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OPINION: MY PRIDE IS A RIOT AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY

Somerville City Councilor-at-Large Willie Burnley, Jr. Courtesy photo.

“As a Black and queer person, I know that when a person’s very existence is criminalized it inevitably results in fear, hate crimes, and death.” The rain poured down on me and a cadre of queer and trans youth in front of the bricked facade of Somerville’s City Hall. The Progressive Pride Flag rose as […]

SPECIAL FEATURE ON PSYCHEDELIC DECRIMINALIZATION IN MASS

You’re not hallucinating—there is actually agreement and momentum toward psychedelic decriminalization in Mass. (Somerville Wire) – “There was very rarely a day that I would go without being in a tremendous amount of pain,” Jennifer Stell said, describing the cluster headaches that began to strike when she was just eight years old. “It feels like […]