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Co-executive directors of the Cordial Eye in Hyannis discuss support, space and money for artists whose voices have been missing from Cape Cod.

When it comes to postpartum and perinatal mental health, getting help is hard under a "fragmented" health care system. New moms on Cape can turn here.

The Juneteenth federal holiday is Sunday, and area groups will celebrate with concerts, discussion, films and a Martha's Vineyard-wide jubilee.

Racial justice protestors at a rally in Woods Hole in 2020. Today marks one year since the police murder of George Floyd, which sparked protests around the world and spurred a new wave of activism. To reflect on the past year, CAI talked with people in our region about how Floyd’s death touched their lives and prompted action. Robert Cutts grew up in Harwich and returned to the Cape to retire. When he worked as a deputy sheriff in Virginia, he went public with complaints of racism in his own department, but he still believes most police officers want to do the right thing.

The Rev. Will Mebane, rector of Saint Barnabas Memorial Episcopal Church in Falmouth, said the conviction Tuesday of former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd was no cause for celebration. “I don’t feel like celebrating," he said. "I don’t feel like cheering. I’m very sad. I, of course, continue to be sad not only for the lynching of George Floyd, but of Daunte Wright, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and the whole list of others who were killed and justice was not served.”  Black and Brown men and women are just as much at risk after the verdict a...