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DAN ATKINSON

MASS SPENT MILLIONS ON COVID CONSULTANTS TO RATIONALIZE LETTING EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRE

Documents obtained from state show contractors misrepresented expert predictions, saw sunshine around every corner

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DAN ATKINSON July 12, 2021
DANIEL DEFRAIA

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: INSCRUTABLE SCHOOLS

How bureaucratic dysfunction prevents a reckoning with physical student restraint in Boston Public Schools 

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DANIEL DEFRAIA July 5, 2021
JASON PUGATCH

DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE: COVID-19 IN MASSACHUSETTS PRISONS

A documentary about the impact that a lack of effective pandemic protocol has had on the Bay State

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JASON PUGATCH June 22, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

ELDER ABUSE: INSIGHTS INTO THE UNDERRECOGNIZED PANDEMIC

One in ten elders lead troubled lives, but the issue is not commonly disclosed.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 15, 2021
DAN ATKINSON

MORE MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR NO-BID COVID CONTRACTS FOR MASSACHUSETTS

Tasks have included advising on vaxx rollout and making a “playbook” for “high-risk” communities

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DAN ATKINSON May 5, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

SPECIAL FEATURE: A YEAR OF DISASTER AT OLD COLONY

“People call saying, “I just can’t bear it.” “The walls are closing in on me; I can’t talk to my family; I’ve lost it.”

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JEAN TROUNSTINE May 3, 2021
JULIET ISSELBACHER

SPECIAL FEATURE ON PSYCHEDELIC DECRIMINALIZATION IN MASS

You’re not hallucinating—there is actually agreement and momentum toward psychedelic decriminalization in Mass. (Somerville Wire) – “There was very rarely a day that I would go without being in a tremendous amount of pain,” Jennifer Stell said, describing the cluster headaches that began to strike when she was just eight

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JULIET ISSELBACHER March 10, 2021
JULIET ISSELBACHER

PSYCHEDELIC SYNERGY

You’re not hallucinating—there is actually agreement and momentum toward psychedelic decriminalization in Mass.

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JULIET ISSELBACHER March 9, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

REPORT: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTED TO “OTHER DEATH PENALTY”

New report shows 1/6 of women in Mass prisons sentenced to life without parole.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 24, 2021
DAKOTA ANTELMAN

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE COMMITMENTS

Some who are civilly committed for addiction in Mass face abusive prison conditions. Still, some families say it’s better than the alternative

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DAKOTA ANTELMAN February 11, 2021
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