By Jeanne Trubek Many of us have been concerned about nuclear weapons for a long time. Reading Annie Jacobson’s 2024 book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, changed “concerned” to “terrified” and recent events upped it to “panicked”. At each stage we wonder, “is there anything we can do?” Timmon Wallis’s book … Read More

By Janira Skrbkova 11 weeks ago, organizers Laurie and Jared Berezin stood outside the DHS ICE Boston Field Office alone. On July 2, the Maynard couple amassed a crowd of over 200 people — and that metric grows by the week. Bearing Witness at ICE was a grassroots effort born … Read More

By Addey Lilley On June 26th, protestors gathered outside the JFK Federal Building for a “No War in Iran” rally, hosted by MAPA, National Iranian American Council (NIAC), as well as over twenty other local Boston organizations. Over 100 people came to hear a wide range of speakers, from state … Read More

By Grace Cowell The Free Her policy platform, spearheaded by Families for Justice as Healing and the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, consists of four MAPA-supported bills in the state legislature, proposing critical criminal legal reforms to ensure safety and healing for women and families … Read More

by Joseph Gerson This piece was originally published in Common Dreams. War is Not the Answer Ever since Senator Kennedy’s campaign to transform Boston into a nuclear weapons base was defeated 40 years ago, I have had the extraordinary privilege of working with Japanese and other atomic and hydrogen bomb … Read More

By Sam Levine 33-year old democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani’s victory over scandal ridden and disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo paves the way for a future apart from tired Democratic establishment rhetoric, giving Americans hope for the left after the election of Donald Trump. Cuomo was the darling of the corporate … Read More