Legislation and Policy

Democracy

War Crimes in an Age of Impunity

April 29, 2026 Abigail Greenblatt
Last week, on Wednesday, April 22, Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist, was targeted and killed by Israeli forces while reporting on an earlier Israeli attack with her colleague Zeinab Faraj. Khalil and Faraj took shelter in a building, where rescue workers tried to reach the […]
Action Report

A Brief History of May Day

April 22, 2026 Jeanne Trubek
by Jeanne Trubek Why did May 1st become International Workers Day throughout the world? It began with a general strike in the United States. The country was experiencing a long economic depression that started in 1873 and continued for 5½ years.  The Great Upheaval – […]
Fund the People, Not the Pentagon

Our Classrooms Are the Cost of War

March 31, 2026 Owen Madaus
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is […]
Legislation and Policy

The PROTECT Act

February 9, 2026 Cambel Shim
The PROTECT Act (HD.5608), or “An act to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents,” is sponsored by Reps. Vargas and Garcia. The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. As the climate surrounding the issue […]