NEWS
LET PATIENTS GROW: HARDSHIP MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATORS IN MASS FACE ABSURD OBSTACLES
Got cancer? Tough luck. Got epilepsy? Too bad, so sad. Got chronic pain? Shut up and go eat your opiates.
LIFESTYLE
GIFT GUIDE: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOUTH
Buying skin care for other people is hard. Whether you’re looking for a few more ideas for yourself or that perfect slam-dunk for the hard-to-please in your life—and we’ve all got at least one—these beauty covetables will win every time, regardless of age, gender, or skin type.
MUSIC
FOLLOWING FOOD NETWORK FAME, OAK LONETREE DROPS BEST EFFORT YET WITH ASSIST FROM INSIGHT
“I know this is really random, but you’re like a Boston Greek dad rapper and construction worker and I can totally get you on a show.”
ARTS
SPECIAL EXCERPT: TRUMP, ALT-RIGHT, SADO-POPULISM, AND APOCALYPTIC NEOFASCISM
Donald Trump is the product of a childhood immersed in White racist nationalism, hyper-masculinist misogyny, and the sneering elitism of the wealthiest 1%. His years as a teenager at New York Military Academy honed his authoritarianism and militarism.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM? A HARD LOOK AT SOMERVILLE’S ‘ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’ ZONES
“What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville.”
UNLIKELY BEVFELLOWS: HOPTEA IS UNEXPECTED, UNNECESSARY, AND MY FAVORITE NEW NONALCOHOLIC INVENTION
Compelling isn’t the most flattering word for a soft drink. It’s not a compliment that I would ordinarily use to describe something meant to be swallowed, but it’s necessary here, because HopTea isn’t something that we knew existed, or that we needed.
BETHANY VAN DELFT: ON STORYTELLING, PARENTHOOD, COMEDY … AND THE FRENCH
Before I had kids it felt horrible, like the worst thing. I’m so freakin worried about failing my kids all the time, bombing feels like a coffee break.
HOLIDAY DRINKS: TIKI CHRISTMAS, BOOZY HANUKKAH
Read on to ensure that visions of Kris Kringle Coladas and Manischewitz cobblers dance in your head.
