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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Worcester Asians 4 Black Lives releases report card of City Manager
Earlier today, a group called Worcester Asians 4 Black Lives released a report card of the Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus and some demands for…
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Ring-around-the-Statue
Hello readers, especially those hate-reading to find me saying something offensive toward Italian-Americans that you can use to prove I’m the Real Racist. Definitely keep…
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Worcester Police Fail to Protect Black Mother and Her Kids
You can read the full letter from Lawyer’s for Civil Rights, who is representing Ms. Latoya Lewis and her family regarding a racist incident at…
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A Note on Council Proposals
By Doug Arbetter Putting pressure on our elected officials and forcing them to engage in discussion and debate on policy related to police funding, conduct,…
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Where we go from here
Tonight is an important night for the movement we’ve come to call Defund WPD, meaning Defund The Worcester Police Department. There’s a rally outside City…
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Pop It: A Conversation with DefundWPD
My own experiences reporting on the Worcester Police Department have informed my perspective on community policing up to this point. (I would like to acknowledge…
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