Miriam Wasser is a senior reporter with WBUR's climate and environment team.
Before coming to WBUR, she was a staff writer for the Phoenix New Times in Arizona. Her work has also appeared in Boston Magazine, The Atlantic, Narratively, DigBoston and The Big Roundtable.
Miriam holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
She once wrote an 11,000-word story about the quirky — and sometimes dark — world of domestic rabbit breeding. Really.
Recently published
Inside the Burlington office ICE has used to detain immigrants
As immigration arrests surged this summer, ICE held detainees for extended periods of time in its field office in Burlington, Mass. Two women who spent more than a week inside...
How Trump’s big law impacts Massachusetts
From health insurance to immigration enforcement and higher ed taxes, the WBUR newsroom took a look at how some key provisions may have an impact on residents and programs in...
Heavy rain causes flash floods in Greater Boston, inundating roads
The agency predicted rain would fall at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour, potentially overwhelming small creeks and streams, streets, highways and underpasses, as well as other...
Federal heating and cooling assistance program could go away
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, better known as LIHEAP, is under threat.
Mass. lawmakers press ICE for answers on use of Burlington office for detainees
Sens. Warren and Markey led the state's congressional delegation in sending a letter to ICE officials. They say they're "alarmed" by reports of inhumane and unsanitary conditions at the Burlington...
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How rooftop solar is helping New England stay cool during the heat wave
At peak hours during this week's heat wave, solar panels on homes, businesses, parking lots and alongside roads are helping relieve stress on the electric grid.
Arrested at Boston immigration court, woman freed after two weeks
Kary Diaz Martinez is one of the thousands of immigrants nationwide taken into federal custody in recent weeks amid a surge in immigration enforcement activity. Some of them, like Diaz...
Women in ICE's Burlington office subject to 'inhumane' and unsanitary conditions, lawyers say
For some women, the conditions have been particularly grim. In one case, a woman who had her period was denied access to menstrual products. When she needed to clean up,...
ICE holding immigrants in 'abysmal' conditions at Burlington office building, lawyers say
ICE is detaining immigrants in a Burlington office park building that wasn't designed as a holding facility. Lawyers say conditions there are "abysmal" and "unsanitary."
In East Boston, wives of men arrested by ICE tell their stories
"ICE raids have robbed us of family members and our collective sense of security and belonging," U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said at the event. "We are here to say,...