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!
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Grand jury indicts Harvard’s Kseniia Petrova on
concealment, false statement, smuggling charges
Cambridge Day
More on this ludicrous developing international story from the local angle.
Hanscom Field used to transfer ICE detainees
The Lexington Observer
“Since January, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office has shuttled hundreds of ICE detainees to Hanscom Field” … truly tragic news from Lexington.
EDUCATION
Students earn Seal of Biliteracy
The Local News (Ipswich)
A nice thing to see … more bilingual high school kids.
ENVIRONMENT
The Uncertainty Machine
The Berkshire Argus (Western Mass.)
An in-depth look at the lasting legacy of the environmental catastrophe that General Electric caused in Western Mass.
HISTORY
Cape Verde’s first prime minister reflects on struggle for independence
The Flipside (Boston)
Great coverage of a local talk by a former prime minister and president of Cape Verde who was also a leader of the military struggle for independence from colonial Portugal.
JOURNALISM
A half decade of Worcester Sucks
Worcester Sucks and I Love It
Congrats to our colleague Bill Shaner on “doing the (independent journalism) thing” for five years! Here’s to the next five!
LABOR
Looming strike may disrupt curbside trash, recycling pickup
The Marblehead Current
Labor action in Marblehead! (There’s something I don’t get to write every day …)
POLITICS
At “No Kings” protests, anti-Trump unity meets dissent from two-party system
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
A detailed look at one of the regional iterations of the recent national protest day.
‘No Longer Invisible’ Uncovers Views of State’s Asian Americans
Sampan
UMass Boston Professor Paul Watanabe has done the first-ever big political economic survey of Asian-Americans living in the Commonwealth.
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