Attend meetings in Somerville from Jan. 2-8 about homeland security and labs on McGrath
Attend meetings on redeveloping the Star Market site on Broadway, lab buildings near Union Square, regional homeland security and the start of a new political year.
Attend meetings on reparations, name changes, police technology and aging elementary schools
Public meetings this week look at reparations through cannabis revenue, name changes to the Agassiz neighborhood and Central Square branch library, police surveillance technology that worries civil libertarians, aging elementary schools, tree tear-downs and much more.
City could keep homeless shelter in empty dorm after current contract with state ends in spring
The city should look into keeping at least 50 rooms for the homeless at Green Hall, an otherwise empty student dorm of the Harvard Square-based New England School of English, city councillors agreed Monday.
Government abruptly reverses course on ban, providing strong win for international students (updated)
Federal district Judge Allison D. Burroughs announced an agreement between the federal government and Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that would remove the need for an emergency court order over international students’ visas.
ICE says Harvard, MIT not harmed by new rule as eight more lawsuits filed over student visas
Immigration and Customs Enforcement responded Monday to a lawsuit brought by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeking an emergency court order to let international students stay in the country while taking online-only classes.
Denied immediate relief in student visa case, universities have to wait for Tuesday hearing
The federal government has refused to delay barring international students from the United States if all their classes are online, and a judge has declined to enter a temporary hold on the policy requested by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Harvard, MIT set for emergency court hearing against ICE plan to bar international students
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are seeking an emergency court order requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to allow international students to remain in the United States.
Attend meetings on planting more greenery, schools budget, Kendall hotel, coyotes, more
Attend meetings this week on a $1.2 million plan to plant more trees, the limits of municipal independence in the face of federal immigration enforcement policy, the school district budget, a Kendall Square hotel proposal, a $250 million, four-year school and park project and much more.
To walk the walk on sanctuary city status, come support Welcoming City Ordinance
In truth, “sanctuary city” status is often a toothless tiger, a soft designation that, while well-intentioned, does not guarantee undocumented immigrants adequate protection. This doesn’t have to be true for Cambridge. A proposal to give the status teeth will be heard Jan. 27.
‘The Report’: It’s CIA ‘enhanced interrogation’ put to post-9/11 test in page-turner of a movie
The simple title represents something more complex and foreboding – “The Torture Report,” about waterboarding and other tortures employed in the wake of 9/11, with that middle word crossed off as soon as it spills across the screen in the opening credits.
