Save more of the big trees at Tobin VLUS
Cambridge likes to set an example for climate change resilience and preparation for other cities to follow. Unnecessary tree removal is not the one we want to set.
Should police be at Pride parades?
Over the weekend, the second annual Trans Resistance March and Rally took place. Noticeably missing, guiding and participating in the march from Nubian Square in Roxbury to the Franklin Park Playstead was the presence of police and law enforcement.
Few thousands lost to outdated rules is terrible, but compare it with fortunes cost by license con
Now that the City Council has updated Cambridge’s retail table of land uses and home occupations zoning – a process that began in 2015 – is it getting any closer to remembering the businesses victimized by buying worthless alcohol licenses?
Century later, reparations would begin a healing from Oklahoma’s horrific Tulsa Race Massacre
The struggle for Black Tulsan survivors and their descendants to receive reparations has been a century-old controversy, one that is a pox on this country’s unwillingness to redress the human rights violation and generational loss of accumulated wealth.
How to judge if the ‘21st Century Broadband’ RFP is a good faith effort to conduct a feasibility study
If the city truly wanted to conduct a municipal broadband feasibility study, it would not have taken the time to try and mislead the City Council and the public about a recommendation to do just exactly that.
The ‘offal’ truth behind Cambridge zoning
Zoning is again a hot topic in Cambridge. Information is flying, but like any issue, facts and context matter. We can’t speak to zoning history everywhere in America, but we can speak to Cambridge zoning history.
Undo the racist legacy that continues to exclude, hurt Black residents: Support the Missing Middle
Our current building laws are rapidly depleting our stock of housing configurations that people can afford – replacing them with higher profit-margin homes catering to predominantly white demographics. By doing nothing, we’re exacerbating displacement.
The meteorologists down the street can’t tell you about the weather in their institute’s hometown
Cambridge can seem like an afterthought (at best) to the academics who pass through, and even to those who are here for the long term as lecturers and residents.
Cambridge doesn’t need just more arts culture; We need a counterculture that challenges as well
While BioMed builds its jewel box and walled garden, who’s making sure our cultural ecology also has rocks to hurl and mud to squish between our toes?
Neighborhood group conversation started well, but so far doesn’t answer questions or conflicts
A City Council committee hearing about neighborhood groups – their successes and challenges and how the city can better support them – was great, but not all groups attended. And there is still work to be done at making all feel welcome at neighborhood meetings and City Council meetings.
