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50 YEARS OF HOMELESS ADVOCACY IN CAMBRIDGE

An interview with First Church Shelter Director Jim Stewart

ADAM SENNOTT January 9, 2024

UNHOUSED STUDENTS

“The instability of housing for families often creates anxiety and a sense of uncertainty.”

ADAM SENNOTT December 18, 2023

PROVINCETOWN VOTES TO DECRIMINALIZE PSYCHEDELICS

“Our town is now leading the way for affordable access to plant medicine and is setting an example for our state.”

JACK GORSLINE December 18, 2023

THE YEAR IN GLX DEBACLES

A timeline of the new but troubled Green Line Extension’s opening … and closing … and opening … and slowing …

NIYA DOYLE December 12, 2023

RUNNING A SHELTER, BUT VYING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING

“We’re very under-stocked with housing opportunities. Since we had 52 people in the shelter, getting housing for only 12 of them means that there were a lot left out. So we’re in desperate need of additional housing.”

COHAVIT GIL December 12, 2023

THE WAITING GAME

He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square

CHRIS FARAONE December 5, 2023

Emerson Union for Resident Assistants protest outside Emerson College President Jay Bernhardt's office on November 17, 2023. Photo by Frank Chen. Copyright 2023 Frank Chen.

EMERSON COLLEGE RESIDENT ASSISTANTS MOVE TO UNIONIZE

Administration refuses to voluntarily recognize the union, triggering an NLRB election and a protest

FRANK CHEN November 24, 2023

IN MASS, A LACK OF COORDINATION HAMPERS EFFORTS TO HELP THE UNHOUSED

“We don’t have a network of communication between the communities, so it’s very easy for people to slip through the cracks, which is not good for them.”

ADAM SENNOTT November 16, 2023

HOUSING FIRST IN MASSACHUSETTS, EXPLAINED

Studies show that permanent supportive housing works, including in Massachusetts. Here’s how it has worked so far, how it could work on a larger scale, and what’s holding it back.

COHAVIT GIL November 9, 2023