“When you’re riding the wave, it all seems to go away and you’re just really connected with the ocean and the nature and the elements.”
Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride
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State Wire: Public Supports Changes To High-Stakes Testing For Mass Students
"The score ... is simply a measure of who is a good test taker."
State Wire: White Supremacist Gatherings, Incidents Hit All-Time High In New England
"If your community instead comes out and said, 'we are with you, we see you', that's a really powerful message."
State Wire: Protests, Construction Continue at East Boston Substation
"It has never been about our community. It has never been about what we need or want."
BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus
And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986
Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and is giving a talk about him at BU today.
Her article paints a picture ...
State Wire: Efforts Underway To Formalize COVID-19 Remembrance Day In Mass
"We can't prevent what we're unwilling to acknowledge."
State Wire: Bills Aim To Restore Vote For People Incarcerated For Felony Convictions
"We need a criminal legal system that is grounded in rehabilitation."
The Extent Of The Commonwealth’s War On Flavored Tobacco
State report highlights seizures in booming illicit market, quantifies revenue loss
State Wire: New England Coordinates Regional Response To Climate Change
"We're seeing changes in the frequency, in the destructiveness, even in where disasters are occurring."
As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill
A Massachusetts fossil fuel lobbying review
As gas prices and heating costs skyrocket across Massachusetts, fossil fuel producers and providers are spending hundreds of thousands to promote their political agendas to state officials and lawmakers.
The state’s five for-profit utilities, which function as regulated ...
Photo Dispatch: “Ukraine Day” Rally In Boston’s Copley Square
Several hundred people gathered in Copley Square on Sunday to recognize the one-year anniversary of Russian troops entering Ukrainian territory in 2022
State Wire: EPA Encouraged To Strengthen Air-Quality Standards For Soot
"Everyone has a right to breathing clean air."
Mass ‘Baby Bonds’ Bill Aims To Close Racial Wealth Gap
"This is good for everybody, because it ultimately creates a stronger economy within our state."
As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-year-olds, Will Race Matter?
“Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.”
State Wire: Affordability Limits MA’s Higher-Ed Attainment Goals
"As one of the wealthiest states in our nation, there's definitely some glaring and growing gaps ... "
Guest Opinion: The Black Man, Police Brutality, And Tyre Nichols In 2023
What systems are in place to stop executions of Black people by way of ignorance, hate, jealousy, outright savagery, and police brutality?
State Wire: Mass Lawmakers Press For Federal Childcare Relief Legislation
"Just like our roads and bridges, just like our airports and railroads, child care is essential to a healthy, inclusive economy."
So Much For Contracts: State Report Blasts MBTA Contractor
Company hired to run Transit Police dispatch service under-delivered, charged extra, and kept inadequate records, according to inspector general's report
State Wire: Bill To Expand Tax Credits Draws On Children’s Health Data
"It's about taking care of kids and making sure they have adequate nutrition"
State Wire: Mass Legislation Aims To Improve Language Access For All
"We have a commitment to make sure that Massachusetts speaks as loud as it can to make sure that everybody is represented."
State Wire: Mass Launches Free Legal Advice Hotline Regarding Abortion Care
"It is about the right to parent a child in a safe and healthy community."
State Wire: Mass Bill Would Tighten Restrictions On Facial Recognition Technology
"The police can use the technology to help them solve very serious crimes."
Mass Higher Ed Advocates Urge More Investment In Students
“A college degree is one of the best ways to help a student from a low-income background become economically stable.”
Guest Opinion: Promoting Metal Detectors In BPS Perpetuates Dangerous Narrative
When these factors are not explicitly named and acknowledged, one demonstrates a gap in understanding that racism perpetuates disproportionate outcomes for Black and Brown populations.
State Wire: Mass Leads Nation In ‘Green’ Building Development
"We're thinking about reimagining our system in a way that creates healthy, resilient and vibrant communities."
State Wire: Mass Advocates Of Higher Ed Set Goals For Fair Share Revenue
"This new funding revenue hopefully gives us the chance to be innovative and think outside the box."
Does Massachusetts Underestimate Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Shortcomings in the state’s greenhouse gas inventory pose issues for energy planning
State Wire: The Legacy Of MLK’s Dream Of Economic Justice In Mass
"People are living in the state of almost constant, precarious insecurity."
Will Tablets Increase Returning Citizen Success, Or Be Another Way To Exploit Inmates?
The corrections system is not known for innovation, but the use of tablets could be a game changer
A New Beginning For Formerly Incarcerated Women
“Stepping into this house made me feel better … She has a way of transforming pain into passion.”
