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Video: Covering Cambridge With Marc Levy And Tom Meek Of Cambridge Day

On local journalism, arts and eats beats, and the challenges of reporting in Cambridge and neighboring Somerville too

CHRIS FARAONE August 21, 2025

Disparities Remain Across Boston’s Access To Tree Cover, Green Space, Data Shows

Experts say it’s a difficult problem to fix, but worth trying to do so

MARY RANDOLPH July 24, 2025

A Historic Endorsement For Psychedelic Decriminalization

Latest psychedelics hearings featured new faces and old foes as Massachusetts Psychiatric Society endorses decriminalization bills

JACK GORSLINE July 24, 2025

The rainbow crosswalk at Amherst Regional Middle School. Photo: Art Keene. Used with permission.

Judge Orders Reinstatement Of Counselor Fired For Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students

“Gay and transgender students and their caregivers reported significant distress that led to depression, suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder, and school withdrawal”

ART KEENE July 22, 2025

Video: Spare Change News And The Legacy Of Street Media

An interview with longtime Spare Change columnist and poet Marc Goldfinger

BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM July 1, 2025

Video: Sustaining Nonprofit Journalism In Cambridge

A conversation with members of the Cambridge News Inc. board at the Cambridge Kiosk

BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM June 29, 2025

After Devastating December Budget Trim, HIP May Be Restored By Mass Legislature

The reduction to the Healthy Incentives Program cut monthly benefits for low-income families, but a higher proposed budget may bring back full payments as soon as July 1

JACOB SCHLES June 25, 2025

Margarita, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, and her citizen daughter. Photos courtesy of Centro Presente.

ICE Check-Ins Become Catch-22 For Immigrants

Go and be detained … or stay home and be detained

SARAH BETANCOURT June 17, 2025

Inside The Cambridge Life Of The Alleged Tylenol Killer James Lewis

Some of the most interesting moments from the later life of James Lewis in Massachusetts aren’t in the new blockbuster Netflix documentary

ADAM SENNOTT June 12, 2025

Harvard Square KiOSK With BINJ Engagement Installation Opens Friday

“This transformation respects the KiOSK’s rich history while creating new opportunities for gathering, creativity, and civic engagement in the heart of Harvard Square.”

CHRIS FARAONE May 27, 2025