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Dancing On Banana Peels: Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted May 17, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got out of prison.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, criminal justice reform, Massachusetts, parole, Parole Board, prisons, Suffolk Superior

Family Of Woman Killed By Commuter Rail Sues MBTA For Crash Records

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted May 4, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T

There are many stories about people getting hurt and killed by trains. This one’s about what their families may endure in the pursuit of answers and justice

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, The T Tagged With: Beacon Hill, commuter rail, Keolis, killed, Massachusetts, MBTA, T, transit, Wilmington

Opinion: Act Now to Keep Masks in Healthcare, Virtual Phone Bank Slated for April 20

Written by MARY JIRMANUS SABA Posted April 19, 2023 Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed

A collection of medical masks. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

On Thursday April 20, 1-2 p.m. MACHE will host a phone bank via Zoom: Together participants will call healthcare companies and elected officials, to keep masks in MA healthcare—with the message that masks are a cornerstone of infection control, and that equitable access to all healthcare settings for all residents must be maintained.

Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed Tagged With: Activism, advocacy, call to action, coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Healthcare, Mary Jirmanus Saba, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity, opinion

The (Massachusetts Taxpayer-Funded) Finer Things Club 

Written by COLMAN HERMAN Posted April 18, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How state officials enjoy everything from dinner to satellite radio to a pricey home desk chair on your dime

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Massachusetts, news, Politics

Addressing The Aftermath Of February’s Clean Harbors Chemical Fire

Written by JON LAMSON Posted April 4, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

State’s response follows long history of environmental injustice around the Fore River Basin

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Braintree, Clean harbors, Environment, fire, Fore River Basin, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, news, Quincy, south shore, Weymouth

Surf’s Upcycled: Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride

Written by DELAINEY LAHOOD-BURNS Posted March 20, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“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.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: conservation, Environment, Massachusetts, ocean, pollution, surfing, Surfriders

Opinion: Failed American Dream

Written by JYOTI SINHA AND GOWRI VIJAYAKUMAR Posted March 8, 2023 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Photo courtesy of the South Asian Workers' Center

South Asian Workers’ Center activists call for “a different way of imagining justice” in the wake of CPD killing of Sayed Arif Faisal

Seven years ago, Sayed Arif Faisal immigrated to Somerville from Chittagong in Bangladesh. While he studied computer science at UMass Boston, he worked at CVS. His mother worked at Dunkin Donuts, and his father traveled back and forth to Bangladesh for his job.

On Jan 4, 2023, Arif was in ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Bangladeshi community, Cambridge, Cambridge Police Department, criticism, Massachusetts, opinion, police violence, South Asian Workers' Center

As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill

Written by JON LAMSON Posted February 28, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Environment, Eversource, fossil fuels, heating costs, Massachusetts, pollution

New Drop: Joy Bombs Candy-Coated Fruit Chews

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 1, 2023 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

Strawberry + lemon + fruit punch + grape + THC

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: edibles, manufacturing, Massachusetts, North Shore

New Drop: The Botanist Fast-Acting Gummies

Written by TALKING JOINTS MEMO Posted February 1, 2023 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

Dear passengers, takeoff will come much sooner than usual

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: edibles, manufacturing, Massachusetts

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