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Police preparing to move on the protesters at UMass, May 7, 2024. Photo: Leyla Moushabeck.
ART KEENE

UMass Paid $446K for Report Exonerating Chancellor in Police Assault on Student Encampment

The police intervention … involved over 200 police officers including UMass Police, State Troopers (including the State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)), Town of Amherst police, Town of Hadley police, and members of the Hampshire and Hampden County Sheriff’s offices.

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ART KEENE May 15, 2025
ADAM SENNOTT

The Massachusetts Native Helping The Government Study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena 

Ryan Graves flew fighter jets for the Navy, but his toughest mission has been giving credence to UAP sightings

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ADAM SENNOTT May 8, 2025
ZACK HUFFMAN

Massachusetts Is The Only State That Still Bans Nunchucks. Could A Recent Court Decision Impact Weapons Laws?

The Bay State prohibition of the legendary weapon dates back to fears from 50 years ago about menacing young kung fu hooligans. Can the nunchuck ban be reversed?

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ZACK HUFFMAN April 11, 2025
JEAN TROUNSTINE

Struggles In Reentry: A New Chapter For New Beginnings

Dorchester service provider for recently incarcerated individuals shifts from residential to day programs in the face of funding challenges

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JEAN TROUNSTINE April 3, 2025
Democracy activists protest the arrest of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk by ICE at a protest in Somerville's Nathan Tufts Park, March 26, 2025. Photo by Gabriel Martins. Copyright 2025 Gabriel Martins.
GABRIEL MARTINS

Challenging Fear And Trepidation, Democracy Activists Rally In Somerville Following Student ICE Arrest

“Justice is something that people ignore until it happens in the neighborhood. … No one thought this would happen in a school in Massachusetts.”

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GABRIEL MARTINS March 27, 2025
JEAN TROUNSTINE

Will The Massachusetts Governor Help The Overburdened Parole Board?

A State House briefing aims to show why the Parole Board needs more manpower and resources—now

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JEAN TROUNSTINE March 5, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

Remembering Arnie King, Who Chronicled The Lives Of Those Dying In Prison

Arnold Leroy King, iconic prisoner rights advocate, fought for “lack of commutations being granted to exceptional and deserving individuals who are aging in the state’s overcrowded prison system.”

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CHRIS FARAONE February 27, 2025
Photo of Boston University Professor Jeremy Menchik in his office.
AVARY AMARAL

A Conversation With Jeremy Menchik

International relations professor organizing the 2025 Conference on the Jewish Left, happening this Friday, Feb. 28 at BU

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AVARY AMARAL February 25, 2025
photo of Ipswich, Mass. farmer Shendel Bakal holding up some beets
OLIVIA CAFARELLI MANZI

Rain, Rain, Gone Away: Massachusetts Farmers Struggle Amid Worsening Drought Crisis

Massachusetts Farmers Struggle Amid Worsening Drought Crisis

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OLIVIA CAFARELLI MANZI February 6, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

Drone Contractor Gets “Rare” Permission To Follow Individuals And Vehicles In Boston

When it comes to private companies working with local cops to conduct mass aerial surveillance, Massachusetts is the “wild west”

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CHRIS FARAONE January 27, 2025
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