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It’s been a grim companion to the death toll of COVID-19: While the virus has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, homicide rates have also been soaring nationally. Homicides rose […]

Do what Maryland did. CommonWealth Magazine · Should we try a bit of Maryland in Mass.?That was one of the prescriptions health policy guru Dr. Emanuel Ezekiel of the University […]

Rep. Jake Auchincloss, the newest member of the state’s congressional delegation, is finishing his first year in the House. To say it’s been a tumultuous initiation to Congress would be […]

The new MBTA board is turning out to be very different from its predecessor, and chair Betsy Taylor says that’s by design.  CommonWealth Magazine · Meet the chair of the […]

HOUSE SPEAKER Ron Mariano recently announced that he planned to seek a second two-year term as speaker in January 2023. But Mariano, 75, made clear in an interview on The […]

The announcement by Gov. Charlie Baker that he won’t seek a third term shakes up the Massachusetts political landscape in a way that few decisions by a single officeholder could […]

Mass General Brigham, the state’s largest hospital system and its largest employer, has been down this road before. CommonWealth Magazine · The bullseye on Mass General Brigham’s backIn 2015, when […]

Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington is participating in a unique national pilot program to track what goes into negotiating plea deals by prosecutors in her office. If she discovers race […]

Stuart Altman, the chair of the Health Policy Commission, is proud of what the agency has been able to do in Massachusetts to rein in health care costs, but now […]

In her victory speech after cruising to a landslide win in the Boston mayor’s race, Michelle Wu spoke of the urgency of “bold” change to “meet the moment” the city […]

John Dalton, the manager brought in from Chicago to oversee the construction of the $2.3 billion Green Line extension into Somerville and Medford, is looking to stick around after the […]

Acting Mayor Kim Janey declared last week that Boston will move to dismantle the tent city of homeless people that has grown in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea […]

A major policy debate is taking shape on Beacon Hill between those who see offshore wind as the key to meeting the state’s climate change goals, and those who see […]

Boston will elect a new mayor three weeks from today. Three debates, the first of which comes on Wednesday night, will finally give voters a chance to see the two […]

Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey and the City Council are united in wanting a redo of the city’s Municipal Harbor Plan, but getting all of the stakeholders on the same […]

In trying to explain their recent fusion energy breakthrough, Dennis Whyte of MIT and Bob Mumgaard of Commonwealth Fusion Systems reached back to the dawn of aviation. CommonWealth Magazine · […]

Annie Hawkins has a message you don’t hear very often in Massachusetts these days. CommonWealth Magazine · Annie Hawkins and her Vineyard Wind lawsuitThe executive director of the Responsible Offshore […]

With Boston’s preliminary election for mayor only hours away, a lot remains up in the air. The one certainty: For the first time in the 199 years since its incorporation […]

During a normal summer, Honey Goodenough, a puppeteer, clown, and educator would be busy teaching and performing, with little time to spend online dating. And in 2019, Goodenough, having given […]

Students are returning to school soon, and no one is quite sure what to expect. CommonWealth Magazine · Mass Reboot Episode 6: SchoolWith the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus […]

Senate President Karen Spilka believes there is “wisdom in waiting” to spend federal COVID-19 recovery money. CommonWealth Magazine · Spilka defends deliberative approach on fed aid“We are no longer in […]

FOOD IS A cornerstone of culture, connection, and prosperity, and restaurants are the hubs of our mealtime traditions. But last spring, the coronavirus brought Boston’s lively restaurant scene to a […]

If you thought traffic was bad before the pandemic, wait until this fall. CommonWealth Magazine · Mass Reboot Episode 3: Transportation“I don’t think anyone wants to take the T,” said […]

The coronavirus pandemic has often served as a magnifying glass, accentuating and amplifying existing trends in our society. CommonWealth Magazine · Mass Reboot Episode 2: HomeWith housing, for example, COVID-19 […]