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...
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Education
The fourth event of its kind in recent years brought organizers together to discuss coordinated efforts between parallel movements on campus.
Politics
Local organizers argue the state's commission on antisemitism will chill free speech around Israel and Palestine in the state's public schools.
Community
The symbolic trial saw over 150 participants present evidence and vote to convict local institutions for financial and academic ties to the Gaza genocide...
City Council
"We realized that genocide is a local issue," said local organizer Eve Glazier.
Community
Demonstrators aimed to prevent L3Harris employees from entering their workplace early Wednesday morning, calling attention to the company’s ties to the genocide in Gaza.
Politics
The demonstration comes as more of Israel's political allies break with the country over the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.
Investigations
Militant groups have targeted local Palestine-solidarity activists — part of what they say is an intimidation campaign to silence them.
Education
The revelations come exactly one year after the university called in militarized state police officers to dismantle an on-campus pro-Palestine encampment, resulting in over...
Education
UMass Amherst is on a list of schools the Trump administration has warned of “potential enforcement actions” and UMass Chan Medical School is already...
Education
Ten months after police mass-arrested pro-Palestine protesters at UMass Amherst, prosecutors have dropped or reduced cases against nearly all of them. But state police...
Investigations
The Shoestring spent months investigating the police crackdown on a pro-Palestine encampment last spring. Body-camera footage shows violent and derogatory police behavior toward protesters.