Jacob Schles

is a freelance reporter from Brooklyn, NY. Currently based in Boston, his journalistic work focuses on labor issues, policy, and local histories, with an investigative angle. Jacob's work has appeared in several independent Boston-area outlets, including the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, for which he is a reporter, the Cambridge Somerville Independent, and Cambridge Day. He graduated from Emerson College with a BS in Journalism.

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Affordable housing and space for Public Works are priorities at six Cambridge-owned properties - Cambridge | Somerville IndependentAffordable housing and room for a squeezed Department of Public Works was top of mind at a Monday roundtable in Cambridge about the future of several city-owned properties. Though the city owns dozens of properties, tentative plans for six sites were discussed at length by City Council...

Democratic Socialists seek more state seats but fell short of endorsing Uyterhoeven, its sole incumbent - Cambridge | Somerville IndependentJust over 59 percent of Boston Democratic Socialists of America members voted Feb. 8 to endorse Somerville state representative and DSA member Erika Uyterhoeven for state Senate, a few votes short of the 60 percent required. Despite previously telling DSA she wouldn’t run without an endorsement, Uyterhoeven...

Somerville To Expand Prison Labor Ban Following Its Purchase Of Prison-Made ItemsAfter a BINJ.News investigation revealed the city’s purchase of signs produced by prisoners, a city spokesperson said the mayor will recommend expanding a 2020 prison labor ordinance next week

Mourning Dove: No lease renewal offered by shopping center, Sign of the Dove artists need a new home - Cambridge | Somerville IndependentAfter 23 years in the Porter Square Shopping Center, gallery and artists cooperative Sign of the Dove loses its lease April 30. The co-op, which is home to 19 local creatives, is looking for a location to continue offering its members space to work on, show and...

Somerville Council Vows To Implement Popular Call For DivestmentCommits “to work toward passing an ordinance within a year … in accordance with the language of Ballot Question 3”

Gun Violence Prevention Grant Puts Opioid Settlement Funds Back In Communities | BINJThe Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office is spending its settlement funds from the consulting giant McKinsey on nonprofits working on gun violence prevention, urban farming, and food access

Late Legal Challenge To Somerville’s Question 3 Remains Unresolved With Early Voting About To Start | BINJAfter the Somerville Elections Commission rejected an opposition group’s challenge in that venue, the group took its fight to kill the question to a Woburn court

How MassArt’s Divestment Organizing 'Met An Edge'Here is what happened to MassArt professors and students after the public college in Boston disapproved of their pro-Palestine protests

Somerville kills well funded bid to remove Palestine boycott measure from ballot - Cambridge DayA committee backed by the ADL and a resigned Somerville city councilor tried to invalidate signatures needed to get a boycott measure on the ballot.

This Company Paid Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Funds, And Has Had Millions In State Contracts SinceThe consulting giant McKinsey continued its work advising Mass on healthcare and other matters after paying for “illegal and dangerous partnership with Purdue Pharma”

When Married Women Couldn’t Teach, Massachusetts Unions Led The FightAn often forgotten chapter in women’s labor history, the fight against marriage bans in Massachusetts eventually found success with activism, passionate union efforts, and nationwide economic change

After Devastating December Budget Trim, HIP May Be Restored By Mass LegislatureThe reduction to the Healthy Incentives Program cut monthly benefits for low-income families, but a higher proposed budget may bring back full payments as soon as July 1

Grace Lonergan Lorch Fought Back From Dorchester To Little Rock, And Paid SeverelyThough best remembered as an integration advocate in Arkansas, Lonergan Lorch’s foray into activism was defending women teachers in her native Boston in the ’40s

Fenway Health Center Under Investigation for Unfair Labor Practices - Working MassBy Jacob Schles FENWAY — Following several charges of unfair labor practices filed November 7, Fenway Health Center is under investigation by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for suppressing union action and bypassing the union, according to documents obtained from the NLRB. The center, which has been a leading force in LGBTQ healthcare and […]

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