The Scope

[VIDEO] Mass. DCF: helping or harming families?
January 19, 2022
Taylor Blackley and Katie Mogg
The adverse effects of family separation by the Massachusetts child welfare system, the Department of Children and Families (DCF), have created generational cycles...
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City council race: Tania Del Rio running for District 1
January 17, 2022
Lex Weaver, Editor-in-chief
Tania Del Rio, immigrant BPS parent and community leader, is running to be the next District 1 City Councilor. District 1 includes the East Boston, North End and...
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City council race: Gabriela “Gigi” Coletta running for District 1
January 12, 2022
Lex Weaver, Editor-in-chief
Gabriela “Gigi” Coletta, political organizer and external relations manager at the New England Aquarium, is running to be the next District 1 City Councilor....
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[Video] Putting Families First, a mini documentary centering the voices of families affected by DCF
January 12, 2022
Melissa Clavijo, Marta Hill, Kedi Zhu, and Penelope Piraino
Tatiana Rodriguez and Tamesha Bowens, two women who live near Boston, were brought together by their experiences with the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families....
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Public employees and social media: what stays private?
January 10, 2022
Clara McCourt, Reporter
In the pictures posted in 2018 on Facebook, Maxx Training Center advertised their newest fitness class, “Tango Charlie Bravo,” phonetic alphabet for “Tactical...
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Senators Markey and Warren respond to public pressure, request federal review of ICE detention conditions in Plymouth County
January 7, 2022
Marigo Farr, Reporter
After over six months of pressure from immigrant detainees and their families, advocacy groups and attorneys, Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren have issued...
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Boston’s Generation Z population want somewhere to be queer
January 5, 2022
Matt Yan, Reporter
Kester Messan, 23, didn’t come out as gay until he arrived at Williams College in 2017. Born in Togo, he and his family moved to Boston when he was six...
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Addiction-related family support groups provides clarity during uncertain times
January 3, 2022
Radhika Srivastava, Reporter
Donna Goneau has been attending weekly support group meetings for 21 years. She currently co-leads meetings on Wednesday nights in Cambridge through Nar-Anon Family...
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Pole camera surveillance poses privacy questions for Massachusetts, U.S. Courts
December 29, 2021
Jake Egelberg, Reporter
In May of 2013, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Detective Unit to “xBostonDad,” an anonymous...
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The quiet effort to change Massachusetts’ education policy
December 28, 2021
Zoe Baumgartner, Reporter
Even Boston’s most liberal suburbs are not immune to right-wing activism aimed at limiting how public schools can address social inequality. Both Newton and Wellesley...
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News

Public employees and social media: what stays private?

Clara McCourt, Reporter

January 10, 2022

In the pictures posted in 2018 on Facebook, Maxx Training Center advertised their newest fitness class, “Tango Charlie Bravo,” phonetic alphabet for “Tactical...

Senators Markey and Warren respond to public pressure, request federal review of ICE detention conditions in Plymouth County

January 7, 2022

After over six months of pressure from immigrant detainees and their families, advocacy groups...

January 3, 2022

Donna Goneau has been attending weekly support group meetings for 21 years. She currently co-leads...

The quiet effort to change Massachusetts’ education policy

December 28, 2021

Even Boston’s most liberal suburbs are not immune to right-wing activism aimed at limiting how...

Outcry over conditions at Plymouth County Correctional Facility — community groups call for ICE detainees’ release

December 16, 2021

Four immigrant justice organizations have detailed how immigrant detainees at the Plymouth...

New show in Cambridge will amplify underrepresented voices in science

December 15, 2021

Science is a profession perceived to be free of bias, but findings have ultimately been limited...

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Features

[VIDEO] Mass. DCF: helping or harming families?

Taylor Blackley and Katie Mogg

January 19, 2022

The adverse effects of family separation by the Massachusetts child welfare system, the Department of Children and Families (DCF), have created generational cycles...

[Video] Putting Families First, a mini documentary centering the voices of families affected by DCF

January 12, 2022

Tatiana Rodriguez and Tamesha Bowens, two women who live near Boston, were brought together by their...

Boston’s Generation Z population want somewhere to be queer

January 5, 2022

Kester Messan, 23, didn’t come out as gay until he arrived at Williams College in 2017. Born...

Pole camera surveillance poses privacy questions for Massachusetts, U.S. Courts

December 29, 2021

In May of 2013, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted the Norfolk...

Misuse of forensic hypnosis: should it still be admissible in court?

December 17, 2021

James J. Watson spent over 40 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. His life was ruined because...

A Boston artist’s critical solutions to the housing crisis

December 15, 2021

Art is generally seen as an aesthetic, decorative medium rather than what it can be: thoughtful, creative...

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Changemakers

Changemaker: Cheryl Buchanan on breaking through the margins in writing

Elena Giardina, Assistant Editor

November 29, 2021

When Cheryl Buchanan was a lawyer defending victims of sexual assault at the hands of the Catholic Church, she would go home after long days of work and write. Although the...