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…


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…

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…

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…

In a time when many Americans and even mainstream news outlets are increasingly wary of creeping police and surveillance technology, the Boston Globe partnered with and published a pay-to-play plug for Big Brother. The regional outlet of record’s…

For the past five months, candidate Neil Miller has made false and distorted claims about my work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in our Cambridge and Somerville community. On the eve of the Democratic primary, I…

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…

Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*