There is a cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure – whether it’s high-speed rail or off-shore wind – it... more
An episode from a new GBH News Podcast about reparations: "When a City Tries to Heal Itself" Boston, a city entrenched... more
An episode from our colleagues at Detours: The Hardest Fact I Ever Checked Adam Monahan, producer for GBH’s Antiques Roadshow, attempts... more
An episode from our colleagues at The Frontline Dispatch: Documenting the Siege of Mariupol 20 Days in Mariupol is an unflinching,... more
It’s been fifty years since the Big Dig was first conceived, thirty years since construction began, more than a dozen... more
Just as the project turns the corner towards completion, its entire legacy becomes clouded. The tunnels are leaking, concrete suppliers... more
By the year 2000, the Big Dig has passed through many hands, but in its final years a power struggle... more
As work progresses through the 1990s and the tunnels take shape, the true cost of the Big Dig remains unknown... more
In 1991, the Big Dig is handed off to a new leader – the brash, aggressive, hatchet-toting Jim Kerasiotes –... more
The project faces an unexpected challenge on the home front: resistance from local environmentalists and residents – the very people... more
The Big Dig needs federal funding. House Speaker Tip O’Neill is determined to get it; President Ronald Reagan is determined... more