What I heard from a city councillor and others was that the lives and safety of people like me and my children mattered less than other lives.
Cambridge politics
Cambridge votes 5-4 for order to divest money from businesses involved with Israel’s actions against Palestinians
Debate was over the thorny issues of singling out Israel even as other nations committed atrocities too, and whether that inflamed antisemitism, including in Cambridge.
Police unions in Cambridge oppose orders around divestment amid Middle East violence
Although the proposed ordinance provides exceptions for essential purchases, those provisions do not eliminate our concerns.
Cambridge and its residents need one standard for human rights
Cambridge should not target one country – Israel – and call it principle. We propose a harder standard than the one before us, but a better one.
After six hours of public comment, Cambridge divestment orders are delayed to a special meeting
A City Council decision on divesting Cambridge from businesses seen as intertwined with Israel was delayed Tuesday to be taken up in a special meeting before Nov. 2.
Cambridge meetings, Sept. 14-21: A half-million dollars to make up for federal cuts to food aid (corrected)
Take part in meetings on handling growing hunger, the Healthpeak neighborhood project and changes to the city's multifamily zoning ordinance.
Cambridge is again covered by ShotSpotter gunfire tech, police say
Cambridge’s ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system is operational across all previously covered parts of the city as of Monday, police said.
ShotSpotter gunfire tech is restored for 90 days as Cambridge turns to new ‘resident assembly’ for answers
The gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter will be restored for 90 days while city manager Yi-An Huang brings the question of a permanent return to residents.
A ShotSpotter gunfire detector reboot is back for Cambridge City Council debate
Whether ShotSpotter gunfire detectors will return is to be voted in August, delayed by a protest over focusing on tech instead of addressing the root causes of violence.
Decker and MacKay hold a forum on social justice that keeps slipping into a debate on good government
There were glimpses of issues-based ways voters might differentiate between candidates where office seekers are likely to all be progressive and pursue simiilar policies.