facebook icon facebook icon facebook icon
  • About
  • ADS
  • Masthead
    • Editorial Board
  • Submission
  • Subscribe
The Wellesley News -
  • News
    • Contract ratified by Wellesley’s Maintenance and Service Employees Union
      Contract ratified by Wellesley’s Maintenance and Service Employees Union
    • News in Brief
      News in Brief
    • Wellesley adapts to end of race conscious admissions
      Wellesley adapts to end of race conscious admissions
    • Senate Report
    • News in Brief
  • Features
    • Professor Spotlight: Dr. Faisal Ahmed
      Professor Spotlight: Dr. Faisal Ahmed
    • Spotlight: New Professor Kathryn Winner
      Spotlight: New Professor Kathryn Winner
    • Spotlight: New Professor Lucia Nhamo ’11
      Spotlight: New Professor Lucia Nhamo ’11
    • Humans of Wellesley
    • Archives
  • Opinions
    • France’s Abaya Ban Unveils Its Own Misogyny
      France’s Abaya Ban Unveils Its Own Misogyny
    • Editorial: In defense of affirmative action
      Editorial: In defense of affirmative action
    • I am an NCAA champion: we should end college recruiting
      I am an NCAA champion: we should end college recruiting
    • Editorials
    • Letters to Editors
  • Arts
    • The SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes: What’s happening in Hollywood?
      The SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes: What’s happening in Hollywood?
    • Digging into Hozier’s Unreal Unearth: “De Selby (Part 1)” and the Population of Loss
      Digging into Hozier’s Unreal Unearth: “De Selby (Part 1)” and the Population of Loss
    • Summer Releases to Help Usher in Fall
      Summer Releases to Help Usher in Fall
  • Sports
    • Gauff and Richardson Shatter Expectations
      Gauff and Richardson Shatter Expectations
    • Student Athlete of the Month: Kennedy Mayo
      Student Athlete of the Month: Kennedy Mayo
    • No image
      What even is a BORG and why does it matter?
  • Multimedia
    • Photo of the Week
      Photo of the Week
    • “Stronger Together” Rally with Chelsea Clinton
      “Stronger Together” Rally with Chelsea Clinton
    • College Government Vice President 2016 End of the Year Report
      College Government Vice President 2016 End of the Year Report
    • Podcasts
    • The Wellesley Snooze
  • Projects
      • The News in Conversation
    • About
      • Contact
      • Join the News
      • Masthead
      • Editorial Board
    By Antonia Rocchio News, News and Features, Outside the BubbleFebruary 28, 2019

    Outside the Bubble: 2/27/19

    Outside The Bubble

    Tufts project seeks to highlight important Massachusetts sites in Black History

    Tufts professors Kerri Greenidge and Kendra Field want to fill in the gaps of Massachusetts’ African American history. Their project, called The African American Trail Project, features sites across the state. These sites have both good and bad connotations for slavery in Massachusetts because Dr. Greenidge’s and Dr. Field’s goal is to “complicate the narrative”. Among the sites are the home of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the only remaining slave quarters in the northern United States, the Royall House and Slave Quarters, demonstrating the state’s complicated history. While the “trail” is not meant to be completed in one trip, there is a map on their website that breaks sites down into walkable neighborhoods.

    Patriots owner arrested for solicitation of prostitute

    Billionaire Robert Kraft is among many other men who were served arrest warrants for soliciting prostitution in Florida. He was arrested at a spa just miles from the home of close friend, President Donald Trump. Trump commented that he was “very surprised to see it” and while Kraft maintains innocence, he was apparently caught on camera as part of an investigation into human trafficking. This arrest comes only weeks after celebrating a 6th Super Bowl Championship for the Patriots. With such powerful friends and a powerful team, Kraft has always been a controversial figure and fans of opposing teams have been visiting the day spa in Jupiter, Florida where he was arrested.

    New bill seeks to guarantee legal counsel to low-income residents facing eviction

    Sal DiDimenico, a state representative for Everett, Massachusetts introduced a bill this January to provide a right to counsel in eviction proceedings. This bill is part of a package of bills meant to reduce residential displacement and help low-income residents as Boston continues to gentrify rapidly. Evictions in Massachusetts went up during the 2008 recession and have not gone back down. According to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University, there were an average of 43 evictions a day in Massachusetts in 2016. Once evicted, residents have trouble finding more affordable housing. They also do not have the resources to compete against the lawyers of the landlords in crowded housing courts. DiDimenico submitted a similar bill to this one in 2017 that did not make it far but hopes that now Boston will follow the example of San Francisco and New York who now have the right to counsel for low-income residents facing eviction.  

    Mayor Walsh and other city officials visit Cape Verde

    Mayor Martin Walsh traveled to Cape Verde along with other city and 25 state officials and delegates from the private sector. Boston started a sister city program with the African nation’s capital, Praia, in 2015. Cape Verdean Creole is one of the top five languages spoken in Boston and the city has a large Cape Verdean population. This trip is meant to further collaboration and connection and will feature trips to multiple islands in the archipelago nation. The mayor will return back to Boston on Thursday.

    Share on

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Pinterest
    • Google +
    • LinkedIn
    • Email
    Previous articleStone Center to hire additional psychiatric providers
    Next articlePresident’s Corner: 2/27/19

    You may also like

    Contract ratified by Wellesley’s Maintenance and Service Employees Union

    News in Brief

    Wellesley adapts to end of race conscious admissions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    The Wellesley News

      SECTIONS

    • News
    • Features
    • Opinions
    • Arts
    • Sports
    • Multimedia
    • Projects
    • About

      ABOUT

    • Contact
    • Join the News
    • Masthead
    • Editorial Board

      RESOURCES

    • Advertising
    • Submission
    • Subscribe

      CONTACT US

    • Contact
    COPYRIGHT © 2023 THE WELLESLEY NEWS