Milton J. Valencia
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Calling all soccer fans: Tell us about World Cup rivalries
Are you excited to watch the World Cup? Have an inter-family rivalry that could come to a boiling point during upcoming holiday gatherings? A neighbor who flies the flag of the wrong team? Tell us your story. → Read More
Andrea Campbell projected to win Democratic nomination for attorney general, according to AP
Andrea Campbell is projected to defeat Shannon Liss-Riordan for the Democratic nomination for attorney general in Tuesday’s primary election, according to the Associated Press, likely putting the former Boston city councilor on track for the state’s top law enforcement post. → Read More
Is Long Island the answer to Mass. and Cass?
The 225-acre island once served as a refuge for those in need of a place to stay or treatment for addiction. Eight years after its closure, it still lays empty. → Read More
Witness says pizza shop employee delivered the first blow in Mass. and Cass fight where her client was stabbed
The news reports sounded alarms — pizza shop employee attacked at Mass. and Cass. But like much of anything related to the area where the homeless are known to congregate, the issue is far more complicated. → Read More
For those at Mass. and Cass, a new order to stay away
Prosecutors are using court orders to try to disrupt the cycle of drug use and drug dealing. → Read More
Roe decision as severe as advocates feared
“We are now moving backwards,” said Priscilla Smith, a former litigator on reproductive rights issues who now runs Yale Law School’s Reproductive Rights and Justice Project. → Read More
A winter count found fewer people living on Boston streets
The overall number of people experiencing homelessness in Boston dropped 2.4 percent, from 1,659 people in 2021 to 1,545 in 2022. That total includes people living in shelters and transitional housing. The decrease follows a nearly 25 percent drop from 2020 to 2021. → Read More
Without Roe protections, rights are at stake even in abortion-friendly states
If the Supreme Court ends up weakening or outright overturning Roe v. Wade, the decision could result in a patchwork of laws across the country and trigger legal challenges between states. → Read More
Mayor Wu, under pressure, releases more BPD records from former Boston police union leader Patrick Rose
The 100-plus pages of internal affairs documents expose “systemic failures” 25 years ago, Wu told reporters Thursday, and yet the documents still failed to answer a key question: Who made the decision that allowed Rose to return to the force on full duty, without any discipline, where he was able to ascend union ranks while committing more crimes through to his retirement four years ago. → Read More
Provocative new ad campaign highlights strict hunting rules to push for better gun control
The March for Our Lives movement's campaign, launched Thursday, came as Congress held hearings on gun regulations and as the movement planned demonstrations across the country on Saturday, following the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. → Read More
Mayor Wu announces ‘warm weather’ plan to address humanitarian crisis at Mass. and Cass
The announcement comes amid growing anxiety among business owners and residents that crime and vagrancy have persisted. → Read More
Massachusetts is segregated. Here’s why.
Here are some of the factors at play. → Read More
Priced out of the city, Black Bostonians are finding their dream homes on the South Shore
The shift of Boston residents to Brockton and a few other nearby towns underscores the challenges the city of Boston faces in keeping Black and brown residents who were born there and want to stay, but have been priced out of the city’s sizzling real estate market. → Read More
Overturning Roe could open the door to a federal abortion ban, legal analysts say
The legal arguments cited in the Supreme Court draft opinion could give political momentum to efforts to enact a federal abortion ban on the grounds that a fetus is an unborn human being with its own rights. → Read More
DA Hayden to offer alternative for those arrested at Mass. and Cass
Amid increasing incidents of violence and vagrancy in the area of Mass. and Cass, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden is taking a new approach to address crimes there that are related to substance abuse and mental illness: Help, instead of prosecution. → Read More
At Women’s Lunch Place in Back Bay, a new focus on sobriety
The shelter is now offering expanded wellness programs, including a new substance abuse treatment program that was launched earlier this month to help women battling addiction or suffering from mental illness, or both. → Read More
In first budget, Wu prioritizes affordable housing
Mayor Michelle Wu’s first city budget features a substantial commitment to affordable housing programs, a plan that includes a considerable chunk of Boston’s share of federal COVID relief money on housing priorities, drawing praise from affordable housing advocates. → Read More
With federal funds in hand, public housing also at play in Mayor Wu’s agenda
A difficult question faces Boston: how to preserve and sustain the existing, dated public housing system, which experts say is a crucial part of any solution to the city’s housing dilemma. → Read More
In Mass. and Cass effort, the theme word is ‘decentralize’
As city officials explore ways to tackle the vagrancy that has haunted the area of Mass. and Cass, Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration has signaled she intends to follow through on a campaign promise to scatter recovery and harm reduction services. → Read More
5 places we supported this week
Want to order from local, independent restaurants? Here are some suggestions from Globe staff. → Read More