Worcester

A group of people holding signs gather in front of a courthouse building

Legal status for thousands of Liberians in US hangs on court decision

Immigration

Some 4,000 Liberians will lose their legal status due to the Trump administration’s termination of a program that granted them temporary reprieves from deportation. This week, they got their day in court.

asylum-seekers sing in a church choir

How a small church in Massachusetts became a destination for LGBTQ asylum-seekers from all over the world

Religion
Pedestrians walk past a store on Oxford Street in central London December 15, 2013.

Should shoppers know where our clothes are made?

Pedestrians walk past a store on Oxford Street in central London December 15, 2013.

Should shoppers know where our clothes are made?

Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts from Norfolk Street on November 4, 2012

Nearly killed in Sierra Leone, this refugee has found more than a home in Worcester, Mass.

Conflict & Justice

Bhopal’s unlikely legacy in the US

The 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India destroyed thousands of lives; but in the US, the disaster led to better regulation of industrial hazards.

The UAW fights for survival

Once among the most powerful unions in the United States, the United Auto Workers union is stuck between the future and the present.

Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Rejected for Burial in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Global Politics

Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body awaits burial but the family is having trouble finding an Islamic center to conduct the last rites. Marco Werman speaks with Shahina Siddiqui, president of the Islamic Social Services Association in Canada about what’s involved.

The World

Syrian Christian in Massachusetts on Crackdown at Home

Conflict & Justice

Anchor Marco Werman talks to a Syrian architect named Salah Asfoura, who lives in Worcester, MA.

Exposing The Brutality Of Sexual Violence In Congo

Conflict & Justice

A journalist in Congo encourages rape survivors to share their stories to publicize the use of rape as a weapon of war between armed groups.