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After a long holiday weekend, Allison Hassett Wohl of Maryland said she woke up at 3 a.m. feeling anxiety about what's going on with federal workers. “Quite frankly, I’ve become sort of afraid of my own government,” she said. “And boy, that is a scary position to be in as a citizen.” WBUR is a nonprofit news organization. Our coverage relies on your financial support. If you value articles like the one you're reading right now, give today. Hassett Wohl is one of the thousands of workers that the Trump administration has let go in recent days in its effort...

WBUR has received more than 30 calls and a slew of e-mails from listeners to complain about the firing of NPR news analyst Juan Williams, and three people have received refunds for their donations. That number might not sound like a lot, but it is meaningful — rarely do people make good on threats to cancel their support. Member stations around the country — many of them in the middle of fundraising this week — live on the front lines. We get credit and, in this case, blame for NPR’s decisions. Many listeners don’t understand the distinction between the member...

May 23, 2002 Some U.S. Backers of Israel Boycott Dailies Over Mideast CoverageBy FELICITY BARRINGER ntense public reaction to coverage of the violence of the Middle East conflict has prompted unusually harsh attacks on several news media outlets and has led to boycotts of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. Broadcast news operations, including CNN and National Public Radio, have also been criticized. The general manager of one public radio station, WBUR-FM in Boston, said it had lost more than $1 million in underwriting and pledges this year — nearly 4 percent of its...