by Rush Frazier My name is Rush Frazier, a Black AFAB non-binary queer person. I’m a Worcester native. I’m working class. I’ve been a grassroots…
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Only Bad Options
By Jordan Berg Powers There are only bad options for opening schools. A lot of times we say good/bad or better/worse, but in this case…
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An Open Letter to Worcester
By Andres Lorenzana As it stands, Worcester is in a precarious place, with the outbreak of COVID-19, the City’s plans for an economic overturn of…
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QCC’s early education cuts harm students and families
by Brandi Dewar and Erin Roache, leader teachers at Quinsigamond Children’s School Quinsigamond Community College has cut the staff at the campus’ top-rated Children’s School,…
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Open Letter to Commissioner Jeff Riley
Editors Note: The author has allowed us to publish this letter, which was sent to the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education July 23. By…
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Removing the Knife
By Em Quiles Our City leaders are nodding their heads but are they really hearing what we are saying? It is not about a statue.…
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I cannot believe what you say, because I see what you do.
By Cara Lisa Berg Powers James Baldwin shared this critical advice for moments like these. While symbolic gestures and verbal commitments abound, tangible policy changes…
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The Other Football: The Beautiful Game and the Changing Face of Worcester
By Jonathan Hardy-Lavoie Editor’s note: an abridged version of this ran in Worcester Magazine August 7, 2019. As the final whistle was blown in the…
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ICYMI- Weekly Worcester News and Ideas Roundup
Here is your virtual blotter on things to catch up on in Worcester this week. We want to begin by sending our condolences to the…
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Not in my name
By Cara Lisa Berg Powers I was 9 years-old when Woodland Street Community School planned our 500th anniversary celebration of Columbus’ 1492 sailing of the…
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