justice Archives

Another Call For An Immediate Gaza Ceasefire

Together with the complete withdrawal of all Israeli military forces from that Palestinian territory and the immediate resumption of all international humanitarian aid programs there

JASON PRAMAS July 31, 2025

Boston University student anti-apartheid protestors in 1986. Photo of 2010 scan of a page from the April 30, 1986 edition of the Daily Free Press by Jason Pramas. Original Daily Free Press photo by Paul Callard.

BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus

And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986 Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and

JASON PRAMAS March 14, 2023

ADDRESSING WAGE THEFT IN SOMERVILLE

How can we continue to combat this persistent problem? (Somerville Wire) – The problem of wage theft in Somerville has persisted long enough that in late 2019, the City Council passed a new Wage Theft Ordinance. This law also created a Wage Theft Advisory Board, a group that has given

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN February 1, 2022

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: TO TEAR DOWN A HIGHWAY

Image by Utile Design Pols and advocates discuss what it could mean to take down the McGrath overpass The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the last in a series about

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 21, 2021

JUSTICE FOR FLAVIA PRODUCES NEW MODEL MOU FOR SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS

The document causes officials and community members to ask, what should the role of police be in schools? (Somerville Wire) – Justice for Flavia, an organization that was established in the aftermath of a case where Somerville Public Schools called police on a 6-year-old boy, released a model MOU for

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 14, 2021

SOMERVILLE MAY CREATE A RESTITUTION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS INJUSTICES UNDER THE WAR ON DRUGS

Previously incarcerated people would get financial support from cannabis sales

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN September 28, 2021

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: ARE MASSDOT’S SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ENOUGH?

This past June, MassDOT announced that it would address safety concerns connected to East Somerville’s highways

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 17, 2021

"Clear legal basis needed to combat violence against women" by European Parliament is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 3 — APRIL 16, 2021

Responding to a state of emergency for women in Somerville

SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF April 16, 2021

"Somerville Police are on hand" by -nanio- is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE – EPISODE 2 – APRIL 9, 2021

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, Somerville is working to reimagine public safety in the city Welcome to the second episode of the Weekly Wire—the Somerville News Garden’s new audio roundup of highlights from this week’s articles in the Somerville Wire news service. Our focus for April

SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF April 9, 2021

"Prospect Hill Tower - 3/4 Angle" by Eric Kilby is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE – EPISODE 1 – APRIL 2, 2021

Listen to the new podcast from the Somerville Wire

SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF April 2, 2021