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Massachusetts

EMILIA PEREZ

MERRIMACK RECAP: THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONDER

“People of means were certainly able to take care of themselves better.” This interview with Andover Director of Public Health Thomas Carbone (excerpted and edited below for clarity) is part of a Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism series retracing the Merrimack Valley gas explosions five years after the tragedy shook

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EMILIA PEREZ September 13, 2023
Collage by Jason Pramas for HorizonMass
TAYLOR BROKESH

NOT ZERO BY 2050

Mass climate scientists, advocates say current state carbon emission target is too high to prevent catastrophe

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TAYLOR BROKESH September 5, 2023
JP Cohousing's courtyard. Photo by Lindsay Shachnow. Copyright 2023 Lindsay Shachnow.
LINDSAY SHACHNOW

THE COHOUSING ALTERNATIVE

An intentional community-based approach to housing

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LINDSAY SHACHNOW August 22, 2023
JASON PRAMAS

BINJ LAUNCHES HORIZONMASS, NEW STATEWIDE NEWS OUTLET

Digital publication run by interns, freelancers, and staff—friends old and new

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JASON PRAMAS August 17, 2023
Line for the ManRay reopening. Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian. Copyright 2023 Derek Kouyoumjian.
JULIA NORKUS

‘LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE’

How a revived club, ManRay, remains a champion for the underdogs

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JULIA NORKUS August 11, 2023
Protestors cheer at June 15, 2023 indigenous rights rally in front of the Mass State House as Jean-Luc Pierite gives a speech. Photo by Yaakov Aldrich. Copyright 2023 Yaakov Aldrich.
YAAKOV ALDRICH

MASS ACTIVISTS AND LAWMAKERS RALLY AROUND INDIGENOUS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

The raft of five bills is years in the making, and has revitalized community advocacy despite facing an uphill battle in the State House

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YAAKOV ALDRICH August 3, 2023
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DANCING ON BANANA PEELS

Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts “I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got out of prison.” Khalid Mustafa attempted what many considered unthinkable: he tried to sue the Massachusetts Parole Board. Specifically, Mustafa took legal action against the body for decisions under former

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JEAN TROUNSTINE May 17, 2023
JON LAMSON

THE AFTERMATH

Addressing February’s Clean Harbors Chemical Fire State’s response follows long history of environmental injustice around the Fore River Basin On the evening of Feb. 16 earlier this year, a tractor trailer filled with paints, epoxies, oil filters, and other flammable liquids spontaneously ignited at Clean Harbors, the largest waste disposal

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JON LAMSON April 4, 2023
JON LAMSON

A MASSACHUSETTS FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING REVIEW

As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill As gas prices and heating costs skyrocket across Massachusetts, fossil fuel producers and providers are spending hundreds of thousands to promote their political agendas to state officials and lawmakers. The state’s five for-profit utilities, which function as

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JON LAMSON February 28, 2023
JEAN TROUNSTINE

WILL RACE MATTER …

As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-Year-Olds? “Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.” A potential history-making hearing was held before the seven justices at the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on Feb. 6, as

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 14, 2023
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