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New York (PRWEB) June 27, 2023 -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Luce/ACLS Collaborative

Benine Timothee, a Haitian immigrant, had lived in Boston for three months when she was shot and killed in 2016. No arrests have been made. In this three-part series, investigative reporter Shannon Dooling joins Benine's family and others on their quest for truth, information and closure around what really happened to their mother, wife and friend that sad day.

Mashed potatoes, corn, and ground beef. These aren't the ingredients for shepherd's pie, but for Chinese pie, a traditional and very famous French Canadian dish. In this episode of Last Seen, WBUR's Amanda Beland attempts to solve a culinary mystery and reveal where pâté chinois comes from and how it got that name.

For years, WBUR senior arts and culture reporter Andrea Shea drove by an old, mysterious factory in Cambridge, Mass. To her surprise, it turned to be the last vestige of a 20th century candy hub called Confectioner's Row. This week on Last Seen, we unwrap the lost history of this manufacturing center, which is the birthplace of America's candy industry.

WBUR senior arts reporter Amelia Mason is on the hunt to solve a mystery that has been haunting her for years: why are black raspberries so hard to find? The answer takes us through grocery stores, farms, foraging expeditions, and Amelia's own childhood backyard.

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Imagine if an explosion in California was so loud that it could be heard in New York City. This is the story of a real event that was just as loud — the loudest sound ever recorded in human history.

When Lisa Ventura’s father needed help filing for unemployment, she got an overload of what experts call “administrative burden.”

Lori Yearwood hadn’t thought much about sleep—until she found herself homeless, and unable to catch a wink.

Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices. White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows...