Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity

Fund the People, Not the Pentagon

The Prison-Building Boondoggle in Massachusetts

July 23, 2026 Rosemary Kean
The Prison Construction Boondoggle in Massachusetts: Who Suffers and Who Profits from Prison Construction in the Public Sector? Massachusetts has about 200 women incarcerated at MCI Framingham, the state’s only women’s prison. These women are mothers, daughters, and grandmothers and many are old, or sick, […]
Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity

Let’s Get this Done!

June 5, 2026 David Detmold
By David Detmold, Montague It has been six months now since the last meeting of the Massachusetts Seal, Flag and Motto Advisory Commission.  Call me naïve, but has the political will to accomplish this long-awaited change vanished from the statehouse and the governor’s office in […]
Racial Justice and Indigenous Solidarity

Free Her Campaign Takes Action in the State House

July 1, 2025 Grace Cowell
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 […]