Community members and leaders consider the causes—and what can be done about it
VIDEO: SOMERVILLE’S ‘CORRIDOR OF DEATH’
Somerville Live Wire — Episode 4 Episode 4 discusses the Somerville “Corridor of Death”—McGrath Highway between Broadway and Route 38/Mystic Ave.—and how community advocates are fighting to make it safer for pedestrians and bikers. Guests: Wig Zamore of Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership and Community Assessment of Freeway Exposures and Health and Arah Schuur of Somerville […]
NOT ALL YOUNG ADULTS ARE RECKLESSLY PARTYING THROUGH COVID-19. MANY ARE PLAYING IT SAFE.
“I’ve been seeing a lot of people I know hanging out with friends, and even sharing food, and it doesn’t seem the wisest to me. I think that the main things people need to understand [is that] this virus is still around, to be careful, and to really get creative with what you do.”
FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART III)
No more manual labor for me, though. That was over, given my damaged vertebrae. This time any temp assignments I took had to make use of my writing, editing, and research skills—which I had developed over the previous few years, despite not having a college degree.
FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART II)
It should go without saying that in the days to come both Belden Electronics and the temp service they used to hire me, Manpower, refused to accept responsibility for my injury.