APPARENT HORIZON: CANARY IN A CARBON TRAP
For a growing number of people like me, global warming is already a serious and worsening health threat
INDYMASS: August 22, 2024
A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
NOW ARRIVING: A MAJOR MBTA DOCUMENT DUMP
BINJ receives critical MBTA safety documents after successfully appealing agency’s public records request denial
GOVERNING IN DARKNESS: Part 2
With its hollow rules, ethical dilemmas, and reluctance to address a lack of transparency and other problems, the Governor’s Council has no clothes
SELLING THE SONG OF THE SUMMER
Berklee student Louis De Schouwer is blending shelf-stocking with social media stardom as he trades frat houses for future concert venues
APPARENT HORIZON: NO SURPRISE MASSACHUSETTS HAS A HOUSING CRISIS
Just look at what happened to the former East Cambridge courthouse property (now “40 Thorndike”) …
INDYMASS: August 8, 2024
A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
BOOK REVIEW: ‘MY BRILLIANT FRIEND’
How much of the New York Times’ “Best Novel of the 21st Century” is true to author Elena Ferrante’s life?
AFTER MATTIS
First “emerging adult” parole hearing held in Massachusetts since historic ruling on life without parole for those under 21
RESEARCHING THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL
New series by Jean Trounstine includes original data set on Massachusetts judicial appointments culled from hundreds of paper files