
Deirdre Fernandes
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Covering the higher education business and student loans for the Boston Globe. Contact me at [email protected].
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By Deirdre Fernandes and Stephanie Ebbert -- Pregnant migrants are struggling in Massachusetts shelters bostonglobe.com/2024/10/07/met… via The Boston Globe


NEW: Immigration has seeped into day-to-day consciousness in a way that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, when the issue felt thousands of miles away. Matt Stout + I dig into how immigration has scrambled the political picture in deep-blue Mass.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/17/met…

NEW: The The Boston Globe, through a massive records request, obtained hundreds of never-before-seen special education settlements from across Mass. Together, they tell a disturbing tale of secrecy and inequity. W/ the herculean efforts of Neena Hagen: bostonglobe.com/2024/11/12/met…

Migrant mother could be deported after outburst over shelter ouster bostonglobe.com/2024/11/14/met… via The Boston Globe


Social workers are quitting Massachusetts DCF in droves, costing children stability and delaying family reunifications bostonglobe.com/2024/11/19/met… via @jasmlaughlin The Boston Globe



How one Haitian migrant family defied the odds and secured a home of their own in Boston by Samantha J. Gross bostonglobe.com/2024/12/29/met… via The Boston Globe

“We think we have a plan…and then you are free at last and can take a well-deserved distribution”: MPT’s CFO to Steward CEO. Steward Health a cautionary tale in private equity's push into health care Boston Globe Spotlight Team apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/investig…


NEW: Governor Maura Healey’s administration acknowledged Thursday that it has not been conducting full criminal background checks on people staying in emergency shelters, despite repeated assurances that the state’s vetting process was thorough. bostonglobe.com/2025/01/09/met… via The Boston Globe

NEW: Governor Maura Healey says the state will perform criminal background checks on each of the thousands of people staying in its emergency shelter system, saying she ordered checks "last spring" but they weren't performed for unknown reasons. bostonglobe.com/2025/01/10/met… w/ Samantha J. Gross

1/ New The Boston Globe project: The Green Book's legacy in New England. Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. We mapped the listings, highlighting places such as Western Lunch Box, Slade's, and The Pates Hotel. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2025/01/…



Campus activists, misidentified students, a jaywalker. Is this the deportation list the Trump administration is using? ✍️ Stephanie Ebbert & Deirdre Fernandes bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/met…

Campus activists, misidentified students, a jaywalker. Is this the deportation list the Trump administration is using? bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/met… (via Deirdre Fernandes Stephanie Ebbert)

And a hearty congrats to the countless colleagues who contributed to this work, as well the fine folks at Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, who partnered with us on several stories.