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Millions In Opioid Settlement Funds Are Still Sitting Idle In Mass Municipalities

The state tried to withhold information on how cities and towns are spending opioid remediation dollars. From non-spenders to funding of police, here’s what the data shows.

JONATHAN GERHARDSON February 11, 2026

Demand For Low-Income Fuel Assistance Continues To Skyrocket

BOSTON – It’s effortless for Everett resident Luke Charles Farrell to recall the exact day his basketball career at the University of Alabama came to a halt. On Dec. 15, 1996, Farrell lost vision in his left eye when a fellow athlete elbowed Farrell’s face while attempting a slam dunk.

ALEXA MADDI December 27, 2025

Mass Indie Comic Expo Keeps Comics Trans, Black, and Educated

BOSTON – The Boston Comic Arts Foundation hosted its 16th Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo on Dec. 6 and 7 at Boston University featuring over 200 artists and writers, as well as several special guests. Jules Zuckerberg, an illustrator, cartoonist and zinemaker, tabled at MICE for the first time after spending

MATTEA ORTIZ December 18, 2025

Josh Safdie Defends Film School, Sort Of

BOSTON – “Nobody wants your films to exist,” Boston University alumnus Josh Safdie told an auditorium filled with BU film students Friday afternoon. Ahead of the Coolidge Corner premiere of his new film “Marty Supreme,” Safdie returned to the BU campus for a conversation moderated by the Chair of the

CELINE HIJAZI December 18, 2025

‘The Earth Is Really Hurting, And We Can Do Something About It.’

BOSTON – The specter of silent, red-robed figures walking around Long Wharf, faces a ghostly white, stunned Gwendolen Noyes, her hands outstretched in agony. “I was thunderstruck … they just hit me, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” said Noyes, a housing engineer who lives in Cambridge.

CHELSEA PLUNKETT December 18, 2025

How Boston Organizations Are Choosing Human Connection Over AI

BOSTON – Whether you watch the morning news, mindlessly scroll on your phone during your commute or check in on LinkedIn, nearly everyone is surrounded by AI discourse, and there’s good reason for it. Generative artificial intelligence is quickly becoming one of the largest influences on pop culture and unexpectedly,

NIRVANA RAGLAND December 4, 2025

A Few Points On Strategy For Left Activists At Boston University

Last week, when I suggested that the best way for anyone appalled by the actions of the conservative Boston University student I dubbed “the BU Snitch” to combat right-wing anti-immigrant views is to help organize a strong left wing, I was encouraging people to work hard to win political battles

JASON PRAMAS November 20, 2025

Knights Of The Wicked Dark Ages

Medieval beatdowns with Boston’s North Horde, the region’s fearless armored combat and steel fighting paladins

NATE HOMAN November 19, 2025

Colleen AF Venable, Tana Ford, and Katie Armour talk Cats in Comic Books. Photo by Mattea Ortiz.

Creators Talk Cats In Comic Books

BOSTON – The Boston Comic Arts Foundation hosted its most recent session of Picture + Panel on Nov. 3, with comic artist, Tana Ford, conversing with comic writer Colleen AF Venable about cats in comic books at the Boston Figurative Arts Center. The panel was moderated by Katie Armour, the

MATTEA ORTIZ November 13, 2025

A Cup Of Mortality And A Slice Of Chocolate Cake

BOSTON – Diane Barylick, 71, is currently planning her own funeral—a fact that she shared with the 14 people gathered for a Death Cafe at Fenway Community Center on Sept. 28. Barylick wants to have her funeral at her home, be wrapped in dark green velvet (for her birthstone), and

AVA BELCHEZ November 6, 2025