How Cambridge can put public need before private greed
A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.
As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ...
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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.
As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ... read more
Written by HALEY HAMILTON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Has the city’s complicated, problematic, and historically corrupt liquor licensing process guaranteed that Boston will never have a normal or equitable social life? Could lifting the cap on the number of licenses fix it?
Written by HALEY HAMILTON Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction
Boston’s liquor licensing quota was born out of elitism and has fostered a poisonous disparity over the past century. Can lifting the cap break the cycle?