150-plus Advocates testify about “broken” Mass criminal legal system
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REPORT: MORE STUDENT SUPPORT NEEDED TO END SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE
"In Massachusetts, Black and brown students make up 27% of the student body, but 64% of the school-based arrests."
ROUNDUP: CLEAN SWEEPS & SAFE SPACES
From the South End to the South Lawn, lawmakers continue to bungle their opioid response
WHO IS EVERETT’S DIVERSITY COMMISSION ACCOUNTABLE TO? WHAT DOES IT DO?
Community activists and political figures voice disillusionment with body that “has no teeth”
POOR PROTEST COVERAGE SHOWS NEED FOR MASS JOURNALISM COMMISSION
Environmental zap action in front of Gov. Baker’s Swampscott home gets lots of attention with little useful context due to shrinking local press corps
ZONING BOARD OF APPEAL VOTES TO REJECT LUXURY DEVELOPER’S PLAN
The plan, which was met with resident and community member pressure, had been to redevelop immigrant family homes
UC BERKELEY LABOR CENTER REVEALS TRUE WAGE FOR APP BASED WORKERS
After hearing the report, Coalition to Protect Workers' Rights is calling on big tech CEOs to testify before an upcoming legislative committee hearing on their tax-dodging legislation
SPECIAL FEATURE: DESACRALIZED
As more and more former Boston churches are being converted into luxury housing, is the city missing out on potential arts and community spaces?
FROM UMB TO THE US CONGRESS: FIGHT FOR HIGHER ED THAT WORKS FOR ALL!
"Decisions about when and how to reopen campuses, modalities of instruction, class size, tuition, campus services and facilities, staffing levels, and working conditions have been dictated not just by the human needs of those who work or those we serve, but by the bottom-line priorities of upper administrators."
STATE WIRE: AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE HELPS MASS FAMILIES RETURN TO WORK
“It was more importantly that it was out of necessity for them to get back to work.”