IndyMass: February 6, 2025
A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
JASON PRAMAS
February 6, 2025
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A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
With her longrunning events now being held in Greater Boston, the psychedelics researcher and advocate discusses what’s important for the movement at this moment
The author and activist discusses his new book, the struggle over technology, and the “enshittification” of social media
When it comes to private companies working with local cops to conduct mass aerial surveillance, Massachusetts is the “wild west”
Fox News “embedding” with ICE agents in Boston was an affront to our nation’s core democratic values
The Emerson College administration put rules in place in response to last year’s campus unrest that some community members say violate their First Amendment rights
A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
The agency’s crime lab needs to extract data from disks that first came on the market in 1996—but what for?
The Bay State’s Transportation Funding Task Force should consider this solution to help fill the MBTA budget gap
Bay State lawmakers file multiple natural medicine-related bills in wake of ballot measure defeat
“At our 2024 Halloween event, the South Asian Workers’ Center celebrated the holiday with a unique twist”
Influential body welcomes first members of color in 30-plus years, plus vets groundbreaking transgender judicial nominee
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