- A Place to Call Home: Shelter for Students This week on You Are Here, we discuss shelter. Boston is an expensive city–and luxury housing development is only making it more expensive. Our reporters tackle gentrification and investigate overcrowded student housing. On a lighter note, we delve into the rise of “couch-surfing” as an online business. Finally, You Are Here addresses the issue of homeless veterans in Boston.
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2. You Are Here: World Cup 2014
This week on You Are Here, we’re talking football. Not the sport with helmets, field goals, and touchdowns…we’re taking a look at what we in the United States call soccer. We explore the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but through a local lens.
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3. You Are Here: State-wide Domestic Violence Legislation
On August 8, 2014, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a new legislation in the area of domestic violence entitled “An Act relative to domestic violence.” The new legislation impacts not only the criminal justice system, but public and private employers in the Commonwealth also.
Advocates, who support the legislation argue the prospect of news media coverage can dissuade victims from reporting domestic violence. Free speech groups say the measure will shield abusers and the police who investigate them, from scrutiny. The bill also deprives residents of important information about key players in their communities.
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