Busted

Local labor activists and their allies are planning a two-day picket this week of training sessions held by the Springfield law firm Skoler, Abbott & Presser. Skoler, Abbott—which also has offices in Worcester and Meriden, Conn.—specializes in...
No Debate: Stein Excluded

No Debate: Stein Excluded

The old stereotype has hardly changed. It wasn’t three white men in front of the microphones during the gubernatorial debate at WRKO in Boston last week. It was two white men, Tim Cahill and Charlie Baker, and one black man—Gov. Deval Patrick—in the...

Jail Fees Defeated–for Now

An effort to allow county sheriffs to charge fees to inmates has failed, after fierce opposition from critics who say the policy would end up hurting inmates’ families and make it that much harder for people to re-enter society after their sentences end. In...