by Craig Simpson Indigenous Peoples Day has become one of the busiest times of the year, as Indigenous activists work toward the end of the celebration of colonialist and mass murder Cristobal Colon. More and more people are learning that this navigator in the late […]
By Hayat Imam Fear turned to relief when my friend’s son, a teacher in Maui, sent a Facebook message: he was safe. I was particularly distressed by this situation as I had known him since he was a little boy, but also because my friend […]
By Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean Thousands of public high schools students are enrolled without their consent in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) classes taught by military veterans, according to a recent New York Times investigation. JROTC enrollment data from more than 200 public […]
Racial Justice/ Indigenous Soliarity Working Group Decarceration, Support Building Thriving Communities White supremacy and settler colonialism are entrenched in the US. Our criminal-legal system embodies racism, including high rates of incarceration for Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. We follow the lead of activists rooted in […]
Massachusetts Peace Action sends our love and Solidarity to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with the loss of their beloved Chief Vernon “Silent Drum” Lopez, who died on April 3, 2023. Chief Lopez was a 100 year old elder who has led the tribe for many […]
by Hayat Imam As a Bangladeshi American, I am still reeling from this tragedy in our community. The officer involved shooting death of a young man of 20 will have irreparable consequences. His parents, who took the chance to emigrate to the USA just a […]
by Jackie King Three weeks after the police killing of a young Bangladeshi man who was experiencing a mental health crisis in a Cambridge neighborhood, an outpouring of community grief and outrage has continued to roil the city. Hundreds of people have attended rallies, city […]
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