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Protest surveillance: What State Police saw from the sky as we spoke against killings by federal agents

by Chris Dwan March 1, 2026

I asked State Police for helicopter flight and mission plans, reports and photographic, video or biometric records captured from protests I went to Jan. 10.

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A new tone at Somerville City Hall

by Chris Dwan February 20, 2026

The first few meetings Somerville City Council of 2026 have been called “chummy,” but budget season seems likely to strain the cordiality.

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Jesse Jackson, a defender for LGBTQ+ rights

by The Rev. Irene Monroe February 20, 2026

Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday, advocated for the LGBTQ+ community – especially Black LGBTQ+ people – at a time we had no one.

Artificial intelligence is coming for us, clearly. Not in the smartest way.

by Marc Levy February 11, 2026

Problems with the technologies lumped together as artificial intelligence are worsened by the lumping.

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Black History Month celebrates a century, and so does its backlash

by The Rev. Irene Monroe February 10, 2026

On the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, Black History Month is a necessary corrective to revisionist history, selective memory and deliberate attempts at erasure.