as a safe haven for freedom of expression, liberty of thought and diversity of ideas. Research is a key component of this lofty, but worthwhile, goal.
BU Chief Financial Officer Nicole Tirella said though the University was not in a “structural deficit” like other universities, BU’s finances were currently on an “unsustainable path.”
“We are on a concerning trajectory where our margins are declining,” Tirella said.
Lynn residents and local workers held a walkout at Lynn Common Wednesday protesting the Trump administration’s threat to cut billions of federal funding to Medicaid.
