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Pandemic Democracy Project

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
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
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
POLINA WHITEHOUSE

FRAGMENTED MASS VACCINATION SITE AND SYSTEM MAKE FOR UNCERTAINTY

The state’s map of vaccination sites is missing several locations. Here’s why.

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POLINA WHITEHOUSE February 15, 2021
JORDAN FRIAS

FROM MASS TESTING TO MASS INOCULATION: A COVID RESPONSE IN THREE SCENES

Jordan Frias has reported on the response to COVID-19 through our Pandemic Democracy Project for nearly a year. Published together below, his three latest dispatches from the field show the movements of public health workers and officials on the ground, as they continue testing for coronavirus and attempt to get as many vaccines into biceps as possible.

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JORDAN FRIAS February 3, 2021
TIBISAY ZEA

NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO GET VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS

“If I haven’t been able to get it for myself, what will this mean for them?”

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TIBISAY ZEA February 2, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DISPATCH FROM THE DISASTROUS DOC HEARING ON ITS SNAIL MAIL OVERHAUL

Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 1, 2021
CHRIS HUES

SHELTER SHOCK

Despite effective short-term measures, long-term homelessness persists in Mass

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CHRIS HUES January 28, 2021
ZACK HUFFMAN

NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

In a COVID winter, it’s harder than ever to find a public bathroom in Boston. What’s the city doing about it?

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ZACK HUFFMAN January 14, 2021
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