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Guest columnists Wren Bellavance-Grace and Megan Paik: Housing is a human right: Marking Human Rights Day

“International human rights law recognizes everyone’s right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate housing. Despite the central place of this right within the global legal system, well over a billion people are not adequately housed.” . ....

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Remote participation in government improved access, but maybe at a cost


Remote participation in government improved access, but maybe at a cost
By Katie Lannan
State House News Service
In Northampton, holding meetings remotely allowed the city s police review commission to offer real-time Spanish interpretation. One member of that panel Booker Bush, a 69-year-old physician who also serves on the Northampton Human Rights Commission told state lawmakers Wednesday that he s been more involved in the political process over the past year than any other in his life.
Myra Ross, an Amherst resident who is blind, said she s been able to participate in municipal meetings because of platforms like Zoom and that losing this opportunity to be an equal participant would be a tragedy to Massachusetts. ....

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