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Milford teen leaves State of the Union early after DHS post

The Department of Homeland Security singled him out in a post during President Trump's speech.

Politics

A Milford teen who was briefly detained by federal immigration agents last year went to the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="State of the Union" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/25/2026-state-of-the-union-trump-key-moments" data-vars-content-id="b002d20b-4301-43ac-9a1c-070e816b1f9f" data-vars-headline="Milford teen leaves State of the Union early after DHS post" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/25/2026-state-of-the-union-trump-key-moments" target="_self">State of the Union</a> as a guest Tuesday — only to leave partway through after getting singled out online by the Trump administration.Why it matters: Marcelo Gomes da Silva <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="became a poster child" data-vars-click-url="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/ice-volleyball-arrest-eighteen-gomes-da-silva-milford/" data-vars-content-id="b002d20b-4301-43ac-9a1c-070e816b1f9f" data-vars-headline="Milford teen leaves State of the Union early after DHS post" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/ice-volleyball-arrest-eighteen-gomes-da-silva-milford/" target="_blank">became a poster child</a> for opponents of Trump&#x27;s immigration agenda, who say federal agents have kidnapped young, undocumented people with no criminal records who contributed to their communities.

Why John Henry probably won't bail like Bezos on the Globe

It comes down to money, power, and who has something to lose locally.

News

Massachusetts&#x27; own benevolent billionaire newspaper owner has every reason to stick around and almost none of the pressures that led <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Jeff Bezos to decimate the Washington Post" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/05/washington-post-layoffs-bezos" data-vars-content-id="56d1870f-9318-4ee0-9c9a-c0f806ce06d5" data-vars-headline="Why John Henry probably won&#x27;t bail like Bezos on the Globe" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/05/washington-post-layoffs-bezos" target="_self">Jeff Bezos to decimate the Washington Post</a>.Why it matters: There are fundamental differences behind why Bezos and Boston Globe owner John Henry bought a newspaper in the first place and what it costs them to keep it.

Larry Summers resigns from Harvard professorship amid Epstein probe

Summers' exit is the latest in a reckoning on college campuses over ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Education

Larry Summers, the former treasury secretary and Harvard president, is officially out of a job at the university.Why it matters: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Summers&#x27; exit" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/epstein-larry-summers-relationship-resignation" data-vars-content-id="563e3826-3363-4758-a31e-63e15953b48c" data-vars-headline="Larry Summers resigns from Harvard professorship amid Epstein probe" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/epstein-larry-summers-relationship-resignation" target="_self">Summers&#x27; exit</a> from his professorship at Harvard is the latest in a reckoning over U.S. college leaders&#x27; ties to sex offender <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Jeffrey Epstein" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/epstein-files-fracture-trump-coalition-bondi" data-vars-content-id="563e3826-3363-4758-a31e-63e15953b48c" data-vars-headline="Larry Summers resigns from Harvard professorship amid Epstein probe" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/epstein-files-fracture-trump-coalition-bondi" target="_self">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.

Dunkin' is selling a 48oz "Bucket" for the iced coffee obsessed

The coffee giant is leaning into its New England roots with massive new cups and a single insulated mitten.

Dunkin&#x27; has been leaning hard into its New England roots this winter with two new releases that seem a bit too on the nose for the &quot;iced-coffee-in-a-blizzard&quot; crowd:<ul><li>A single insulated mitten for your iced coffee hand</li><li>And a massive 48oz &quot;Bucket&quot; size the likes of which are usually only found around PS Gourmet locations.</li></ul>

Harvard digitizes Nuremberg Trials for 80th anniversary

80 years after the first Nuremberg trial, Harvard Law is putting history online with a searchable archive of Nazi war crimes prosecutions.

History

Harvard Law School Library is offering the first fully searchable digital collection of all 13 Nuremberg trials in time for the 80th anniversary of the proceedings.Why it matters: More than 750,000 pages of transcripts, briefs and evidence exhibits from the Nazi trials in the aftermath of World War II are now available at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="nuremberg.law.harvard.edu" data-vars-click-url="https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/" data-vars-content-id="336d9f1e-c18c-4ccf-81a7-a418174855f0" data-vars-headline="Harvard digitizes Nuremberg Trials for 80th anniversary" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/" target="_blank">nuremberg.law.harvard.edu</a>.

Department store, bank, university building proposed as landmarks

The building styles range from classical to mid-century modernist.

The Boston Landmarks Commission is taking up petitions to preserve three historic <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="downtown" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/09/16/michelle-wu-skyscrapers-downtown-council-at-large" data-vars-content-id="8ab34a26-ee4a-4a7f-bc36-58cf5fdad7c1" data-vars-headline="Department store, bank, university building proposed as landmarks" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/09/16/michelle-wu-skyscrapers-downtown-council-at-large" target="_self">downtown</a> structures and potentially make them Boston&#x27;s newest official landmarks.

Meet the historian behind Converse's massive archives

Over 15 years, Sam Smallidge has amassed a collection exceeding 10,000 archival items at Converse.

Consider Sam Smallidge the world&#x27;s top Converse scholar.Why it matters: Smallidge has spent 15 years building the archival collection for one of the oldest shoe brands in North America — all from the company&#x27;s Boston headquarters.

6 Boston institutions unite for Autumn in the Archives event

Discover Boston's hidden historical treasures.

Some Boston-area archives and libraries are opening their collections and coordinating special exhibitions to highlight autumnal historical artifacts.Why it matters: It&#x27;s an opportunity to spend a fall day on a &quot;library crawl&quot; through some archival material that&#x27;s not always on display.

Holocaust Museum Boston to display lifesaving teddy bear

The Gruenbaum family often says Sasha the bear is the reason they're alive.

A teddy bear that saved a Jewish family from certain death in a Nazi concentration camp, including a former Boston civil engineer, will soon call Holocaust Museum Boston home.Why it matters: Sasha, an 81-year-old teddy bear, is one of several artifacts that will tell the story of those who were persecuted under Adolf Hitler&#x27;s regime, and those who managed to escape.

For Bostonians, New Edition Day is historic homecoming

All six members of New Edition will reunite in Roxbury this weekend.

Boston&#x27;s New Edition Day isn&#x27;t just the culmination of the city&#x27;s &quot;For the Culture&quot; week, but a homecoming for the group and their local fans. Catch up quick: Boston will honor the boy band&#x27;s six members — Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Ronnie DeVoe, Michael Bivins and Ricky Bell — by naming a street in their honor in Roxbury and declaring tomorrow &quot;New Edition Day.&quot;

Museum of African American History uses AI to share Black history

The Museum of African American History's latest AI experiment expands on the American Revolution.

The Museum of African American History is using AI to share the stories of iconic Black Bostonians. Why it matters: The museum is expanding its use of AI beyond its <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Frederick Douglass hologram" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/02/01/frederick-douglass-hologram-museum" data-vars-content-id="f5f4e3d0-5d43-4fa4-91be-79298ae3264a" data-vars-headline="Museum of African American History uses AI to share Black history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/02/01/frederick-douglass-hologram-museum" target="_self">Frederick Douglass hologram</a> in hopes of bringing new life to the museum&#x27;s artifacts — and thus to the telling of African American history in Massachusetts.

Boston-area July Fourth events to see

From a Sam Adams party to the Paul Revere House, there's something for everyone.

The famed Boston Pops isn&#x27;t the only attraction for city dwellers and tourists on July Fourth.<ul><li>Here&#x27;s how to spend the holiday in the Hub.</li></ul>

New England site uses AR to preserve history this Juneteenth

The interactive augmented reality exhibit helps visitors peel back the layers of the African Burial Grounds' history.

An augmented reality-based website will help visitors peel back the layers of a historic — and nearly forgotten — burial ground in Portsmouth.<ul><li>It&#x27;s one of several ways the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire is <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="commemorating Juneteenth" data-vars-click-url="https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/juneteenth-celebration-2025/" data-vars-content-id="0b118ba3-b239-4012-aee8-cd01e80c06a2" data-vars-headline="New England site uses AR to preserve history this Juneteenth" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/juneteenth-celebration-2025/" target="_blank">commemorating Juneteenth</a>.</li></ul>The big picture: The African Burial Ground&#x27;s AR project is the latest effort in New England to use emerging technology to bolster historic preservation and storytelling.

How Boston remembers Anthony Burns, a man forcefully returned to slavery

Anthony Burns' arrest and return to slavery drew 50,000 protesters to downtown Boston in 1854.

On this day 171 years ago, federal officials escorted a man in chains downtown to remove him from Massachusetts.<ul><li>Anthony Burns, then age 20, had escaped bondage in Virginia only to be forcefully returned.</li></ul>