Steph Machado

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Steph Machado

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island, Massachusetts and 18 other states filed two new lawsuits on Tuesday against the Trump administration, aiming to block “imminent” funding cuts to states that don’t help carry out federal immigration enforcement. “The states have had a gun put to their head,” said R.I. Attorney General Peter Neronha. “For existing and future funding, you will cooperate ...

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Steph Machado |John Hilliard

But after Trump’s administration slashed the Education Department in half, closed civil rights offices, and shifted the agency’s focus to reflect the president’s priorities — including his opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies — families fear their cases won‘t be taken seriously.

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Steph Machado

Share PROVIDENCE — Amy Nunn nearly fell out of bed watching President Trump’s State of the Union address in 2019. Trump announced he would seek to eradicate HIV within 10 years, promising to bring together Democrats and Republicans to get it done. “I never expected President Trump would announce the first plan to end the epidemic,” said Nunn, a social scientist. But six years later, things have changed.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Steph Machado

But six years later, things have changed. On March 20, the Trump administration shut down Nunn’s large-scale study at the Rhode Island Public Health Institute that was seeking to decrease the spread of HIV among gay Black and Latino men, who contract the virus at higher rates than white men. “I was alarmed,” Nunn said. “He’s basically undoing a lot of the progress from his first administration.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Alexa Gagosz |Steph Machado

In the 2024 fiscal year, MIT received $97 million in funding from NSF for “performing sponsored research under grants and cooperative agreements,” according to the complaint filed in US District Court in Massachusetts on Monday. During that same time period, Brown expended $34.4 million in grants from NSF to support nearly 250 projects. These indirect costs help pay for administrative functions, according to the plaintiffs.