While differences in experience, race, gender, and class separated the speakers, as well as the people marching in Boston, the emerging call was for people to vault their differences and show up for each other.
Beacon Hill
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
The animal rights group PETA is set to argue an important case that will determine the limits of the so-called public safety exemption to the public records law
GUEST OP-ED: THEY CAN’T BREATHE
On exploitation and asbestos (plus solutions)
HARD DRUG TRUTHS: END MANDATORY MINIMUM DRUG SENTENCES
Street sales of Oxy and the resulting spike in heroin sales led to a whole new wave of nonviolent offenders sent to prison for years with mandatory minimum sentences.
GRUDGE WAR: MASS CONTINUES PERSECUTION OF CANNABIS DOC IN THE LEGALIZATION ERA
GRUDGE WAR: MASS CONTINUES PERSECUTION OF CANNABIS DOC IN THE LEGALIZATION ERA
BROKEN RECORDS: KAFKACHUSETTS
Mass AG shows just how useless public info laws are, but change is possible
75 CHESTNUT
Let’s face it—while the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston is about as charming and picturesque an area as you will find in a major city, it really isn’t a destination spot for dining.
THE FIGHT FOR $15 CONTINUES (WHETHER YOU’RE WATCHING OR NOT)
“I am fighting for a decent paycheck. I never thought I would be in the streets protesting, but I can’t survive on what I make now.”
THREAT LEVEL: HYPOTHETICAL
It was a standard public information request … until the state set up a maze to block one intrepid reporter’s access to records
VICTORY DANCE IN THE GATHERING GLOOM
for those in Massachusetts, legal pot may be more imperiled here in the state than on the federal level.