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Beyond Boston: Fighting Poverty And Prison With College In Worcester

Prison education in Massachusetts: Inside Clark University’s program to leverage education’s proven power to cut recidivism

JEAN TROUNSTINE November 4, 2025

Gun Violence Prevention Grant Puts Opioid Settlement Funds Back In Communities

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office is spending its settlement funds from the consulting giant McKinsey on nonprofits working on gun violence prevention, urban farming, and food access

JACOB SCHLES November 2, 2025

Hard Lessons From The Failed Campaign To Regulate Psychedelics In Massachusetts

Under-trained staff and mixed messaging: Why Massachusetts’ historic psychedelics bill collapsed

NOAH DALY AND JACK GORSLINE October 16, 2025

How MassArt’s Divestment Organizing ‘Met An Edge’

Efforts to enforce a late 2024 divestment policy stalled, leading to a fateful two minutes when a student protest entered a building

JACOB SCHLES October 16, 2025

No Opioid Settlement Funds Going To Massachusetts Prisons

The commonwealth will receive more than a billion dollars for opioid remediation—none of it is for the state’s most vulnerable drug-dependent population

CHRIS FARAONE October 7, 2025

This Company Paid Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Funds, And Has Had Millions In State Contracts Since

The consulting giant McKinsey continued its work advising Mass on healthcare and other matters after paying for “illegal and dangerous partnership with Purdue Pharma”

JACOB SCHLES September 21, 2025

The Battle Over The Newest Member Of The Massachusetts Parole Board

Will former chief parole supervisor Angelo Gomez help or hurt the overburdened board? Some say he is “the right man” and dedicated to “support not surveillance.” Others question his priorities.

JEAN TROUNSTINE July 31, 2025

Has The Inhumane And Costly Massachusetts Prison Health Care System Improved Under New Management?

The state’s last prison health care contract brought despair and congressional scrutiny. Our investigation indicates that the new vendor is off to a troubling start.

ELIZA DEWEY July 10, 2025

“Ain’t Nobody Helping Me.” More Calls For Reforms To Massachusetts Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law

Legal advocates have said the Massachusetts system for compensating victims of wrongful convictions is unfair. Here’s their plan to fix it.

ANDREW QUEMERE July 2, 2025

Whistleblowers Claim 2024 Psychedelics Ballot Initiative Violated Campaign Finance Laws

Two staffers of the Yes on 4 psychedelics ballot initiative in Massachusetts filed complaints alleging violations of campaign finance law.

JACK GORSLINE June 18, 2025