Police
Almost every local agency has left an anti-terrorism partnership with the FBI. With President Trump attempting to leverage it to stifle dissent, records show...
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Police
Maysoun Batley maintains she did not spit on a state police officer during the university’s 2024 Gaza solidarity protest crackdown. But two years of...
Investigations
Advocates for the creation of a new public utility hope their message can be heard above a well-funded campaign against the network buildout.
Environment
Massachusetts urinators may soon divert their excess nutrients away from waterways, where they can act as pollutants, to fertilize local farms, instead.
City Council
Two legal advocacy groups are suing to block the city from divesting from “entities complicit in human rights violations in Israel and Palestine.” Divestment...
Column
The Shoestring and allied publications visited state lawmakers yesterday to promote legislative solutions to the crisis in local news.
Investigations
The Shoestring found that the state has been testing at least 40 government use cases for AI, though it remains tight-lipped about most of...
History
Ahead of the historic Turners Falls paper mill’s near-certain demolition, the Montague Reporter and The Shoestring examine eight crucial years through the eyes and...
Health
Centered on patient data-sharing between Baystate and tech giants Meta and Google, the suit could expose the hospital system to hundreds of millions in...
Education
The fourth event of its kind in recent years brought organizers together to discuss coordinated efforts between parallel movements on campus.
Education
Organizers of a week of action believe state intervention can help prevent financial “death spirals” in shrinking districts
Housing
Citywide tenants unions are rare. But they’re starting to pop up nationwide, including in Easthampton, where neighbors are building power by fighting for cheaper...