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!
ARTS
Boston Underground digs up its usual wild mix, with Nicolas Cage, time travel and wicked fairies
Cambridge Day
It’s BUFF time again … at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge!
‘The World Doesn’t Have to Be This Way,’ Says Novelist Celeste Ng, in Sampan Chat
Sampan
“I hope that Our Missing Hearts (and my voice generally) remind people that the world doesn’t have to be this way. That another world is possible, that it’s worth fighting for, and that individual people still can fight for it.”
‘Complicated Legacies’ a soul-searching exhibit at Whaling Museum
The New Bedford Light
This is a good way to handle changing societal mores: Teach the debate.
EDUCATION
Controversial school flag policy to get first reading Thursday evening
Marblehead Current
Marblehead does not seem to be taking a very democratic approach in trying to avoid political conflicts around which flags it displays at its schools.
ENVIRONMENT
Drought, wildfire, floods: “Climate whiplash” hits western Mass
The Shoestring
This is fine, everything’s fine … 😱
POLITICS
Ipswich school community rallies together to support public education and protest Trump cuts
The Local News (Ipswich)
Surprised we’re not seeing more of these actions.
REAL ESTATE
Editorial— Walgreen’s closing on Gallivan: Grim news or opportunity?
Dorchester Reporter
A call to replace an outgoing big box chain store with a local store.
SPORTS
Women’s History Month: Black women transforming sports
The Bay State Banner
A fine overview of several pioneering star athletes.
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