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In other words, mass transit advocates should not start the current fight with a weak political proposal like trying to give low-income T riders lower fares and exposing a lot of other better off.
"It’s always the same thing—people who are making their careers claiming they are speaking for people who they say are supposedly voiceless but who are actually shouting to be heard and are still being marginalized."
King Diamond brings his tale of natal demonic possession on the road, as told on the classic 1987 record Abigail.
Zuckerberg, if you are listening, you have a problem. Fix it.
It’s the giving that keeps on drinking
Ryan Coogler’s new Rocky movie shows us a franchise—and an artist—in transition
The guards at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts are up in arms about proposed changes to their jobs
Party hard this holiday season. Just maybe not Macalay Culkin hard.
Palm, Banned Books, URSULA, Jonah Furman, Strange Mangers, Stumpf, and more gear up to play Show Mom Fest 2, one of the city's most welcoming festivals.
Frederick Wiseman’s latest film profiles one of the country’s most diverse neighborhoods
Part I in ‘A Higher Allegiance: The Rise of a Transnational Identity in Boston’s Immigrant Communities,’ a BINJ series
The bill still needs to go before the Senate, which will likely change it yet again, so there’s still hope that it will be fixed. But after seeing how the bill was devastated by the House, the future is unpredictable.
A number of Native American nations were for all intents and purposes destroyed—at least as political entities. The rest were assimilated or marginalized.
The Jolie-Pitt family gets caught in an unflattering pose
Ty Segall has a lot of irons in the fire; he’s the Robert Pollard of garage rock, only with nicer shoes. After only 28 trips around our glowing sun, he’s released over twenty records under various guises and tonight the sold out Sinclair was ready for the next dose of his power ...
Coheed and Cambria added a second Boston date to their 2016 tour -- and we're giving away a pair of tickets!
Most doctors don't think like this ... But very few speak out about the fraud being carried out against the legalized medicinal use of cannabis.
Anita Gillette returns to the stage in A Confederacy of Dunces
How one trio brought southern folk rock to the heart of Boston and got sports fans to rally around them in the process.
It’s already impossible to imagine the city without Jason Trefts of Illegally Blind -- just look at this week’s upcoming Boston En Masse festival to understand why.
The Dig teams up with comrades coast to coast (and some major bestselling authors) to crank the heat on climate change awareness
A Great Little Bar That Has Location Issues
The Grrl Haus cinema series might represent the kind of gathering we’ve taken to calling a “safe space.”
Time to dust off your winter coats and get your ass outside!
