We're spending billions of dollars and passing laws such as the Affordable Homes Act to create housing, but losing it for low- and moderate-income people at the same time.
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Tenants are told their rights in Cambridge, but not yet when their building is for sale
Cambridge officials want a law saying that landlords must tell tenants when their building is for sale, following a path laid down in Somerville.
How you renters helped pay for a homeowner’s heat pump in Greenfield but will still freeze this winter
Renters pay enormous sums for energy, money that is redistributed to homeowners in the suburbs – like we found a way to have socialism, but only for those who have capital.
Property owners must tell their tenants that they are selling under a Somerville law taking effect next month
A Somerville law taking effect Oct. 14 requires rental-property owners to tell tenants in writing within 48 hours that they are selling their home.
Reviewed: ‘Triage’ brings an Army nurse home from combat, but her fight isn’t over
A combat nurse on the front lines in North Africa and Italy returns home scared and scarred, forgetting anguish through drink and other ill-advised coping mechanisms.
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.
Reviewed: A powerful ‘Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis’
Modeled after the KKK, the Veiled Prophet shows up in the roots of the Cold War, opposition to civil rights, support for the Vietnam War and maybe violence in Ferguson, Missouri.
For a summer staycation, Cantabrigians flocked to Mount Auburn Cemetery
Most Cantabrigians couldn't afford summer travel – except to their beautiful cemetery, where the public did not always agree on appropriate etiquette.
Three neighborhoods, rent aid and immigrant support are identified as priorities by Somerville human rights board
Immigrants, older adults and people in East Somerville, West Somerville and Winter Hill are identified as being in need by Somerville’s Human Rights Commission.
Take part through Saturday on price-match donation drive for the Union Square Farmers Market
With hunger growing, more than 1,500 families are expected to benefit from a dollar-for-dollar match, just $15 at a time, over the market season.