By Reese Lincoln In Harvard Square, there is a little shed with a big impact. The Fridge in the Square is a mutual aid operation fighting food insecurity through open food access and has been serving the area for years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment, housing instability and food insecurity each rose significantly. Concerned Cambridge
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By Carissa Dessin Children shrieked and laughed as the announcer began his countdown from 10. They slipped in anticipation, impatiently waiting to be released into the bubbling fountains that lined the tiled ground. Mist began landing on everyone as the smell of chlorine filled the air. The fountain erupted and the Frog Pond Spray Pool
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By Terrance Lorn Antonio DeBenedictis dreamed of being an opera conductor, but his father quickly rejected the idea, stating “all musicians die poor.” Instead he became an award-winning butcher providing Roslindale and surrounding towns with his personality and imported Italian groceries. Born in 1939, in Pratola Serra, a small town in Italy, DeBenedict is was
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By David Lucci The Boston Reparations Task Force, or RTF, headed by Joseph Feaster Jr., works to heal the city’s racial divide by reimbursing residents whose ancestors have been affected by the Massachusetts slave trade. Its latest project, the Community Grassroots Program, allocated $70,000 to collect stories from local families with a history of enslavement.
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By Gavin Lin At Northeastern University this spring, students set up camp, waving Palestinian flags, chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” At other universities across the country, students initiated similar encampments to protest the military occupation of Gaza by Israel in response to the Hamas terrorist attack in October 2023.
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