April 25, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 8

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

Somerville

Demonstrators rally in support of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville in late March. Photo by Harmony Witte

Citizens’ Role in Defending Rights on Display in Öztürk Rally: Legal Experts, Activists

“Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.” This line was among the chants shouted by the thousands of people gathered in Somerville to support Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk in late March after she was abducted and set for deportation at the direction of the U.S. Secretary of State in what has by now become an international drama. The call from the protesters may have been more than a simple rallying chant, however, and more likely one of the […]

Mass. Mayors Sign Historic Compact Committing to Diversity in Real Estate

Mayors from Cambridge, Lynn, Salem and Somerville joined with leaders from the City of Boston and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll on Monday, May 8 to sign the CommonWealth Development Compact, committing to historic 25 percent Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) evaluation criteria in public real estate development projects within their municipalities, as well as groundbreaking DEI considerations in private real estate projects. Minority-and women-owned businesses have been severely underrepresented in real estate development, comprising less than one percent of developers […]

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