Allison Pohle, WBUR

Allison Pohle

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Past:
  • WBUR
  • Splinter
  • VICE
  • Boston.com
  • The Hairpin

Past articles by Allison:

Just How Hard Is It To Quit Vaping?

Vaping deaths and injuries are getting attention. Kicking the habit isn’t so easy. What works? → Read More

Chicken Nuggets: A 'Beacon Of Hope' For Some Cavs Fans

After LeBron James left Cleveland in the offseason, Cavaliers fans searched for a new way to taste victory … literally. → Read More

'Big Mouth' Is A Voice For What Feels 'Indescribable When You're 13,' Co-Creator Says

"It's really kind of finding those moments that feel really present in puberty and kids' lives and shining a light on them," says Jennifer Flackett, co-creator and executive producer of Netflix's "Big Mouth." → Read More

'I Have This Fear It's All Gonna Happen Again': Former Las Vegas Homeowner Remembers Housing Crisis

Before the recession, Leo Murrieta and his family lived in North Las Vegas — in one of the zip codes that would become the hardest hit in the foreclosure crisis. → Read More

Funding Complexities Remain For Mass. Drug Recovery High Schools

Beacon Hill budget negotiations have turned a spotlight on the complexities of budgeting — and operating — drug recovery schools. → Read More

Allison Pohle

Allison Pohle is a journalist based in Boston. She also tweets, and types with only two fingers because she never learned how to use the home keys. → Read More

Can Sanctuary Campuses Really Protect Students from Trump?

At least 28 schools have adopted the "sanctuary" designation since Trump was elected. But can universities really protect their students from deportation? → Read More

Can Sanctuary Campuses Really Protect Students from Trump?

At least 28 schools have adopted the "sanctuary" designation since Trump was elected. But can universities really protect their students from deportation? → Read More

Donald Trump’s presidency is already putting a serious strain on crisis hotlines. Here’s how you can help.

Suicide prevention lines are seeing record numbers with Donald Trump heading to the White House. → Read More

The world’s first Satanic Temple headquarters isn’t anything like you’d expect

Tucked inside an art gallery in Salem, you might never even notice it was there. → Read More

‘I’d be in a worse situation—or dead—if I weren’t here.’

A Massachusetts high school that educates teenagers addicted to heroin, alcohol, and prescription drugs has spent the past year teaching them how to stay alive. → Read More

How a blind professor from Boston is educating the next generation of eye care professionals

Professor Blair Wong was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa when he was 26. → Read More

Tiddlywinks, the parlor game for nerds, is nearing extinction

Once a staple at Harvard and MIT, the 50-year-old parlor game is endangered → Read More

Mashpee Middle-High School evacuated, students sent home after bomb threat

The school was searched, but nothing was found and the threat was deemed not credible. → Read More

Harvard wants to revolutionize college admissions. Will it work?

Some are skeptical about whether colleges will incorporate the report’s suggestions. → Read More

BU’s oldest dorm is getting a makeover

It hasn’t had a major renovation since BU bought it in 1949. → Read More

Citing harm that charter schools cause, NAACP and Mass. Lawyers’ Committee will intervene in charter cap lawsuit

The groups are getting involved because they say charter schools divert millions of dollars from traditional public schools each year. → Read More

Tewksbury residents will voice opinions about Redmen mascot in town hall Wednesday

In a poll posted on a Facebook page, more than 330 people said they were in favor of keeping the mascot. → Read More

Harvard police close investigation into defacement of law school portraits, no perpetrator found

They began investigation the incident as a hate crime two months ago. → Read More

SAT prep tips from a perfect scorer and Shark Tank entrepreneur

Patel will also pitch his business, which just opened a Boston location this month, on an upcoming episode of Shark Tank. → Read More