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The trial of Nicola Sacco (right) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti was one of the most sensational and controversial in American history. The two were found guilty of murder and executed in August of 1927. Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The world will probably never know whether Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were truly guilty of murdering two men in 1920. But the controversial trial of these immigrant anarchists is considered one of the 20th century s most famous.
Italians Sacco and Vanzetti both emigrated to the U.S. in 1908. Settling in Massachusetts, Sacco worked as a shoe factory edge trimmer, while Vanzetti was a fishmonger. But according to the HowStuffWorks podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class, the men were also involved in some unsavory activities. They belonged to Gruppo Autonomo, an East Boston anarchist cell that was plotting a violent overthrow of the government. And they d written for an Italian anarchist newsletter actions that resulted in their n
An employee at Boston’s Combined Jewish Philanthropies filed suit in Massachusetts Superior Court Wednesday, alleging that the nonprofit Jewish federation discriminated against him for his religion and sex, and retaliated against him for taking parental leave.
Zachary Kogan is suing CJP and Kimberlee Schumacher, the vice president of partnership and services, whom Kogan said in the complaint revoked a promotion after he decided to take parental leave in anticipation of the birth of his son and created an environment that was hostile to his Orthodox Jewish faith.
Kogan said in the complaint that Schumacher asked why his wife could not take more maternity leave so that he could shorten his own leave.
A Boston Public Schools official has been charged with raping a 15-year-old former student at the Joseph P. Timilty Middle School earlier this year. Manuel Mendes, 38, of Boston, the school’s dean of students, was arrested Friday on a warrant charging him with four counts of statutory rape. He was arraigned Monday in West Roxbury Municipal Court. Bail was set… chelsea Dec 2, 2020
A man has been charged with beating his roommate to death this weekend in Chelsea, Massachusetts, prosecutors said Wednesday. Bartolo Cruz Cosigua Gonzalez, a 44-year-old from Chelsea, was arrested Monday on a manslaughter charge in the killing that prosecutors say took place Saturday. Chelsea police officers found Gonzalez’ roommate, 25-year-old Alexis Antonio Yanes-Majano, lying on the street outside an apartment…
A Massachusetts judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday from the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign over Harvardâs investments in companies with ties to the prison industry, bringing an end to a months-long court battle between activists and University officials.
The five plaintiffs â all Harvard graduate students and HPDC members â filed the lawsuit in February 2020 on two counts. First, the plaintiffs charged that Harvard violated its fiduciary duty to manage the endowment in good faith by retaining investments in the prison industry. The plaintiffs also alleged that Harvard engaged in false advertising by pledging to atone for its historical ties to slavery while still retaining financial investments in the prison industry.