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https://nha.org//Titled My Bondage, My Freedom, it was published in 1855, and is an autobiography of the first part of Douglass’s life. He describes his childhood growing up as a slave, as well as his escape and settlement as a free man in the North. -
Liz Lerner/All members of Cape Cod’s vaccine consortium, which includes Cape Cod Healthcare, community health centers, and Barnstable County, now allow people to get the vaccine without an appointment, according to state Sen. Julian Cyr.
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Oyster growers, regulators, and environmentalists are banding together to call for more money and data to support the future of the state’s shellfishery. -
Town meeting voters across the Cape are being asked to make some major decisions about how to manage wastewater from septic systems, which pollutes local waterways and has been a multibillion dollar problem for more than a decade.
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Research at a Cape Cod church reveals some the founders of the church and the community that is now Brewster — part of Harwich at the time — were no strangers to the enslavement of people of color. The church's move toward reparations is one of a number of projects around the region looking at historical racism and taking action for change.
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At least 550 adolescents on the Vineyard will be newly eligible if the U.S. Food and Drug administration approves the vaccine for ages 12 to 15. Providers are preparing for a rush, even as overall demand for COVID-19 vaccines is dropping locally and nationally.
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The Massachusetts Army National Guard has secured a key federal environmental approval that potentially puts it one step away from building a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod,
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Officials say a 19-year-old former student at a school in the Russian city of Kazan opened fire there Tuesday, killing at least seven eighth-grade students and a teacher.
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Information from China's census indicates the country's population has increased at the slowest rate since its one-child policy. At the same time, the proportion of senior citizens has expanded.
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How can the U.S. encourage more vaccinations? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ahead of his meeting with President Biden about state strategies to increase COVID-19 vaccinations.
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The Food and Drug Administration has extended authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents age 12-15. Those young people have missed months of school and time with friends.
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Planes don't fly anymore at the old Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. But over the weekend, skateboarders showed up, and were still able to catch some air.
