Mission Hill landlord-tenant relations highlight changes in Boston real estate
Ava Sasani, news correspondent
May 11, 2019
Filed under City
Quinn Olpin, a fourth-year international affairs major at Northeastern University, is ready to leave Mission Hill. Olpin will graduate from Northeastern this May. Of all the excitement the senior has to look forward to in her last year of college, the prospect of moving out of her Hillside Street hom...
Uber and Lyft drivers strike nationwide for better pay, transparency
Yunkyo Kim, campus editor
May 11, 2019
Filed under City
Drivers who work independently for ride-hailing services held a 24-hour strike Wednesday as part of a multi-city effort that was likely “the largest-ever gig worker protest to date.” The strike was organized nationally by Rideshare Drivers United and locally by the Boston Independent Drivers Guild,...
Biden rallies with Stop & Shop workers days before agreement
Kenneal Patterson, news staff
April 23, 2019
Filed under City
UPDATED at 4:42 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 After 11 days on strike and more than three months of negotiations, over 30,000 Stop & Shop employees reached a tentative agreement with the company on Sunday that met their demands for better pay and health care coverage. A strike status upd...
Activists conflict on prostitution policy
Isaac Stephens, news staff
April 18, 2019
Filed under City
18-year-old Cherie Jimenez was in a rush to get married, but not completely by choice: There was a baby on the way. By the time she was 19 — her child only months old — her husband had become abusive. At 21, gathering her courage and belongings, Jimenez decided to leave. Months later, though, the st...
Baker pushes new cannabis-impaired driving bill
Pierre Karam, news correspondent
April 18, 2019
Filed under City
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker introduced a bill Jan. 23 that targets people driving under the influence of marijuana. The legislation would allow police officers to ask suspected marijuana-impaired drivers to perform biological drug tests. If the suspect refuses to comply, their driver’s licens...
Wentworth community remembers 19-year-old Max Carbone
Riana Buchman, news correspondent
April 14, 2019
Filed under City
Wentworth Institute of Technology student Max Carbone was found dead around 8 a.m. on April 7 in Roxbury. Carbone, a sophomore from Nahant, was last seen between 1-2 a.m. on April 6 at a party near Allegheny Street wearing a green Heineken T-shirt and khakis. Police found his body near the Mission Hi...
Stop & Shop workers begin strike at Mission Hill location
Laura Rodriguez, news staff
April 14, 2019
Filed under City
At 6 a.m. Friday, Stop & Shop employees at the Mission Hill location went on strike for better wages, pension and health care benefits. This event continues the 31,000-employee walkout across New England that began on Thursday. Workers hope this will improve their chances of cutting a better dea...
Stop & Shop strike looms as unions reject proposed contract
Kenneal Patterson, news correspondent
April 4, 2019
Filed under City
Thousands of Stop & Shop employees may go on strike as tensions continue to build between workers and the company. Employee contracts expired at the end of February and contract negotiations are ongoing. Many employees currently oppose the original proposed agreement, citing unsatisfactory wages and...
After years of debate, the Massachusetts legislature bans conversion therapy
Laura Rodriguez, news staff
April 3, 2019
Filed under City
The Massachusetts State Senate passed legislation (H.140) on March 28 that will ban state-licensed health care providers from practicing conversion therapy on minors within the LGBTQ+ community. Conversion therapy, which attempts to change a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation, is curren...
Unchained at Last hosts protest against child marriage at State House
Samantha Barry, news staff
April 3, 2019
Filed under City
When she was in high school, Tammy Monteiro was picking out her wedding dress instead of her prom dress. At 16, Monteiro was legally married to a 25-year-old man at a New Bedford courthouse. “In one day we walked into that courthouse and in one day he walked out with complete custody of me and permissio...
City councilor proposes program that would allow for an optional extra year of high school
George Barker, news correspondent
April 2, 2019
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Hoping to improve college retention and graduation rates among former Boston Public Schools students, City Councilor Michael Flaherty has proposed instituting an optional 13th year of school. “As we know, we live in a competitive global economy that requires our students to have efficient skills to ...
Boston is closer to having a major MLK memorial
Avery Bleichfeld, news staff
March 27, 2019
Filed under City
The non-profit King Boston announced on March 4 the official design for a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King to be installed on Boston Common. Artist Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group created the chosen design, titled “The Embrace,” which consists of a pair ...
