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The ghost of Mass. and Cass will still haunt Boston | Editorial

Editors November 6, 2023
Last week Mayor Wu oversaw the clearing of tents from Mass. and Cass, something the city has tried before and always results in the encampment coming back, because to finally get rid of Mass. and Cass for good Boston will have to change the way it thinks about homelessness.
East to West: Nov. 15, 2021

East to West: Nov. 15, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 15, 2021

The COVID-19 pediatric vaccine is now available! Today on East to West, we cover the Massachusetts ACLU’s lawsuit against the City of Boston for the management of Mass/Cass, BU student organizations’s...

Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: You cannot “clean up” a humanitarian crisis, Mayor Janey, Sheriff Tompkins

Editors October 28, 2021
Boston’s new plan to forcibly remove people from their living encampments in the area near Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard is based on criminalization — an approach that may make things worse.
East to West: Sept. 13, 2021

East to West: Sept. 13, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 13, 2021

First full week of classes! Today on East to West, we cover National Suicide Prevention Week, Boston University students and faculty reflecting on the transition to in-person classes, activists’...

Child holding a sign reading "Recovery deserves dignity"

Activists, addiction experts share thoughts on Mass/Cass during National Recovery Month

Madison Mercado September 9, 2021
Mass/Cass, a center of the opioid epidemic in Boston, sparks debate during National Recovery month.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: The closing of Methadone Mile ‘comfort station’ is a life or death issue

Editors September 3, 2021
Politicians should provide actual treatment options for people with substance abuse issues rather than removing essential resources that mean life and death for the residents of the Methadone Mile.
A needle disposal box. The Boston City Council is requiring pharmacies with three or more locations to provide safe sharp disposal sites. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Pharmacies must provide safe sharps disposal, City Council orders

Daily Free Press Staff October 28, 2020
Pharmacy chains with more than three Boston locations will need to provide safe sharps disposal sites, in accordance with an ordinance passed Wednesday by the Boston City Council. 
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

American Protest: Big Pharma is guilty, but now we must help those suffering on the streets

Meredith Varner October 27, 2020
The fight against the opioid crisis does not end with Purdue Pharma and its admittance to guilt.
EDITORIAL: Michelle Wu’s run for mayor marks increased diversity and progression for Boston politics

EDITORIAL: Michelle Wu’s run for mayor marks increased diversity and progression for Boston politics

Editors September 16, 2020
When City Councilor Michelle Wu formally announced Tuesday that she will be running for mayor, residents rushed to express support. Many Bostonians have been hoping Wu would run for mayor for years now.
East to West: September 8, 2020

East to West: September 8, 2020

Justin Tang September 8, 2020

Join us as we cover the protocol when a member of the BU faculty tests positive for COVID-19, how COVID-19 testing has changed depending on the influx of students, how Boston Public School students...

A demonstrator stands in the road at the intersection of Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue protesting the lack of services the City offers to people facing drug addiction. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Neighbors organize Methadone Mile protest

Allison Pirog September 3, 2020
Residents of Roxbury and the South End took to the streets Thursday to express their concerns about Methadone Mile, a stretch of Massachusetts Avenue popular for drug use and dealing.
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