How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment There is not much to see or do in Abilene, Kansas. Pulling into a local 24-hour gas station in a bug-splattered pickup earlier this year, I probably fit the profile of the typical visitor. For most, this town of less […]
INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HIGHWAY
How immigrants and working-class people have been impacted by I-93, across the years The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the fourth in a series about how roadways like I-93 and others in East Somerville have […]
INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: THE HISTORY OF I-93’S CONSTRUCTION
The legacy of the roadway goes deep, with a strong push from activists in the 1970s
FINANCE COMMITTEE REFLECTS ON HISTORY OF SOMERVILLE POLICE REFORMS
Defund SPD outlined the City’s past attempts, in the hopes of informing budget decisions.
SPECIAL FOLLOW-UP FEATURE: NUCLEAR FAMILY
For some with personal connections to past mistakes, the consequences of unfettered ingenuity are no more easily ignored than mushroom clouds on the horizon
