I’m grateful (and a little surprised) to be named to the ALX100 Class of 2026 by @WeAreALX, alongside so many incredible Latino leaders across Massachusetts. Read the full list at ALX100.com. #ALX100 #WeAreALX #AmplifyLatinXcellence

ALX100

We believe leadership deserves an institution. An institution... ✔︎ That converts economic participation into ownership and lasting prosperity. ✔︎ That generates research to inform policy, practice,...

alx100.com

Whaaaat. El Gran Combo to headline Boston festival www.axios.com/local/boston... @stephmsolis.bsky.social

El Gran Combo to headline Boston festival

It will be the Puerto Rican band's first outdoor show in Boston in decades.

axios.com

@gbhnews.bsky.social, in partnership with @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social, published the first feature in an ongoing series about the impact of detention on the mental health of immigrant families. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Silent detention: Mental health impact of ICE arrests on families reaches crisis point

Immigrant families are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis due to detention, and the barriers to getting help are both structural and cultural.

wgbh.org

The real Prince of Darkness.

Massachusetts Sen. Cindy Friedman shares the news with Haitian faith leaders — the conference committee reached a deal on the PROTECT Act.

Talking about media and democracy with super-smart panelists @stephmsolis.bsky.social of @axios Boston and Sarah Stone of @freepress.bsky.social, expertly moderated by Marlene O'Brien of @lwvma.bsky.social. dankennedy.net/2026/06/11/t...

Talking about media and democracy with the League of Women Voters

Click here to watch the program. I recently had a chance to talk about media and democracy with three super-smart fellow panelists: Steph Solis, co-author of the Axios Boston morning newsletter; Sa…

dankennedy.net

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

Bob Kraft has agreed to sell an 8% stake in the NFL's New England Patriots at around a $9 billion valuation. Latest from @danprimack.bsky.social: www.axios.com/2025/09/25/b...

Bob Kraft to sell minority stake in New England Patriots at $9B valuation

This is the first time that Kraft has sold part of the team since he acquired it more than 30 years ago.

axios.com

The obvious choice for Massachusetts’ new flag. #mapoli

Tell me why almost every time I walked into an nyc bathroom only to see piss sprayed all over the seat. A lot of you need home training

The question is whether the legislative remedy is sufficient to meet the Constitutional need, I told @stephmsolis.bsky.social of @axios.com. Read more on the details of the hard fought bar advocate pay raise. #mapoli #publicdefender www.axios.com/local/boston...

Mass. lawmakers announce deal to raise bar advocates' pay

The deal comes two months after the work stoppage began.

axios.com

The lede is everything www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-b...

A crosswalk made me gay

Tampa Bay leaders plan to bow to DeSantis and Trump. They still have a choice.

cltampa.com

Bad Bunny's 30-show residency in his native home and his focus on island culture, music and issues "means everything" to Puerto Ricans in the island and the U.S. mainland. "It feels like we're home," one fan said. nbcnews.to/44U4mz9

Bad Bunny has given Puerto Rico a 'new influence' on the world stage, proud fans say

The global superstar's 30-show residency in his homeland and his focus on its culture, music and issues "means everything" to Puerto Ricans on the island and the U.S. mainland.

nbcnews.to

Tell me why a brewery operating on the Boston Common, the oldest public park in the U.S., refuses to provide free tap water to visitors and will only sell bottled water? #Boston is still getting over a heat wave. @boston.gov @emersoncollege.bsky.social

After Mass. invested $10M in ESOL training, the Eastern Bank Foundation announced its own $10M ESOL fund for job seekers and employers. The $10M will roll out over three years, Eastern Bank CEO Bob Rivers said. Meanwhile, Mass. has more than $20M in federal K-12 ELL funding frozen. #mapoli

When officers searched the vehicle, they found a manifesto identifying "many lawmakers and other officials," Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley said. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

Minnesota lawmakers shot in targeted home attacks

Police are searching for the suspect, who they described as armed and dangerous.

axios.com

BREAKING: A Minnesota lawmaker is dead in a "politically motivated assassination," Gov. Tim Walz says, and another was shot and injured. The suspect is at large.

Minnesota state lawmaker and spouse shot and killed in 'targeted' attacks

A second lawmaker and his spouse were injured in separate shootings at their homes in eastern Minnesota, officials said. Authorities said that the shooter may have been impersonating law enforcement

nbcnews.to

“This is yet another illegal retaliatory step taken by the administration in violation of Harvard's First Amendment rights," a Harvard spokesperson said Wednesday night in response to President Trump’s order suspending entry to international students bound for Harvard. www.axios.com/2025/06/05/t...

President Trump suspends entry to Harvard's international students

Trump halted global student entry with the stroke of a pen amid a court battle with Harvard over the matter.

axios.com

Carol Rose, head of @aclum.bsky.social, starts the press conference after Rümeysa Öztürk’s return to Mass. Rose said Öztürk and the courts showed courage. “They have checked unlawful executive action and have defended the rule of law.” Rose said of courts and judges.

Daily Table, Boston’s nonprofit grocery stores, is closing after 10 years due to financial difficulties. They’ll be open for a few more days as they sell off their remaining items.

Fabian Schmidt, the electrical engineer and green card holder from New Hampshire, has been released from ICE detention. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social

ICE releases Fabian Schmidt, N.H. green card holder in detention for 2 months

“FABIAN IS FREE and HOME!!!!,” his partner shared on social media, nearly two months after his detention.

wgbh.org

A Patriots plane was spotted flying over Guantanamo Bay, sending fans online into a rabbit hole. Here’s what we know: www.axios.com/local/boston...

What to know about the Patriots plane that flew over Guantanamo Bay

The plane, operated by Omni Air International under a partnership with the team, flew to Cuba.

axios.com

The latest iteration of the MA toll scam. Don’t fall for this ish

Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m not kidding; this is DOGE at work; multiple US citizens getting notices that they just leave the country because USCIS is revoking their humanitarian parole. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Attorneys say the federal government me is sidestepping the process to oversee and revoke student visas. Here’s how: www.axios.com/2025/04/08/s...

What to know about the wave of student visa cancellations

Student visa revocations are the latest event shaking American colleges.

axios.com

Emerson, Tufts, Harvard and UMass Amherst have all seen students’ visas revoked. www.axios.com/local/boston... #Boston

Feds revoke visas of Emerson, Harvard and Tufts students

Nearly a dozen international students lost their visas.

axios.com

The formula used by the Trump administration to levy reciprocal tariffs contains a serious math error that over-inflates the impact by about a factor of four, per economists at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.

Trump tariffs based on massive error, conservative think tank says

The error over-inflates tariff rates by about a factor of four, AEI's economists say.

axios.com

If anyone’s looking to hire a software developer or systems admin, my friend is looking: hireme.fyi