# CommonWealth Beacon: Politics, ideas, and civic life in Massachusetts

> A trusted nonprofit, non\-partisan source for in\-depth news analysis, reporting \& opinion on policy, politics, \& civic life in Massachusetts\.

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## Pages
- [Home](https://commonwealthbeacon.org): CommonWealth Beacon is the trusted source for in\-depth news analysis, and original reporting on policy, politics, and civic life in Massachusetts\.We are nonprofit, non\-partisan, and make our work available for free to all, with no paywall\.
- [Job Board](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/job-board/)
- [News](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/news/): CommonWealth Beacon’s cracks open the stories, personalities, and political machinations that impact residents across the state\. Explore sharp, thoughtful reporting that explores local dust\-ups, statewide legislative trends, transformative court rulings, and policies that shape life in Massachusetts\. 
- [Housing](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/): Massachusetts is facing an historic housing crunch\. Explore its root causes and implications for shelter systems, economic development planning, and the state's competitiveness pitch with CommonWealth Beacon reporting\.
- [Education](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/education/): CommonWealth Beacon explores the dynamics of the state’s K\-12 and higher education systems, from their foundational pillars to current debates over how to ensure quality educational opportunity for all\.
- [Membership](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/membership/): Join as a member to help our journalists provide Massachusetts with the in\-depth and high\-quality news that so many rely on daily\. Your membership powers the stories that matter most and your contribution directly supports our independent newsroom\. 
- [Politics](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/): CommonWealth Beacon takes the pulse of Massachusetts politics by examining the policies, personalities, and pressing issues shaping moves in local governance, on Beacon Hill, and among the state’s congressional delegation in Washington\. 
- [CommonWealth Voices](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/newsletters/commonwealth-voices/): CommonWealth Beacon’s cracks open the stories, personalities, and political machinations that impact residents across the state\. Explore sharp, thoughtful reporting that explores local dust\-ups, statewide legislative trends, transformative court rulings, and policies that shape life in Massachusetts\. 
- [CommonWealth Voices](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/voices): CommonWealth Voices aims to be a beacon of robust discourse, offering a platform for analysis and advocacy on the challenges and aspirations of political life in Massachusetts\. 

Explore Massachusetts’ vibrant political and civic landscape with incisive commentary from legislators, local activists, seasoned political analysts, and interested residents across the Bay State\.
- [Transportation](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/)
- [Health Care](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/health-care/): CommonWealth Beacon dives into the present and future of health and wellness in Massachusetts through its coverage of medical breakthroughs, regional disparities, insurance reshuffles, and the nitty\-gritty of health policy\.
- [Energy \& Environment](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/): The Bay State is eager to claim the cutting\-edge of sustainable solutions\. CommonWealth Beacon breaks down moves in renewable energy, conservation, and innovation, from offshore wind to cranberry bog solar arrays, gas taxes to retrofit incentives\.
- [Michael Jonas](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/about/people/michael-jonas/): Michael Jonas works with Bruce in overseeing CommonWealth Beacon coverage and editing the work of reporters\. His own reporting has a particular focus on politics, education, and criminal justice reform\.
- [About](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/about/)
- [CommonWealth In Depth](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/in-depth/): Take a deep dive into the stories that shape Massachusetts with CommonWealth In Depth\.

In these thoroughly researched long\-reads, CommonWealth Beacon peels back the layers behind the big headlines and spotlights unseen stories around the state by digging into complex legal challenges, thorny policy fights, and compelling personal narratives\.
- [Jennifer Smith](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/about/people/jennifer-smith/): Jennifer Smith writes for CommonWealth Beacon and co\-hosts its weekly podcast, The Codcast\. Her areas of focus include housing, social issues, courts and the law, and politics and elections\.
- [Bruce Mohl](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/about/people/bruce-mohl/): Bruce Mohl oversees the production of content and edits reports, along with carrying out his own reporting with a particular focus on transportation, energy, and climate issues\.

## Posts
- [Question 3 debate highlights disagreements over fixing the lack of competition in Mass\. elections](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/ballot-questions/question-3-debate-highlights-disagreements-over-fixing-the-lack-of-competition-in-mass-elections/): Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor who founded the group advancing Question 3, and Jordan Berg Powers, chair of Voter Rights MA, which is opposing the ballot initiative, faced off in a debate about all\-party primaries, which is shaping up to be perhaps the most controversial of the nine ballot questions that will appear before Massachusetts voters in November\. 
- [Senators decry ‘disastrous,’ ‘flabbergasting’ Census changes](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/senators-decry-disastrous-flabbergasting-census-changes/): The change, if implemented, would “dramatically and inaccurately favor southern states where many northern residents, sometimes called snowbirds, spend some or all of the months of December through March, despite spending a majority of their time voting in and paying taxes to northern states like Massachusetts," Jessie Partride Guerrero, director of data services at the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, testified\.
- [Chelsea considering eliminating parking minimums to promote housing production](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/chelsea-considering-eliminating-parking-minimums-to-promote-housing-production/): Across the country, cities are abandoning their parking minimums and hoping to end up with fewer parking lots and walkable, transit\-oriented neighborhoods\. The local rules have been used to ensure new developments can accommodate residents with cars and do not overwhelm on\-street public parking\. But urbanists have argued that the requirements gobble up land that could be used for more housing and drive up construction costs\.
- [To maximize consumer protection, new data privacy law must include a ‘private right of action’](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/to-maximize-privacy-protection-new-data-privacy-law-must-include-a-private-right-of-action/): Regular people’s ability to sue businesses for the alleged violation of a law is called private right of action, and it is a necessary inclusion if the future Massachusetts data privacy law is to truly protect citizens’ rights, safety, and privacy\. 
- [Massachusetts can protect data privacy without hurting small businesses](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/massachusetts-can-protect-data-privacy-without-hurting-small-businesses/): As lawmakers debate the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, they should be careful not to adopt an approach that unintentionally makes it harder and more expensive for local businesses to compete, grow, and innovate online\.  

## Jobs
- [President](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/job/reproductive-equity-now-boston-ma-full-time-president-2/)
- [Development Operations and Grants Associate](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/job/trinity-boston-connects-boston-ma-full-time-development-operations-and-grants-associate/)
- [Real Estate Senior Project Manager](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/job/the-planning-office-for-urban-affairs-boston-ma-full-time-real-estate-senior-project-manager/)

## Generic Listings
- [President, Reproductive Equity Now](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/listings/jobs/reproductive-equity-now-boston-ma-full-time-president-2/): Boston, MA · Full Time · $160,000 \- $180,000/year
- [Development Operations and Grants Associate, Trinity Boston Connects](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/listings/jobs/trinity-boston-connects-boston-ma-full-time-development-operations-and-grants-associate/): Boston, MA · Full Time · $55,000/year
- [Real Estate Senior Project Manager, The Planning Office for Urban Affairs](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/listings/jobs/the-planning-office-for-urban-affairs-boston-ma-full-time-real-estate-senior-project-manager/): Boston, MA · Full Time · $85,000 \- $120,000/year

## Newsletters
- [The Download: Senators decry ‘disastrous,’ ‘flabbergasting’ Census changes](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/newsletter/senators-decry-disastrous-flabbergasting-census-changes/)
- [The Download: Question 3 debate highlights disagreements over fixing the lack of competition in Mass\. elections](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/newsletter/question-3-debate-highlights-disagreements-over-fixing-the-lack-of-competition-in-mass-elections/)
- [Mass Save in limbo and four more stories: The Saturday Send](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/newsletter/mass-save-in-limbo-and-four-more-stories-the-saturday-send/)
- [The Download: Eversource CEO tells industry conference he expects Healey to turn down the ‘volume’ on utility criticism post\-election](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/newsletter/eversource-ceo-tells-industry-conference-he-expects-healey-to-turn-down-the-volume-on-utility-criticism-post-election/)
- [The Download: Chelsea considering eliminating parking minimums to promote housing production](https://commonwealthbeacon.org/newsletter/chelsea-considering-eliminating-parking-minimums-to-promote-housing-production/)

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