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Local Suya Joint manager released after nearly 100 days in ICE custody The Nigerian restauranteur who was detained by federal immigration agents in June is free.

Paul Dama means so much to so many in our community.

His release is a powerful reminder of what is possible when our community comes together, rallies behind a beloved neighbor, and stands firm in the face of Trump & ICE’s shameful reign of terror.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

🌟 Introducing our Legislators of the Year: Cambridge City Councilors @burhanazeem.bsky.social & @councillorsiddiqui.bsky.social!

We’re proud to honor their bold leadership on housing reform. 🏘️
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

Purple and blue graphic with pictures of Mayor Michelle Wu and voters with text: It’s Election Day. Polling locations in Boston are open 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. GOTV Find voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.

Get out and vote TODAY, Boston! 🗳️

Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.

It’s time to vote and show the world: Boston is not for sale, and we’ll keep fighting for our families and our future.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

광복 80주년★ 점령된 모든 사람들의 해방을 염원합니다.

Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams are in a high-stakes staring contest Mounting independent bids, the former governor and mayor are splitting votes, which could ensure a Mamdani win.

Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams are in a high-stakes staring contest.

Both independent candidates are refusing to get out of each others’ way in the NYC mayoral race — virtually sealing victory for Zohran Mamdani.

He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation. Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.

Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.

“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"

I feel like you need a fiction and a nonfiction book:

Nonfiction: Burnout by Emily Nagoski
Fiction: We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida
portersquarebooks.com/book/9781984...
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My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

what is happening

Today is the first day to pull papers for the Cambridge City Council and Cambridge School Committee.

So far 12 for Council (6 incumbents) and 4 for School (1 incumbent). Office closes at 5pm.

last council meeting before recess !

I love when people say that law doesn’t matter because it’s been violated and therefore we should stop talking about law entirely. Such a useful contribution. Thank you for your service.

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

A meme that reads: this is like Kendrick versus Drake but with two Drakes

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The contrast on the debate stage Wednesday night — and in this election — could not be clearer.

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A good day coming up in South Korea.

Here, I'm practically spoon-feeding at this point.

Back when he was running in 2022, Lee Jae-myung wrote an article on Foreign Affairs that laid out his FP vision. Every analysis should start here: www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/eas...

MIT bans class of 2025 president from commencement after pro-Palestinian speech, drawing protests - The Boston Globe Megha Vemuri, president of MIT’s undergrad student association, on Thursday veered from her prepared marks and called for the university to cut ties with Israel.

MIT banned the president of its class of 2025 from commencement after a speech she made Thursday veered from her prepared marks and called for the university to cut ties with Israel.

Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

#AAPImonth Honoring AAPI elected officials making MA history! Mayor Michelle Wu, 1st Asian American Mayor of Boston; Mayor Sokhary Chau, 1st Cambodian American Mayor of Lowell; Nina Liang, 1st Chinese American City Councilor of Quincy; Cambridge Councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, was 1st MA Muslim mayor!

If so many people are leaving Massachusetts, why aren’t housing costs going down? - The Boston Globe The state’s combination of slow population growth and sky-high prices would seem to contradict the basic laws of supply and demand.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/14/b...