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MASS STATE POLICE COMPROMISE HUNDREDS OF OUI CASES. AGAIN.

“This is the dinosaur way of measuring blood alcohol concentration.”

ZACK HUFFMAN July 10, 2020

UP TO THE CHALLENGE, FOR CHELSEA: DOCTOR EXPLAINS TRIUMPHS, TERROR OF COVID STRUGGLE

“In a community like Chelsea, with many families in one [housing] unit … With a disease as contagious as this one, isolation is the key.”

RICH TENORIO July 6, 2020

ANYWHERE BUT THERE: MEMO REQUIRING SOME STUDENTS TO RETURN TO CAMPUS SPARKS OUTCRY

“There is no care in the way we get this important information and it shows that our work is undervalued by the university.”

ALEX SUMAS July 1, 2020

SPECIAL PHOTO FEATURE: HELPING COMMUNITIES, HOSPITALITY WORKERS, AND FAMILIES

“We live in the United States of America, and to see how many people have issues with food [is] just unbelievable.”

KEIKO HIROMI June 29, 2020

FOR RESTAURANTS FIGHTING WAY OUT OF PANDEMIC, TAKEOUT COCKTAILS COULD BE HUGE HELP

“It’s very reasonable, it’s very measured, it’s not going to stop anyone from getting their favorite vodka or tequila at the liquor store.”

ERIC TWARDZIK June 26, 2020

SILENCE STILL EQUALS DEATH: ACT UP FOUNDERS REFLECT ON AIDS ACTIVISM, TALK COVID AND CURRENT PROTESTS

“Anyone who thinks the Black Lives Matter movement is not doing a very good job should pay attention to the astonishing movement in public opinion. Sometimes you have to scream real loud or use a bad word.”

NOAH SCHAFFER June 24, 2020

PROTESTERS DECRY NONPROFIT LAYOFFS; FOUNDERS RESPOND TO CLAIMS OF UNION-BUSTING, RACISM

“I don’t think we’re a racist organization. I just think the power structure, the culture, is made up of people who don’t look like me.”

JANE REGAN June 23, 2020

MASS CONSIDERS LEGISLATION TO AID PRISONERS, ENCOURAGE FAMILY CONTACT

“When COVID first started, I didn’t hear from him. You don’t know what it feels like to not know if your loved one is alive or dead.”

JEAN TROUNSTINE June 22, 2020

IT’S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN POLICE RECORDS IN MASS. WILL THAT EVER CHANGE?

For anybody trying to get public information on police in Mass, there are several stumbling blocks, any number of which stymied USA Today.

MAYA SHAFFER June 20, 2020

RALLY AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY SEEKS TO SEND MOMS TO MINNEAPOLIS FOR MOTHER’S DAY MARCH

“Mothers and families of victims of police violence took the stage to explain the pain inflicted upon them by cops who are supposed to protect them.”

BINJ ONLINE June 20, 2020