World Cup Grant Documents Indicate Lack Of Transparency On Security Spending

While state police and Boston secured tens of millions in federal grants, surrounding municipalities enduring heavy local traffic and emergency strains were denied critical funding  

It was almost two months ago that the final World Cup whistle echoed through Foxborough. In the time since FIFA’s seven successful events in the commonwealth, which spurred satellite celebrations statewide, most public dialogue about the games has…

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Editor’s Note: A Democratic Socialist Faction at the State House?

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One development seems particularly noteworthy from this week’s primaries: There looks to be an emerging democratic socialist faction at the State House based in Cambridge and Somerville. Joining longtime Rep. Mike Connolly of Cambridge (who just beat a…

IndyMass: September 4, 2026

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #67. ELECTIONS Western Massachusetts incumbents sweep primary elections The Shoestring (Western Mass.) Interesting take on an otherwise predictable…

Elite Socialists Don’t Get It

The American left needs more working people in leadership if we ever hope to build a successful movement for both political and economic democracy

In a recent Jacobin article, Noah Suárez-Sikes, “an organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,” criticized mainstream news outlets for gleefully outing DSA leaders who hail from backgrounds that range from upper-middle class…

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