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!
EDUCATION
Lexington Select Board approves land swap for new high school building
The Lexington Observer
Another example of the kind of ongoing coverage that is so critical for communities to have, but increasingly absent as more local news outlets close and “news deserts” spread.
FOOD
A decade of fresh, local food for all: Nourishing the North Shore celebrates 10th anniversary
The Local News (Ipswich)
Good to see “people with” helping “people without” in such a sustained effort.
GAZA
Pro-Palestinian activists see shift in attitudes after two years of war
The Flipside (Boston)
Written just before the latest ceasefire was accepted by Gaza and Israel, one subject in this piece makes the interesting point that the idea of that someone can be “progressive except for Palestine” has been forever “retired” because “[t]o be progressive, you have to stand against genocide.”
HOUSING
Western Mass tenants are getting organized
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
It certainly takes the humanitarian mask off of elite institutions like Smith College to look at them as landlords.
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