PHOTO BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN Residents vent on issues related to poverty and affordable housing As a major initiative for 2019, the team at the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ), in collaboration with partners at … [Read more...]
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SORTING IT OUT
PHOTO BY DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN Will Boston set a new regional precedent and finally pay recycling workers a living wage? For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers … [Read more...]
THIS IS U.S.
A community confronts stigmas hurting immigrants in America “In that moment, they said give your son your blessings.” José Oliverio Diaz spoke to audience members at a recent public forum held in Lynn. With a social worker from the Lynn … [Read more...]
JOIN US FOR THE SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SUMMIT
WHEN: SATURDAY, FEB. 16 from Noon to 2pm WHERE: ONCE Somerville Over the last couple of decades, Somerville has started turning into what media researchers call a "news desert"—a municipality lacking enough news outlets to properly cover all … [Read more...]
FAIR HOUSING?
For developers in Boston, it may pay off to blow off inclusionary building requirements It was another condo building rising in Southie. The development at 135 Athens Street/160 West Broadway was approved by city officials in 2014, … [Read more...]