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JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL EVENT ABOUT “TECHNICAL PAROLE VIOLATIONS” AND MASS INCARCERATION
How is this adding to mass incarceration and what does this mean during a pandemic?
SILVER DINING PLAYBOOK: GREATER BOSTON RESTAURANT INDUSTRY SURVEY
A survey about life and livelihood in local area bars and restaurants, and what we need to make both of those things a continued possibility
INSIDE THE NO-BID CONTRACTS MASS IS ABOUT TO ENTER FOR COVID SALIVA TESTS
“We are still only a fraction of what Gov. Baker projected where the state should be testing per day per week, we need to be
FRAN SWEENEY’S FIGHT AGAINST FASCISTS IN THE 1940S MIRRORS TODAY’S BATTLE AGAINST BIGOTRY
“The object of The Boston City Reporter [was] to tell the public who is using prejudice against entire races and religions for undemocratic purposes—and how.”
KRAFT GROUP AMONG BUSINESSES SELLING PPE TO MASS W/ NO-BID CONTRACTS
While not all of this spending is coronavirus-related, it’s easy to see how some vendors have found new opportunities with the pandemic.
FOR SOME SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, “IT’S JUST NOT WORKING”
“I feel like as parents we are not being heard enough when it comes to our special needs kids.”
REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTDOOR DINING IN SOMERVILLE RESTAURANTS
The Somerville Licensing Commission seeks the public’s assistance in disseminating the Commission’s requirements for outdoor dining in Somerville restaurants. These requirements are intended to assist
“ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU’RE LIKE A CRIMINAL: ‘WE DON’T WANT YOU HERE'”
Frustrated, some international students distance from US
WILL THE COLUMBUS STATUE RETURN TO BOSTON? WHO WILL DECIDE?
“The park should be a place where everyone feels welcome, not a place where Indigenous people are made to feel uncomfortable, erased and demeaned.”
IS PEER INTERVENTION FOR COPS AN EPIC FAIL IN THE MAKING? A LOOK AT THE NOLA PROGRAM HEADED FOR BOSTON.
“They’re designed to punish a few officers or in some of these cases just to stop them from doing bad things before they get there.”
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