The Shutdown Is Over. For Many SNAP Recipients, the Scars Remain.

This is a harrowing picture of the psychological impacts of food insecurity & hunger. It’s shameful that the SNAP cuts made millions of Americans feel like this.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.

Opinion— Improving Boston’s schools requires that community members "do the math" - Dorchester Reporter Mayor Michelle Wu took a bold step lasts week, leaning into her commitment to drive improvement in Boston Public Schools (BPS) on a very public stage. As part of her inaugural State of the Schools add...

"Mayor Wu @mayorwu.boston.gov deserves recognition for elevating math access as both an education equity and economic priority"

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Very unexpectedly moved by the crowd at Mikie Sherrill's victory party chanting The New Colossus in unison

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free

Wu: #Boston and the Boston Foundation starting a fund to help 140,000 Bostonians who get SNAP benefits to afford food. Starting with $1 million in seed funding. BPS, BHA will be alerting people how to get aid, 311 operators trained on resources.

boston.gov/snap

Cutting the ribbon at the renovated PJK!

A tiny device is identifying invisible health hazards in Boston schools - The Boston Globe Boston Public Schools is using a nation-leading network of air quality sensors to improve classroom air.

“They’ve set a model for how it should be done going forward,” said Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at @hsph.harvard.edu

@bostonschools.boston.gov

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The Trump Administration Can and Should Take Available Steps to Ensure SNAP Participants Get November Food Benefits Nearly two-thirds of the funds needed for a full month of benefits are available in SNAP’s contingency fund and must be used when regular funding for SNAP runs short. The Administration must release t...

Families shouldn’t have to worry about missing food benefits because of the shutdown. The Administration has both the funds and authority to ensure November #SNAP benefits go out on time. www.cbpp.org/blog/the-tru...

BOSTON!!!

This is the only way in which I miss Twitter 🥲

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Incredible day celebrating the opening of the new @bostonschools.boston.gov Carter School—an international model of what it looks like to design with and for our kids with complex disabilities & medical needs.

Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party? Zohran Mamdani isn’t the only candidate challenging the status quo—and having fun doing it.

@billmckibben.bsky.social on three progressive candidates who are paving a new way forward for the Democratic Party.

2 million adults in Massachusetts experience hunger every year, but luckily they won’t realize it if they don’t read it in a USDA-ERS report

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In largest lease deal of year, Boston passes GO, collects 700 jobs with Hasbro - The Boston Globe Hasbro's move to the Seaport is a big win for the beleaguered Boston office market.

“Boston is winning”

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It’s time to vote and show the world: Boston is not for sale, and we’ll keep fighting for our families and our future.

May we all go through our days with the confidence of the kids at the Trotter Elementary School ✨

@bostonschools.boston.gov

This Democrat Proves You Can Be Principled, Effective—and Popular Zohran Mamdani has pointed to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as a model. There are many good reasons why.

In one of the debates in New York mayor's race, Mamdani (and Lander) both praised Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She has been one of the most passionate voices defending cities and urban life as Trump trashes them. And she's stayed popular in way Brandon Johnson has not. newrepublic.com/article/1997...

Want to fix our broken democracy? Have a block party - The Boston Globe Community ties are an important foundation for civic engagement and action at a moment when much is at stake.

Worth a re-read:

www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019...

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

Commonwealth Kitchen cooking up some locally grown kale pesto for the upcoming @bostonschools.boston.gov school year 😋

Mayor Wu swings a sledgehammer into a wall while others watch on.

Mayor Wu stands at a podium and speaks as others stand behind her. A poster illustrating the office-to-residential process is next to her.

Mayor Wu and an official stand behind a large sign on a roof. The city skyline is behind the sign.

Mayor Wu stands with officials and attendees on a roof.

We just broke ground (wall!) to start construction at Boston’s newest office-to-residential housing conversion! This project will create 77 new homes—including 15 income-restricted units—in Fort Point.

Boston doesn’t need a Blue Dog Democrat mayor in the MAGA era

June 13, 2025 FOIA Officer U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Freedom of Information Act Office 500 12th Street SW, Stop 5009 Washington, D.C. 20536-5009 Email: ICE-FOIA@ice.dhs.gov RE: FOIA Request Concerning Federal Immigration Enforcement Activity in the City of Boston Dear FOIA Officer, This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, et seq., issued in accordance with Mayor Michelle Wu’s Executive Order “Affirming the Due Process Rights of Bostonians and Seeking Information on Immigration Enforcement, ” signed June 10, 2025. The City of Boston respectfully requests the following information regarding federal immigration enforcement activity conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)1 within the City of Boston. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The City of Boston seeks any and all records2 prepared, received, transmitted, collected, and/or maintained by ICE that address, describe, refer, or relate to immigration enforcement, arrest, detention, or removal actions, civil or criminal (collectively, “enforcement actions”), in the City of Boston on or after January 20, 2025, including any and all records reflecting, for each such action: All Form I-200s, Form I-205s, Form I-213s, and Form I-247s; The date, time, and location of the enforcement action; [footnotes related to abbreviating ICE and defining records.]

The name(s) of all individual(s) targeted, arrested, detained, or otherwise subject to the enforcement action, including any individual(s) not designated as a target prior to the enforcement action (sometimes referred to by ICE as “collateral” targets); The basis for the enforcement action, as reflected in records including but not limited to judicial warrants, administrative warrants, or internal ICE approvals preceding the enforcement action, and the basis for the arrest of any “collateral” targets; A description of the enforcement action(s), such as by incident report or comparable post-action records; The alleged immigration violation(s), and/or criminal conviction(s) or pending criminal charge(s) related to the target(s) of the enforcement action, and any records that indicate whether those violations were known to ICE at the time of arrest; The detention location(s) and any transfer(s) locations of individual(s) arrested or detained by ICE; The administrative proceedings, court proceedings, removal proceedings, or other immigration administrative and/or judicial process for any individuals arrested or detained by ICE, and the status of those processes; Current immigration status of the individual(s) arrested (i.e., humanitarian parole, deferred action, special immigrant juvenile, etc.); and Complaints, investigations, or disciplinary actions related to the enforcement action. The City of Boston also seeks any and all policies, directives, memoranda, guidance, field manuals, standard operating procedures, checklists, and training modules prepared, modified, issued, or reissued by ICE on or after January 20, 2025, reflecting ICE policy and practice with respect to: ● ● ● ● The use of, or limitations on the use of, race, ethnicity, national origin, or physical appearance in initiating contact with or arresting individuals; The use of, or limitations on the use of, face masks or other manners of obscuring the identity of [continues in next image]

ICE officials conducting immigration enforcement actions; Damage to personal or public property during or in connection with immigration enforcement actions; ICE officials’ duty, or lack thereof, to identify themselves—verbally, through their clothing, with a badge, or by any other means—before, during, or after an immigration enforcement action. Requesters seek the above records for the period between January 20, 2025, and the date of the final response to this request. Please construe this as an ongoing FOIA request, so that until a proper and adequate search is conducted, any records that come within the possession of the agency prior to the final response to this FOIA request be considered within the scope of the request. The Requesters ask that any records that exist in electronic form be provided in their native electronic format on a compact disc, digital videodisk, or equivalent electronic medium. Requesters ask that any documents stored in Portable Document Format (“PDFs”) be provided as individual files in a searchable PDF format. All requested records that are responsive may be provided with personally identifying details redacted. FOIA exempts information from disclosure if that disclosure would lead to an unwarranted invasion of privacy. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6). Determination of this exemption requires a balancing of the public’s interest in obtaining the information against any possible invasions of privacy which would result from disclosure. See, e.g., Wood v. FBI, 432 F.3d 78, 87-89 (2d Cir. 2005). The City expects the release of all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material. If, under applicable law, any of the information requested is considered exempt, please describe in detail the nature of the information withheld, the specific exemption or privilege upon which the information is withheld, and whether the portions of withheld documents containing non-exempt or non-privileged information have been provided. Signature Corporation Counsel

The City of Boston has issued its first FOIA request of ICE.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, we are requesting records related to enforcement actions within our city and information on certain ICE policies.

Boston’s finances are strong, despite looming challenges, ratings agencies say. - The Boston Globe Despite threats both to the value of downtown office towers and to federal research funding that flows through the city, Boston’s economy is among the strongest in the country, two premier credit rati...

Finance Super Bowl!

This AAA ratings helps Boston continue to fund close to 200 capital projects: renovations at schools, parks, & playgrounds, along with new libraries, community centers, and pools, and energy improvement and infrastructure projects.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/14/b...

Mayor Michelle Wu attends the document signing and announcement of the Madison Park High School apprenticeship program agreement between the City of Boston, the Metro Building Trades Council, and the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters.

Madison Park High School apprenticeship program agreement event attendee giving speech with fist in the air.

Mayor Wu with Madison Park High School apprenticeship program agreement event attendees.

Photo of Madison Park High School apprenticeship program agreement event attendees.

A big day for BPS and Madison Park!

We signed a new Project Labor Agreement with the Greater Boston Building Trades Unions and the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters that delivers union jobs, child care benefits, & pathways to trades careers for Black & brown young people.

Boston strikes deal opening union job opportunities for Madison Park grads Boston Herald

Boston strikes deal opening union job opportunities for Madison Park grads #news
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/05/13/boston-strikes-deal-opening-union-job-opportunities-for-madison-park-grads/