Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN AN AGE OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS
IMAGE: Jason Pramas and Amy Carter at the “Northampton 15” CIA Off Campus Trial in Northampton, MA on April 8, 1987. Stills from WGBH archival video, courtesy of the Boston TV News Digital Library. This week, a reminder that politics is not a spectator sport. I was listening to a recent Noam Chomsky appearance on […]
DILAPI-DAVIS SQUARE
Somerville residents squawk about the state of infrastructure, deteriorating public art
SANCTUARY STATUS
The eerily familiar tale of Shadrach Minkins and the centuries-old federal threat to our Commonwealth
THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART II
AG Healey should form independent commission to investigate the failed agreement Last week in the first installment of this two-part column, I ran through the many problems with the January 2016 deal between General Electric, the city of Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that has now collapsed for all intents and purposes. At […]