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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 site in New England. The […]

Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners? “Knowledge of the power structure that runs society has made the biggest difference in my life.” John Yang was released from MCI Concord in 2020, and […]

Amid Multiple Crises, MBTA Fields Pitches For New Agency Marketing Campaign “You don’t want to be too rosy but I actually think they can do a better job of highlighting the work they have done.” After paying a politically-connected consulting firm more than $4 million to come up with slogans like “Take the Orange Line. […]

Creating social connections and fostering engagement in communities is a growing challenge that we faced while doing community building work at the South Asian Workers Center- Boston.
A biweekly roundup of articles from the Massachusetts independent press
Examining Abortion Buffer Zones and Freedom of Speech
Speaking with Susan Clare Zalkind about her new book, The Waltham Murders: One Woman's Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy
“How should films consider misogyny? By imbuing their characters with human characteristics.”
New Massachusetts psychedelics group will advocate for equitable access and support Black and Indigenous communities
The home health organization can’t afford to lose more nurses ... but nurses can’t afford to stay
Despite the saturation of competitive indie bookstores in and around the Mass. capital, many are forming alliances and fostering community to keep the local literary culture alive

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