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Matt Carroll
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Journalism professor at Northeastern University. Previous: former Boston Globe data reporter & member of the Spotlight team; MIT Media Lab. Journalist. Data vis. Data rules.
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Holidays: China vs USA. Lots of holidays in China are 3, 5, even 9 days long. #china #boston
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#mandarin #Christmas #Christmas2025 youtube.com/shorts/rabXL...
Holidays: US vs China -- big differences in days off
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December 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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The Boundaries We Can’t See: For Travelers With Hidden Disabilities. What’s Behind Boston’s New Sunflower Lanyard Program gobserver.net/6381/culture... #disabled #Disability #autism @Gobserver_nu @Northeastern
The Boundaries We Can’t See
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December 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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居住正义：在波士顿寻找“家”: 遇到租房问题？这些资源能帮你 #china #boston #rentinginboston #rentalmarket #chinesestudents @Gobserver_nu gobserver.net/6359/global-...
居住正义：在波士顿寻找“家”
英文原版请见Renting as An International by Lin Chen   距离波士顿正式“废除”中介费的改革已有三个多月。严格来说，中介费并未消失，这里的“废除”是指，除非租客主动聘请中介/经纪人协助租房事宜，租客无需支付中介费。这项改革在麻州备受瞩目，然而，对大多数国际学生而言，租房的难题远远不止费用本身。 那么，新来到这座城市的“外来者”，在租房过程中会经历什么样的挑战？...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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居住正义：在波士顿寻找“家”. 遇到租房问题？这些资源能帮你 gobserver.net/6359/global-... #china #boston #rental #Condos @Gobserver_nu
居住正义：在波士顿寻找“家”
英文原版请见Renting as An International by Lin Chen   距离波士顿正式“废除”中介费的改革已有三个多月。严格来说，中介费并未消失，这里的“废除”是指，除非租客主动聘请中介/经纪人协助租房事宜，租客无需支付中介费。这项改革在麻州备受瞩目，然而，对大多数国际学生而言，租房的难题远远不止费用本身。 那么，新来到这座城市的“外来者”，在租房过程中会经历什么样的挑战？...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Lion dance is more than just performance - it's a living tradition of identity, history, and resilience. For over 50 years, Boston's Wah Lum Kung Fu & Wah May Lion Dance Team has brought this art form to life.
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#liondance #china #festival #boston
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Renting as An International: 3 tips to protect your rights in Boston as a renter #renting #rent #boston
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November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Renting as An International: 3 tips to protect your rights in Boston as a renter #renting #rent #boston
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November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Renting as An International: Three tips to protect your rights in Boston as a renter #renting #rent #boston

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Renting as An International
This article launches our Guidelines for Internationals series, a collection created to help newcomers make sense of Boston’s systems, stories, and everyday realities. We begin with housing, a challen...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Jessie’s Travel: A Trip to the Northeast of China -- a wonderful read with great pictures (check out all the food dishes)

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Jessie’s Travel: A Trip to Northeast of China
I have been to the northeastern United States, also known as New England, but I had not been to northeast China. In Mandarin, these three provinces are called Dongbei or Dong San Sheng. I decided to t...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Renting as An International: Three tips to protect your rights in Boston as a renter gobserver.net/6264/campusc... @Gobserver_nu #china #india #boston @AlumniNU @Northeastern @NUjournalism
Renting as An International
It has been three months since Boston introduced a long-awaited reform to its rental system: tenants no longer need to pay their fee unless they specifically hire a broker. But what international stud...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Renting as An International: Three tips to protect your rights in Boston as a renter gobserver.net/6264/campusc... @Gobserver_nu #china #india #boston @AlumniNU @Northeastern
Renting as An International
It has been three months since Boston introduced a long-awaited reform to its rental system: tenants no longer need to pay their fee unless they specifically hire a broker. But what international stud...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Hope Was Here: The Human Cost of Erasing USAID

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Hope Was Here: The Human Cost of Erasing USAID
Last names have been removed to protect the privacy of those mentioned. Many Americans heard about USAID (United States Agency for International Development) for the first time when its termination be...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Drums, Dance, and Devotion: Durga Puja Lights Up Boston’s Bengali Community gobserver.net/6191/culture... #india #DurgaPuja #DurgaPuja2025 #bengali @Gobserver_nu
Drums, Dance, and Devotion
As the autumn breeze sweeps through the West, the Bengali diaspora across the United States prepares for the homecoming of Goddess Durga. In the Greater Boston suburb of Hingham, this ten-day festival...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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India: Tracking the switch from matrimony sites to dating apps -- Google Search Term Trends highlights possible the shift in views towards online dating gobserver.net/6167/data-ex... #india @gobserver @VAiyaswamy #datavis #dating #marriage
India: Tracking the switch from matrimony sites to dating apps
Are internet users in India changing how they approach dating? Possibly. We used Google Search Term Trends to explore marriage and dating in India. Google Trends is a handy tool that shows you what pe...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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India: Tracking the switch from matrimony sites to dating apps -- Google Search Term Trends highlights possible shift in views towards online dating gobserver.net/6167/data-ex... #india @gobserver @VAiyaswamy
#datavis #dating #marriage
India: Tracking the switch from matrimony sites to dating apps
Are internet users in India changing how they approach dating? Possibly. We used Google Search Term Trends to explore marriage and dating in India. Google Trends is a handy tool that shows you what pe...
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June 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Data trend in India: Switch from matrimony sites to dating apps -- Google Search Term Trends highlights possible shift in views towards online dating gobserver.net/6167/data-ex... india #dating #marriage #datavis
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Data trend in India: Switch from matrimony sites to dating apps
Are internet users in India changing how they approach dating? Possibly. We used Google Search Term Trends to explore marriage and dating in India. Google Trends is a handy tool that shows you what pe...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Global Meets Local: How Maple Milk Put a Cambridge Grocery on the Map gobserver.net/6157/culture... #milk #maplemilk #vermont #china
Global Meets Local: How Maple Milk Put a Cambridge Grocery on the Map
At Momma’s Grocery, located at a cozy corner of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the shelves are lined with local foods, natural wines, and community chatter. But these days, the spotlight belongs to a few b...
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June 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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just got a copy of Rahul Bhargava's new book, Community Data -- really looking forward to reading it. @OxUniPress #data #datavis #dataviz @rahulbot.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Movie review: Why is “Ne Zha 2” more than a blockbuster? gobserver.net/6139/culture... #china #NeZha2 @Gobserver_nu #MovieReview
Why is “Ne Zha 2” more than a blockbuster?
When “Ne Zha: The Devil’s Birth” hit theaters in 2019, it ignited a spark in Chinese animation. Fast forward to 2025, and its sequel, “Ne Zha 2: Battle in the Sea”, has done more than just continue a ...
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May 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Japan Festival Boston 2025: A Celebration of Culture and Sustainability -- Global Observer gobserver.net/6128/video/j... @Gobserver_nu #japan #japan2025
Japan Festival Boston 2025: A Celebration of Culture and Sustainability
The Japan Festival Boston 2025, held at Boston Common on April 26 and 27, brought together thousands of people to celebrate Japanese culture, despite a challenging weather forecast. Heavy rain on the ...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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More than 1,800 student visas have been revoked at 280 colleges & universities www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... visa #visas #revoke #revokestudentvisa #studentvisa
Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Daily update: More than 1,800 international student visas revoked at 280 schools gobserver.net/6107/campusc... @Gobserver_nu @insidehighered #visa #visas #revoke #revokestudentvisa #studentvisa
More than 1,800 international student visas revoked at 280 schools, including 40 at NU
At least 1,800* international students and recent graduates have had their visas revoked at 280 schools, including 40 at Northeastern University in Boston, with no evidence that the actions were tied ...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Update: More than 1,730 international student visas revoked at 270 schools, including 40 at NU gobserver.net/6107/campusc... #Visaeギフトプレゼントキャンペーン4月28日〆 #studentvisa #revokevisa #Visaeギフト10万円チャレンジ #visas @Gobserver_nu @insidehighered
More than 1,730 international student visas revoked at 270 schools, including 40 at NU
At least 1,730* international students and recent graduates have had their visas revoked at 270 schools, including 40 at Northeastern University in Boston, with no evidence that the actions were tied ...
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April 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Update: More than 1,700 international student visas revoked at 265 schools, including 40 at NU gobserver.net/6107/campusc... @insidehighered @Gobserver_nu #revoke #visa #revokevisa #Studentvisa #china #india
More than 1,700 international student visas revoked at 265 schools, including 40 at NU
At least 1,700* international students and recent graduates have had their visas revoked at 265 schools, including 40 at Northeastern University in Boston, with no evidence that the actions were tied ...
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April 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM