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LABOR ACTION IN LYNN
Union and community activists respond to work accident at luxury development site
On June 19, a diverse group of 50 people, union members and community allies together, entered a Transformative Transit Oriented Development meeting in Lynn. They marched into the Lynn Museum in silence, carrying signs linking safe working conditions, affordable ...
SPECIAL FEATURE: HAMPDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM
Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities
SPECIAL FEATURE: MORE DYSFUNCTION THAN DIVERSITY
Who oversees parole in Mass? What motivates decisions? Does the outcome help the Commonwealth? Will the addition of another career prosecutor tilt the Mass parole board away from second chances?
THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT
On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”
The patriotic season is upon us. With it comes the arrival of the 2020 presidential race—far too early, in my estimation. Which in turn tends to generate conservative political ripples all the way down to the local level in the service of “winning” ...
FREEDOM TO REPORT: IMMIGRANT ABUSE SURVIVORS ADVOCATE FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES ACT
“A lot of people pay attention to the border, but you don’t have to look at just the border to see families being separated,” Miranda said. “We need Massachusetts residents to wake up and understand that separating and fear is being handed out right here.”
RECYCLING FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO
Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting
THE KID FROM HAVERHILL
Andy Vargas, the first Latino state rep from Haverhill, aims to be the kind of elected role model he couldn’t find as a kid
EDITORIAL: THE ARTS SPEECH
ROE IN MASS: HEARING CHOICES
Abortion advocates and adversaries crowd hallways on Beacon Hill