Researching And Remembering The Slaves Who Served In The Continental Army

The Cambridge Historical Commission has identified at least 10 soldiers who were either enslaved or formerly enslaved and may have been from Cambridge, including Cato Boardman and Cato Stedman It has been 250 years since Cambridge’s Cato Boardman and Cato Stedman joined 68 other militiamen on the Lexington Green and faced down 800 British troops […]
For Any Generation, Boston Icon Peter Wolf’s Pocketbook Of Party Stories Can Inspire

“While writing these chapters, I experienced both joy and sadness— the exaltation of rediscovery combined with the realization of [a] profound loss.”
In Trump Era, Even Progressive Cambridge Picks Surveillance Over Civil Liberties

If a city with an ACLU-backed ordinance requiring community control over police surveillance concedes to Big Brother, is there any hope for the rest of us?
Bugs Bunny Is Back At The Brattle

The Cambridge art house’s annual wabbit-themed film festival is running this week
APPARENT HORIZON: NO SURPRISE MASSACHUSETTS HAS A HOUSING CRISIS

Just look at what happened to the former East Cambridge courthouse property (now “40 Thorndike”) …
FOTOBOM: ODDIE, THE ROACHES

Bands ignite angst and soul back to back at the Middle East Upstairs
50 YEARS OF HOMELESS ADVOCACY IN CAMBRIDGE

An interview with First Church Shelter Director Jim Stewart
UNHOUSED STUDENTS

“The instability of housing for families often creates anxiety and a sense of uncertainty.”
RUNNING A SHELTER, BUT VYING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING

“We’re very under-stocked with housing opportunities. Since we had 52 people in the shelter, getting housing for only 12 of them means that there were a lot left out. So we’re in desperate need of additional housing.”
THE WAITING GAME

He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square