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Join us for our fall fundraiser

Please join The Flipside at 6 p.m. October 15 at District 7 at 380 Warren Street in Roxbury for food, drink (cash bar) and conversation as we celebrate our first 18 months.

by Yawu Miller

October 05, 2026

President Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill into law in this 2025 photo. The law includes a federal voucher program advocates are hoping to adopt in Massachusetts. (White House photo by

Education

States would have no control over federal school voucher program under Treasury guidelines

by Yawu Miller

October 02, 2026

A Boston Police Department surveillance camera mounted on a telephone pole.

Criminal Justice

Council seeks tighter oversight of surveillance technology

by Yawu Miller

October 01, 2026

Criminal Justice

Boston police keeping Council in the dark on surveillance tech

by Yawu Miller

September 23, 2026

Politics

'The results were all over the map': Lots of challengers, few successes in primary

by Yawu Miller

September 08, 2026

Politics

Persis Yu ousts Sen. Mike Rush

by Yawu Miller

September 03, 2026

A police cruiser with blue lights flashing races through the intersection of Warren and Moreland streets in Roxbury.

Will more police make us safer?

by Yawu Miller

August 19, 2026

Nurses wearing purple SEIU t-shirts and carrying signs picket at the Harrison Avenue entrance to Boston Medical Center on July 22. Yawu Miller photo

News

Picketing city nurses, health care workers cite low wages, unsafe staffing levels

by Yawu Miller

August 03, 2026

Blue Mass blues: Local progressives face resistance as socialist candidates win in other states post image

Politics

Blue Mass blues: Local progressives face resistance as socialist candidates win in other states

by Yawu Miller

July 17, 2026

State education officials prepare to move forward with new graduation test post image

Education

State education officials prepare to move forward with new graduation test

by Yawu Miller

July 01, 2026

Police officers put zip tie hand cuffs on Better Budget Alliance member Vikiana Petit Homme as she is taken into custody in the Boston City Council's Iannella Chamber.

Politics

This year's budget battles tested the City Council's authority

by Yawu Miller

June 23, 2026

Roxbury resident Carl Williams, holding a microphone, addressed city officials during a June 11 meeting at the William Devine Clubhouse in Franklin Park.

News

Franklin Park abutters erupt in rage over city's White Stadium plan

by Yawu Miller

June 13, 2026

International

Demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags, leaflets, bullhorns and a trumpet picket in front of the Capital One Cafe on Seaport Boulevard.

International

Activists call for boycott of firms supporting Israel's war machine

by Yawu Miller

March 16, 2026

Protestors holding signs with anti-war slogans march near Park Street Station.

International

Anti-war demonstrators call for halt on US-Israeli Iran attacks

by Yawu Miller

March 03, 2026

Demonstrators march on Congress Street in downtown Boston.

International

Pro-Palestinian activists see shift in attitudes after two years of war

by Yawu Miller

October 06, 2025

Demonstrators protest outside a Capital One bank branch on JFK Street in Harvard Square.

International

Protestors target Capital One's ties to Israeli arms manufacturer

by Yawu Miller

August 11, 2025

Criminal Justice

A Boston Police Department surveillance camera mounted on a telephone pole.

Criminal Justice

Council seeks tighter oversight of surveillance technology

by Yawu Miller

October 01, 2026

(Yawu Miller photo)

Criminal Justice

Boston police keeping Council in the dark on surveillance tech

by Yawu Miller

September 23, 2026

Brookline Police Chief Jennifer Paster addresses Town Meeting members.

Criminal Justice

Brookline votes to bar ICE from town property, study end to federal intelligence sharing

by Yawu Miller

June 02, 2026

Brookline residents want town to stop sharing info. with ICE post image

Criminal Justice

Brookline residents want town to stop sharing info. with ICE

by Yawu Miller

May 22, 2026

Housing

Mimi Ramos, who heads the New England Community Project, speaks on a microphone in front of rent control supporters holding signs in front of the State House Tuesday.

Housing

Housing advocates press Legislature to act on rent control

by Yawu Miller

April 08, 2026

Rendering of proposed 45 Townsend Street building shows yellow-brick building, pedestrians and cars on tree-lined street.

Housing

City says 'no' to more parking for Roxbury development

by Yawu Miller

April 01, 2026

Architect's rendering of the One Waverly affordable housing development on Warren and Waverly streets in Roxbury.

Housing

Cruz Development’s One Waverly project secures state funding

by Contributor

March 30, 2026

District 7 City Councilor-elect Miniard Culpepper addresses reporters at City Hall.

Housing

City is not in violation of Fair Housing Laws, activists say

by Yawu Miller

December 23, 2025

Politics

Attorney and consumer advocate Persis Yu stands with supporters outside the Holy Name Parish polling location in West Roxbury. Yu defeated incumbent Sen. Michael Rush in the Tuesday primary.

Politics

'The results were all over the map': Lots of challengers, few successes in primary

by Yawu Miller

September 08, 2026

Attorney Persis Yu addresses suppoters at The Substation in Roslindale Square.

Politics

Persis Yu ousts Sen. Mike Rush

by Yawu Miller

September 03, 2026

Blue Mass blues: Local progressives face resistance as socialist candidates win in other states post image

Politics

Blue Mass blues: Local progressives face resistance as socialist candidates win in other states

by Yawu Miller

July 17, 2026

Police officers put zip tie hand cuffs on Better Budget Alliance member Vikiana Petit Homme as she is taken into custody in the Boston City Council's Iannella Chamber.

Politics

This year's budget battles tested the City Council's authority

by Yawu Miller

June 23, 2026

News

Nurses wearing purple SEIU t-shirts and carrying signs picket at the Harrison Avenue entrance to Boston Medical Center on July 22. Yawu Miller photo

News

Picketing city nurses, health care workers cite low wages, unsafe staffing levels

by Yawu Miller

August 03, 2026

Roxbury resident Carl Williams, holding a microphone, addressed city officials during a June 11 meeting at the William Devine Clubhouse in Franklin Park.

News

Franklin Park abutters erupt in rage over city's White Stadium plan

by Yawu Miller

June 13, 2026

Franklin Park Defenders Louis Elisa and Patricia Andrade lead a tour of the area around White Stadium while Melissa Hamel talks to reporters.

News

Franklin Park Defenders outline complaints ahead of April 8 court date

by Yawu Miller

April 03, 2026

Seated with other community members, Franklin Park abutter Priscilla Andrade testifies during a City Council hearing on the leasing of White Stadium to a women’s professional soccer team.

News

Community members express ire over city's White Stadium plans

by Yawu Miller

March 19, 2026

Inequality

Foundations are poured for the White Stadium construction project seen through a chain-link fence.

Inequality

City taps few minority contractors for White Stadium project

by Yawu Miller

May 18, 2026

A worshiper in the audience raises her arm while a worshiper at the pulpit leads congregants in song at the 12th Baptist Church in Roxbury.

Inequality

Black History Month celebrations in a time of erasure

by Contributor

February 26, 2026

A still image from the documentary Removed: Black Erasure in Boston showing Orange Line trains against the Boston skyline.

Inequality

Are Black Bostonians being erased?

by Yawu Miller

December 08, 2025

A Black man heads south west in the pedestrian crossing at Washington and Lenox streets while an Asian woman jogs in a northeast direction.

Inequality

Studies suggest race bias could be driving disparities in pedestrian injuries, fatalities

by Contributor

October 27, 2025