While inclusionary zoning has created thousands of new affordable homes across Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, the economics of homebuilding have shifted significantly over the past few years.

The MBTA's new automated camera enforcement program, which will capture and issue fines to the owners of vehicles caught blocking bus stops and dedicated bus lanes, will go live with a soft launch nex...

The mother of a 17-year-old detained by ICE in a viral Alamo, Texas incident has been deported to Mexico, raising concerns among legal experts about potential retaliation for speaking out.

Councilors also passed a hearing order to discuss a possible new bike network plan, and a resolution that urges "in the strongest terms that the (Wu) administration strengthen its approach to Vision Z...

Thank you for reaching out to your Massachusetts legislators in support of automatic CORI sealing with the Clean Slate MA Campaign. Complete the form on the right to identify your legislators. Then, s...

The Legislature still has options to prevent the suffering my family faced.

The House is working on the FY27 state budget right now. Advocate for affordable housing and economic development amendments!

"We knew there were dangers. We had a plan to make it safer. It is blatantly irresponsible for the city to make a deliberate decision to not follow through."

Boston has been warned for years that delayed street-safety projects would cost lives. Read and sign the open letter.

The House is working on the FY27 state budget right now. Advocate for affordable housing and economic development amendments!

In a blockbuster ruling just as ballot measure campaigns submit their final signatures, Massachusetts’s highest court cut the fuse of a revenue bomb that was set to blow $5 billion out of the state bu...

13th Annual Celebration of Grassroots Organizing in Boston / 13ª Celebración Anual de la Organización de Base en Boston

Speaking at a labor event, the Massachusetts governor said she hopes to find a middle ground on rent control and avoid a divisive ballot fight this fall.

Rogelio Bolufé is a Cuban national who faced ongoing retaliation for organizing against inhumane conditions inside detention camps.

City Councilor Sharon Durkan warns that the new budget will "undoubtedly result in layoffs" at the Boston Transportation Department, the agency that plans and designs street safety and transit improve...

Organizers then went public Tuesday afternoon with what they touted as a compromise: limiting rent increases to no more than 10 percent per year, only in cities and towns that opt in.

Wu had previously signaled support for the ballot question, although somewhat begrudgingly, saying it was stricter than what she would have wanted for the City of Boston and that she would prefer a co...

As Boston students continue to grapple with skyrocketing rents, local housing nonprofit Fenway Forward is pushing to get a rent control measure on the statewide ballot for 2026.  The organization is l...