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HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS! ASK YOUR MA STATE REP TO BACK AMENDMENT #40 TODAY!
[W]e’re asking all readers who are concerned about the collapse of local news media to contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor Amendment
SHOCKING DISCRIMINATION: RESEARCHER BEHIND NEW BOSTON HOUSING STUDY EXPLAINS BIAS, BIGOTRY BLACK RENTERS FACE
“The results of this study are deeply troubling and further reinforce the immediate need to address the longstanding injustices Black people face in every aspect
FROM ONLINE LESSONS TO SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS, MASS COMMUNITY COLLEGES PLAY IT SAFE
“We’re in no rush to bring administrators and staff back to campus because there’s no reason to.”
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO GAIN TRACTION AND RAISE OVERDUE QUESTIONS IN WHITE AREAS
“White allyship is basically shutting up for one minute of your life. It’s imperative to have people of color leading chants and leading the movement.”
EVICTION FIGHT ENDURES AS END TO MASSACHUSETTS MORATORIUM LOOMS
Speakers presented a new report created by researches at Massachusetts Institute for Technology and City Life, which revealed that 70% of evictions in Boston are
MASS STATE POLICE COMPROMISE HUNDREDS OF OUI CASES. AGAIN.
“This is the dinosaur way of measuring blood alcohol concentration.”
UP TO THE CHALLENGE, FOR CHELSEA: DOCTOR EXPLAINS TRIUMPHS, TERROR OF COVID STRUGGLE
“In a community like Chelsea, with many families in one [housing] unit … With a disease as contagious as this one, isolation is the key.”
WHAT ARE WE MISSING? JOIN US FOR A PANEL ABOUT MEDIA COVERAGE OF POLICE VIOLENCE
What well-documented history is often left out? And why?
ANYWHERE BUT THERE: MEMO REQUIRING SOME STUDENTS TO RETURN TO CAMPUS SPARKS OUTCRY
“There is no care in the way we get this important information and it shows that our work is undervalued by the university.”
SPECIAL PHOTO FEATURE: HELPING COMMUNITIES, HOSPITALITY WORKERS, AND FAMILIES
“We live in the United States of America, and to see how many people have issues with food [is] just unbelievable.”
FOR RESTAURANTS FIGHTING WAY OUT OF PANDEMIC, TAKEOUT COCKTAILS COULD BE HUGE HELP
“It’s very reasonable, it’s very measured, it’s not going to stop anyone from getting their favorite vodka or tequila at the liquor store.”
FOR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED STUDENTS, IT’S TOO RISKY TO RETURN TO SCHOOL
“Our community feels that it is still safest for us to stay in isolation.”