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Good Morning Boston,
☀️ ➡️ ☁️ Sunshine with some clouds. Highs 37-42. Rain and milder temps this weekend.
Today: Affordable housing addresses climate problems in Cambridge; the push for an Ethnic Studies department at Harvard; cannabis retailers can now sell newly made marijuana vaping products.
TGIF. Give yourself a break from the news this weekend. Have you ever listened to the podcast Kind World? It focuses on true stories of compassion that will be sure to brighten your day. Their most recent episode is perfect to get you in the holiday spirit. It's about a man named Bob Charland, AKA "Bike Man." He doesn't know how much time he has left to live, but he knows that while he's here he wants to bring joy to as many kids as possible. Give it a listen here. And get feel-good stories of kindness sent to your inbox every week by signing up for Kind World's newsletter, The Care Package.
— Meagan McGinnes
@meaganmcginnes
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The Rundown
1. Cambridge's 'Passive House' Development Takes Aggressive Approach to Affordable Housing, Climate Change
The 98-unit building will be as airtight as a Thermos, according to its architect.
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2. While Others Wait, One Teen In Boston Is Granted Medical Deferred Action
Months after federal immigration officials reinstated deferred action for medical cases, a family in Boston who feared they'd be removed from the U.S. — even as their son continued to need life-saving treatments — now has clarity.
3. Tenure Denial For Professor Fuels Student, Faculty Push For Ethnic Studies Department At Harvard
Students said they feel the Ivy League school hasn't listened to their decades-old demand to create an ethnic studies department. The call intensified just before Thanksgiving, when Harvard denied tenure to Lorgia García Peña, who's been teaching Latinx studies at the school since 2013.
4. Appeals Court Weighs Whether Boston Marathon Jury Was Biased
Before he went to trial, Tsarnaev's attorneys tried four times to get the case moved out of Boston. Four times, courts refused. That decision meant that the jury pool drawn from Greater Boston deserved extra scrutiny, his attorney's argued.
5. The House Just Passed Its Prescription Drug Plan — Here's What's In It
The bill is highly unlikely to get through the Senate, and the White House has announced that President Trump would veto it if it came to his desk. So what's exactly in it? It's complicated and 450 pages long, but here are some key parts.
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- Cannabis retailers in Mass. will once again be allowed to sell newly made marijuana vaping products.
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- Watch folk singer Nate Leavitt and rapper Moe Pope collaborate on this new remix.
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- Trump’s new executive order reclassifies what being Jewish means. In this commentary, Alex Green's explains why his 11th grade Jewish students find it "confusing," "unclear," and "really scary."
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ARTS & CULTURE
Here Are This Year's Boston Music Award Winners
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10 Years On, An Open Mic For LGBTQ People Of Color Still Fills A Void In Boston. Read more.
Crude, Hilarious And Deep: How The A.R.T. Turned 'Moby-Dick' Into A Musical For Today. Read more.
'Once More To The Rodeo' Takes Readers On A Journey Through Modern Fatherhood. Read more.
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What We're Reading
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- Can You Spot the Fake? Hint: Look At The Pundits. (The Cut)
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- The Complicated, Problematic Influence Of TripAdvisor Restaurant Reviews (Eater)
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From The Archives
After Sandy Hook, How One Parent Found Hope Through Forgiveness
This weekend marks the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Twenty children and six adults were killed at school that day. Alissa Parker was one of the parents who lost a child. In 2017, she spoke with Here & Now about her book "An Unseen Angel," and how she found joy and hope in her life again after grief and unimaginable loss.
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Before you go: This college student's "Then/Now" project is pretty cool.
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