By Eddie Mukalazi In June of 2020, I was an 8th grader who had just graduated from middle school. However, rather than accepting my diploma on the big stage, I received it from the window of my mom’s Honda Pilot in the first and only […]
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 […]
By Addey Lilley The residents of Southeastern Massachusetts did not agree to live in a sacrifice zone— but due to unregulated sand and gravel mining throughout the area they’ve been forced to carry significant health and environmental burdens. On Tuesday, June 4th, the Massachusetts state […]
by Rosemary Kean The militarization and lethal force of police departments continues since the police murder of George Floyd on Memorial Day weekend in 2020, which dramatized this situation across the country and around the world. Police killed more than 1,300 people in the U.S. […]
by Grace Cowell On Monday, May 12, indigenous leaders, activists, and allies gathered at the State House for a day of action surrounding the Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda (MILA). The 2025-2026 MILA is composed of five bills: Mascot Bill: An Act Prohibiting the Use of […]
By Grace Cowell As wildfires rage across Southern California, it’s time to give a closer look into the history and roots of systemic racism surrounding a key group on the front lines fighting what have become the most destructive blazes in Los Angeles history: incarcerated […]
by Rev Dr Doe West A Rallying Cry for Gratitude from an Indigenous woman in the US of A, 2024 Scrooge! Grinch! Stakes of holly plunging into hearts across the land! The antithesis of visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads! Arrg! The weeping, the […]
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