Perhaps not surprising at a time when it often feels like MBTA stands for “more bad transit agita,” half of the 10 most-read commentary pieces of 2023 related in some way to how we get around, two of them specifically zeroing in on the T.
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CommonWealth Beacon’s top news stories in 2023
Three of the most-read stories from CommonWealth, which rebranded as CommonWealth Beacon in November, related to transportation, and the top story, about a Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation study, focused on transportation and the fallout from COVID and remote work on the downtown Boston office market.
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The Emancipator prepares to relaunch with focus on video essays
The Emancipator, a digital nonprofit publication devoted to reframing the conversation around racial equity, is launching a new website and hiring a new editor.
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Dumcius joining CommonWealth staff
GINTAUTAS DUMCIUS, who has spent nearly 20 years reporting on Boston and state politics, as well as neighborhood development and the courts, is joining the staff of CommonWealth. His hiring […]
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Maybe the Globe should take a look at itself
“IT’S BEEN YEARS since legislative democracy truly flourished at the State House,” the Boston Globe editorial board sighed in exasperation a few weeks ago. For more than a decade, Globe […]
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New reporter at CommonWealth
ATTENTIVE READERS may have noticed a new byline in CommonWealth over the last month. Jennifer Smith has joined the magazine as a staff reporter, replacing Shira Schoenberg, who left CommonWealth […]
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In end of era, Bay State Banner sold
Big news from the world of local news in Boston: After almost 60 years at the helm, Mel Miller has decided it’s time for a changing of the guard at […]
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COVID dominates CommonWealth’s 2022 most-read news stories
The COVID-19 pandemic may no longer be in its most acute stage, but its aftereffects continue to be felt in the Bay State and interest in the disease remains high. […]
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COVID dominates CommonWealth’s 2022 most-read news stories
The COVID-19 pandemic may no longer be in its most acute stage, but its aftereffects continue to be felt in the Bay State and interest in the disease remains high. […]
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Top Baker aide sees ‘herd mentality’ in shrinking press corps
A top aide to Gov. Charlie Baker says the shrinking press corps covering state policy and politics in Massachusetts is having a major impact on how news is reported. Tim […]
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Top Baker aide sees ‘herd mentality’ in shrinking press corps
A TOP AIDE to Gov. Charlie Baker says the shrinking press corps covering state policy and politics in Massachusetts is having a major impact on how news is reported. Tim […]
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Lessons from story on Globe’s Philip Morris sponsored content
A correction and a clarification has been added to this story. A RECENT story in CommonWealth on a series of articles in the Boston Globe sponsored by Philip Morris has prompted […]
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Globe refutes claims made by scientists in CommonWealth article
BOSTON GLOBE Media Partners produced emails and text messages on Monday contradicting the claims of a series of prominent scientists who claimed they were interviewed for Globe sponsored content without […]
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Scientists object to inclusion in Globe’s Philip Morris ads
Editor’s note: The Globe on Monday April 4 shared emails and text messages with the scientists quoted in this story that sharply contradicted their statements about not being told about […]
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New Bedford Light calls out silence on health care exec story
When founders of the New Bedford Light announced plans a year ago to launch a new nonprofit news site to cover the South Coast, they pointed to the desperate need […]
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CommonWealth’s 10 most-read news stories of 2021
As COVID-19 continued to dominate society in 2021, a story about the virus also topped CommonWealth’s most-read stories of the year. In early September, as the Delta variant was causing […]
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CommonWealth’s 10 most-read news stories of 2021
AS COVID-19 continued to dominate society in 2021, a story about the virus also topped CommonWealth’s most-read stories of the year. In early September, as the Delta variant was causing […]
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CommonWealth’s 10 most-read commentary pieces of 2021 covered the waterfront
We are eager to have CommonWealth serve as a forum for healthy debate and the exchange of strongly argued points of view from a range of voices across the state. […]
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Most popular Codcast of 2021 is surprise
CommonWealth’s most popular Codcast of 2021 was recorded in 2018. The interview was with Fred Salvucci, the former secretary of transportation, who made the bold statement that the proposed West […]
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Most popular Codcast of 2021 is surprise
COMMONWEALTH’S MOST POPULAR Codcast of 2021 was recorded in 2018. The interview was with Fred Salvucci, the former secretary of transportation, who made the bold statement that the proposed West […]
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Globe should honor its 1999 policy on tobacco ads
IN 1999, the Boston Globe announced it would no longer publish advertisements that promote tobacco products. At the time, tobacco company messages were everywhere. The Globe’s principled stand helped reduce […]
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In Boston mayor’s race, newspaper endorsements a faint voice
“The past isn’t what it used to be; then again, it never was.” So goes an old saying, and perhaps the same is true for newspaper endorsements in elections. We […]
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Leave our kids alone
LAWRENCE HIGH School is under siege and it looks like a battleground. Not because of a handful of students fighting in the hallways whose scraps have garnered more attention than […]
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Rooney’s summer hiatus made permanent
BACK IN JUNE, Emily Rooney announced that Beat the Press on GBH was going on hiatus for the summer – “a first for us but a welcome break,” she said. […]