Gen Z Is Choosing Staycations—Even If They’d Prefer Not To
Generation Z is more likely to travel domestically in order to save money even though they might prefer to travel internationally instead, according to new travel data. Booking.com’s 2026 Travel Trends survey shows that 20 percent of the American adults who participated in the poll planned on reducing their travel budgets by opting to travel domestically, while more than one in four (or 26 percent) of Gen Z respondents, those born roughly between 1997 and 2012, said the same.
Living in Historically Redlined Neighborhoods May Reduce One’s Ability to Conceive
Living in a historically redlined neighborhood may reduce a person’s ability to become pregnant, according to two new studies led by researchers at the School of Public Health. Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology (AJE) and Epidemiology, the studies found that people residing in redlined neighborhoods—neighborhoods that were subjected to the historic practice of mortgage lending discrimination by the federal government—were less likely to conceive than those who lived in neighborhoods the government deemed favorable for mortgage lending.
Can Design Turn Schools Into the New Third Space?
In modern school design, the most critical spaces for student development may not be classrooms — they may be the areas in between. Third spaces like commons, libraries and even hallways represent an untapped frontier for fostering the youth’s social and mental well-being. They’re crucial for community health, but they are steadily declining. This presents a unique opportunity for educational facilities.
‘Feels like we’ve gone back in time.’ Pride flags were removed from Boston University offices. Professors are alarmed.
While students and faculty at Boston University were away on spring break this month, school administrators removed Pride flags hanging in public view from several offices and buildings on campus, a move that has left professors reeling and prompted many to decry what they view as a pattern of stifling free speech.
Putting Media to Work for the People
On a warm September afternoon, two dozen people filled a BU conference room. Journalists, researchers, nonprofit staffers, a photographer, a pastor and an environmental analysis and policy student sat with professors of mass communication, renaissance art, anthropology, film studies, religion and romance studies.
Frustrated by Massachusetts Legislature, critics want to change how it operates — by thinning lawmakers’ wallets
Critics of the Massachusetts Legislature have found a new target in the name of improving government accountability: how much lawmakers make. Activists, some former lawmakers themselves, are pushing a bid to ask voters to change how legislators earn extra money for holding leadership roles, such as committee chair, majority leader, or even House speaker. They’re arguing those stipends should be determined by how much work lawmakers do, rather than leadership decisions.
‘That’s selective enforcement’: BU professors mobilize after University removes pride flags during spring break
Faculty are speaking out against Boston University’s signage policy amid ongoing disagreements over the removal of public-facing pride flags in office windows, an issue faculty say is an unnecessary breach of free speech. Several faculty members sent letters to BU President Melissa Gilliam after pride flags were stripped from the windows of three campus locations, including the office of one professor who has a storied history with the signage policy, while Commonwealth Avenue was vacant for spring break.
BU faculty decry removal of pride flags from campus offices
According to the letter addressed to campus president Melissa Gilliam, the flags were pulled from windows in the women’s studies program and some professors’ offices. These acts “suppress free speech on campus” and are “just one of a growing number of disappointing choices by the administration to contradict the values it purports to champion,” wrote associate professor Joseph Harris, who co-leads the BU chapter of the of the American Association of University Professors.
It’s time for cities and higher education to join forces on effective AI, experts say
Local governments and academic institutions haven’t always aligned their goals and priorities. But for either sector to unlock artificial intelligence’s potential, they must work more closely together, according to a brief from New America.
As New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces $7 billion budget hole, free parking may be history
With New York City facing a budget gap estimated at around $7 billion, new Mayor Zohran Mamdani would prefer to tax the rich. But lately, Mamdani and his administration have conceded that other ways to raise revenue for the city need to be considered, from higher property taxes on homeowners to a long-talked-about idea that would upend a feature of life in the Big Apple many residents have long considered a right: ample free parking.