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Guest Column: For Privacy Advocates, License Plate Readers Are A Bigger Threat Than Carefully-Regulated Speed Enforcement Cameras
Traffic enforcement cameras do not pose the same threats to privacy as license-plate-reader surveillance, which is already in widespread use in Massachusetts.
August 5, 2026
Friday Video: You Should Care That Your Car Is Spying On You
Yes, every device we own is probably harvesting our data. But the car might be the worst offender.
September 26, 2025
Black Transportation Justice: How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World
Part 3 in a three-part series.
June 26, 2025
Black Transportation Justice: A Closer Look at Intersectional Labor Movements
Throughout the 20th century, Black civil rights leaders used transportation as a means to challenge white supremacy, aiding movements for organized labor and feminism along the way.
June 24, 2025
Black Transportation Justice Boston Spotlight: Public Transit Public Good
As part of Part II of the three-part series from reporter Meghan Volcy on the intersection of Black history and the pursuit of equity and justice in transportation throughout the United States’ history, she spoke to Natalicia Tracy, Executive Director of Community Labor United, to learn more about her work with Public Transit Public Good and how the legacy of Black labor organizing continues to shape Boston's present-day transit justice movement.
June 24, 2025
