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Brooklyn subway shooting part of a trend of mass shootings in US

John E. Rosenthal, co-founder of the non-profit organization “Stop Handgun Violence,” has worked for 27 years getting gun control legislation passed in Massachusetts. Click To Watch Video

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IN THE BIG DIG’S SHADOW

Boston provides engineering challenges for many new developments STORY BY GRANT WELKER, PHOTOS BY GARY HIGGINS The Big Dig famously involved building a new highway tunnel under the city while the expressway above, which it was replacing, still carried traffic. It was the country’s largest-ever construction project at the time, and three decades after it… Continue Reading →

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Mr. Nice Guy

This is the unlikely center of John Rosenthal’s life. An environmentalist and gun-control activist, he has pinned his future on an unsightly stretch of urban highway. A twisted bicycle lies chained to a parking meter. Crushed Bud cans litter the sidewalk. Over a barrier, cars speed by the graffiti-blotched backs of dance clubs. Only the… Continue Reading →

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Why isn’t the US treating the overdose epidemic like the public health emergency it is?

For the past 20 months, the drug overdose epidemic has been overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has also fueled it. An estimated 100,306 Americans died of drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending April 2021, according to figures released recently by the Centers for Dis- ease Control and Prevention. This was an increase of… Continue Reading →

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Ain’t No Stopping Us Now

It’s a good time to be a union carpenter in the North Atlantic States. Work hours have rebounded well following the early months of the pandemic and have continued to rise in most areas of the North Atlantic States region despite fluctuating materials prices and divisive political debates. Several local unions in varied markets in… Continue Reading →

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2021 Communities of Excellence Award Winner

The 2021 Massachusetts Apartment Association President’s and Achievement Awards honor the hard work, great service, and important skills within our apartment industry. Sustainable Living Innovation Award Bower, Greystar Bower offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment homes averaging 749 square feet. The property is designed to use 21% less energy than a typical building. As a… Continue Reading →

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Despite killing two people, Kyle Rittenhouse stands to become a celebrity

The 18-year-old walked despite killing two men, and stands to become a celebrity as a 2nd Amendment hero. It’s small comfort that he couldn’t have pulled it off in Massachusetts. Kyle Rittenhouse dodged a potential life sentence after a jury decided his shooting and killing of two unarmed men amounted to self-defense. Having dodged a… Continue Reading →

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Smith & Wesson chooses business and profits over lives and gun safety (Guest viewpoint)

Student protesters rally outside Smith & Wesson in Springfield in 2018, calling on the manufacturer to help stop gun violence. Earlier this month, Smith & Wesson announced plans to move some manufacturing operations to Tennessee, claiming it was “under attack” by gun safety advocates who initiated legislation to ban the manufacture of firearms that are… Continue Reading →

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Business leaders propose new plan for Mass and Cass crisis

The plan calls for a new city ordinance to ban tents and encampments on city streets. A quartet of business leaders has put forward a plan to help bring an end to the humanitarian crisis at “Mass and Cass” in Boston, pushing for a new ban on the encampments prevalent in the area as well… Continue Reading →

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