College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners?
Unlocking Higher Education: Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars
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THE NEW CRYSTAL BALLROOM IS KEEPING SOMERVILLE THEATER ALIVE
Catching up with Somerville's new, much-needed live performance venue and function space
ANTIMAN: EMERSON PROF RAJIV MOHABIR’S “HYBRID MEMOIR”
“I tried to reclaim power in that story of being outed and that word from people in my community.”
COLLEGE STUDENTS WRESTLE WITH ADMIN OVER PANDEMIC SPRING BREAK
“What is leading to some of the stress is the fact that not only is school stressful, but you have all these extra hoops to jump through and there’s no end in sight.”
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WOULD STRUGGLE UNDER PROPOSED DHS RULES
Orwellian runaround
RIP MOSES SHUMOW, WHO BUILT BRIDGES BETWEEN STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY
Put in simple terms, he was an awesome guy with a great attitude, and we looked forward to collaborating with him this semester.
CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED
After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)
Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality
PROPOSED STATE JOURNALISM COMMISSION NEEDS BROADER MEMBERSHIP
THE BOYS’ CLUB: WOMEN, FILM CRITICISM, AND THE FIGHT FOR VISIBILITY, ON SCREEN AND OFF
“I was either a student, or very young reporter or critic, and I could see I was maybe one of two, or one of three women, [and] one of the only women of color."
CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL: A MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMONWEALTH CAPER FIT FOR STEPHEN KING
"The Gardner heist happened while I was in school here, though. I was going to completely fictionalize it—make up the name of the museum, and the paintings and everything—and then I just thought to pull it out the ’90s and stick it in the ’40s, when security would have been even worse since they didn’t have cameras."
THE ART WORLD LOST SOME LIGHT: A COMMUNITY REMEMBERS ROBERT TODD
On Friday, Aug 17, I went on Facebook and saw former colleagues, classmates, and friends from the Boston film community and Emerson College frantically posting a missing poster of prolific experimental filmmaker and Emerson College professor Robert Todd.
GUEST OPINION: IT’S TIME TO CONFRONT THE POWER IMBALANCE AT EMERSON
"Emerson has an opportunity to lead on issues of gender equity through a good first contract. Unfortunately, the administration is insisting on a compensation plan that still includes merit pay as a significant portion of possible raises, doled out at the discretion of a supervisor."
THIS UKULELE PLAYER VISITED ALL 351 CITIES AND TOWNS IN MASS TO MAKE THIS SONG, AND IT WAS WORTH IT
I wanted to go to all the towns that were nothing more than a name to me to see what they were really like. I wanted to see how communities and landscapes varied around the state. I essentially just wanted to have a better understanding of the area I grew up in.
TRACK REVIEW: PASSION PIT – “SOMEWHERE UP THERE”
The Boston-bred electropop group return with a brand new single featuring frontman Michael Angelakos’ own mom.
‘NO MORE THAN FOUR’ NO MORE
Focusing on overcrowding in this arguably discriminatory fashion hurts students who can hardly afford rent to begin with
GRIDDLE ME THIS: GRIDDLER’S BURGERS & DOGS AIMS TO BE INSTITUTION OF FUN
“We want to be an institution,” he says. “Not just a chain.”
WRIGHT STUFF: COMEDY LEGEND STEVEN WRIGHT ON LOUIS C.K., LAUGHING, AND DREADING BOSTON2024
On the prospect of the a 2024 Boston Summer Olympics: "It's like really really expensive vandalism."
