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!
ENIVIRONMENT
THE ARGUS EYE: A long-overdue D.P.H. report on PCBs and cancer delivers no surprises
The Berkshire Argus (Western Mass.)
State government still can’t (or won’t) pin major Western Mass. cancer clusters on major corporations like General Electric and Monsanto.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Docs at Boston Rally Call for Solidarity With Palestinian Healthcare Workers
Sampan (Boston)
Good to see area medical workers stand up for their colleagues in Gaza.
POLITICS
Can Massachusetts chart a path for the Democratic Party?
The Flipside (Boston)
Mass Dem leadership predictably tried to tack to the right at the recent state Democratic Party convention, but were thwarted by an organized effort to keep the party platform leaning left.
Cambridge’s big influence groups draw scrutiny from City Council candidates at a pair of forums
Cambridge Day
We recently had two of these groups duke it out in the pages of HorizonMass.
Hamilton-Wenham school building plan fails, reviving memories of Ipswich’s 2018 setback
The Local News (Ipswich)
One of those issues that’s hard to read from the distance, but seems like people didn’t want to consolidate three small schools into one larger one.
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