Nirvani Williams
Reporter/Producer/HostNirvani Williams covers socioeconomic disparities for New England Public Media, joining the news team in June 2021 through Report for America.
Prior to this, Williams was the associate editor of Seema, an online publication dedicated to spreading more stories about women in the Indian diaspora, and has written a variety of articles, including a story about a Bangladeshi American cybersecurity expert and her tips for protecting phone data while protesting. Williams interned at WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News,” WSHU public radio, and La Voce di New York, a news site in Italian and English.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Stony Brook University, where she was the executive editor of the student-run culture magazine, The Stony Brook Press.
She can be reached at nirvani_williams [at] nepm.org.
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Gas prices are climbing slightly in Massachusetts due in part to the U.S. and Israel's strikes on Iran this weekend and a general rise in prices during this time in the season. -
Various agencies and refugees in Massachusetts are suing the Department of Homeland Security over Trump's “Refugee Detention Policy,” which states that refugees applying for green cards must return to federal custody one year after they were admitted to the U.S. -
Chicopee is now the first school district in the state to have cameras installed on their school buses to ensure drivers adhere to the stop signs attached to the vehicles. officials said. -
The resolution calls for the Massachusetts' Attorney General and the state's district attorneys to open criminal investigations into unlawful actions by federal immigration agents and cease 287(g) agreements, which allow local police to enforce certain aspects of federal immigration law. -
Town councilors in Amherst, Massachusetts, will vote Monday night on a resolution asking state Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell to prosecute federal ICE agents who violate state law. -
When contract negotiations are complete, Jackie Glasheen, an educator in the Holyoke Schools for more than 30 years, will take the helm as its new superintendent. -
The city of Springfield will pay close to $15 million in settlements after two students in the school system reported their teacher harassed and sexually assaulted them. -
Mayors, city and town councilors, school committee members and others were sworn into office across western Massachusetts on Monday. -
![Attorney General Andrea Campbell [right] with members of her office listening to organizer Katie Talbot [left] and activists speak about significant housing violations at Springfield Garden.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e51cb78/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2Fd9%2Fa31fb1144911a88742d2d8c7c079%2Fimg-9669.jpg)
The housing complex Springfield Gardens was involved in a $10 million dollar settlement that her office reached with the building's landlords for significant housing violations. -
![Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey [left] speaking with employees from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in Chicopee on Monday, following the state's disbursement of SNAP benefits to recipients.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e08ac68/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F23%2Fba%2F15c26da24444be18772574ad8dd9%2Fimg-9638.jpg)
Andrew Morehouse, the executive director for the Food Bank, cited high food insecurity rates, in particular Hampden County and Franklin County, which had the highest food insecurity rates of any county in the state in 2024.
![Attorney General Andrea Campbell [right] with members of her office listening to organizer Katie Talbot [left] and activists speak about significant housing violations at Springfield Garden.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5345898/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F21%2Fd9%2Fa31fb1144911a88742d2d8c7c079%2Fimg-9669.jpg)
![Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey [left] speaking with employees from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in Chicopee on Monday, following the state's disbursement of SNAP benefits to recipients.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/416b321/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2246+0+389/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F23%2Fba%2F15c26da24444be18772574ad8dd9%2Fimg-9638.jpg)