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Three neighborhoods, rent aid and immigrant support are identified as priorities by Somerville human rights board

by Marc Levy July 30, 2026

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.

NEWS

Haitians and Syrians sheltered in U.S. brace for disaster from change of status, with consequences for economy

by Catalina Mena July 24, 2026

Protections for 45,000 Haitians and almost 300 Syrians across Massachusetts are set to expire as soon as Monday after a second short delay by a judge.

OPINION

The bank told me my pension paycheck was ‘held up by the feds.’

by Martin G. Evans July 12, 2026

After more than 20 years, I had to go looking for a paycheck. I talked with a bank supervisor. The results sequentially astonished, alarmed and outraged me.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, June 15-22: Deciding businesses for Cambridge Street and North Mass. Ave.

by Marc Levy June 14, 2026

Take part in meetings on “active uses” along traffic corridors, surveys about school cultures and housing proposed for East Cambridge.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, June 8-15: Two zoning laws that speed home construction are targeted for changes

by Marc Levy June 7, 2026

Take part in meetings on calls to alter residential zoning and how to explain school incidents to families, and a roundtable about boosting business start-ups.

NEWS

Translator Ken Kronenberg has disturbing things to say about America in 2026, and they’re from Germany in the 1930s

by Marc Levy June 1, 2026

Kronenberg is translating toxic German propaganda from the fascist era of eugenics, racism and slaughter as it seeps through U.S. political speech.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, May 31-June 8: New homes, stopping the sewage and a gun buyback

by Marc Levy May 31, 2026

Take part in meetings on changes that can reshape Cambridge Street, 92 homes for Rindge Avenue and ending sewage outflow into public waters.

DID YOU KNOW

As America held down or kept out Asian immigrants, Harvard hired a Chinese professor in 1879

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge May 18, 2026

The presence in Cambridge was a curiosity and a sign of Harvard’s increasing awareness of the place China was to occupy on the world stage.

OPINION

Where are consuls as immigrants get seized for deportation? Not where they should be.

by Martin G. Evans May 3, 2026

Why so little consular activity reported for thousands of people detained by ICE? It may be that the locations of consulates do not map the needs of the moment.

DID YOU KNOW

Guess who was left out of the speeches in 1905 celebrating Cambridge’s 275th anniversary

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 27, 2026

“We cannot help but look forward with some anxiety to the future,” the president of Harvard said. “The Puritans no longer control Cambridge.”