Investigation finds that edtech surveillance platforms need "urgent federal action" to safeguard students
SENATORS ED MARKEY AND ELIZABETH WARREN CALL FOR STUDENT PROTECTION AGAINST SURVEILLANCE
Archives for March 2022
“THE BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS” TO SHAKE UP THEATER
Director Chris Edwards says the show is a remix of Shakespeare and hip hop
POLS VOICE SUPPORT FOR SHERATON WORKERS
Employees jobs of the largest hotel in Boston could be in jeopardy
“THE CHINATOWN TOUR” RAP SHOW
A free performance at Chinatown's Pao Arts Center
A PEEK INSIDE TRADE ROOTS, A DISPENSARY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE GROW
“We want to have the kind of shop that makes you think, ‘Oh cool, I get to go buy weed,’ rather than, ‘Fuck, I have to go get weed.’”
INBOX: GREENWAY ANNOUNCES 2022 FOOD TRUCK PROGRAM
"Many of our food truck partners shut down mobile operations entirely over the past two years to focus their efforts on keeping their restaurants open and staff employed."
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE FOILIES 2022
Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency.
DIG THIS: SPRING ARTS PREVIEW EDITION
From the stage, to the gallery, to the concerto, they’re back
IT SEEMS MAYOR WU AND NORTH END RESTAURATEURS HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT
“Restaurants will only be required to pay for the months that they choose to participate in the program.”
DIG THIS: CHERRY BLOSSOM SAKE CELEBRATION
First Annual Celebration of Cherry Blossom + Namazake Season
SOMERVILLE BUSINESS PROFILE: Q’S NUTS
A family owned business that produces sweet and savory flavored nuts
COUNCILORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON DIGITAL DIVIDE
How immigrants face the imbalance in the world of technology
THE DIG INTERVIEW: SHABAKA HUTCHINGS FROM SONS OF KEMET
“When you actually go to people with the fact that you’re not trying to get them to play anything in particular, you just want their response.”
STATE WIRE: MASS TEACHERS UNION BACKS BILL TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN ED
"What we owe to our students … is to have schools full of educators from their communities who speak their languages who understand their culture.”
FOTOBOM: MAYHEM AND MIDNIGHT @ THE PALLADIUM
United States immigration is like a bouncer at some upscale club. If you don’t get in, you have no idea why; just that you are not getting in. Unfortunately the heavy hand of the feds came down on Watain despite their many US tours previously and were denied entry into the country, so ...
ANOTHER DIRE WARNING, AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR MASS
IPCC co-author: 'Pretty stark material to wade through'
THE KONNECT: LINKING LOCAL CREATIVES WITH THE MOVIE BUSINESS
“A lot of people are very unaware of these different jobs that are in the film industry.”
“ROBOTA” EXHIBIT EXPLORES LABOR, TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
The show goes up at MIT List Visual Arts Center
VITAMIN BEER, A WAX SCROTUM, AND OTHER HISTORIC HEALTHCARE TREASURES
“I wrote the book as the story was breaking news … It was a really interesting process”
THE DIG INTERVIEW: TALIB KWELI
“I can’t really separate that or say that it’s easier or feel guilty about it because it’s the music that makes my voice valuable to so many people.”
INNOVATIVE REENTRY: THE FOCUS OF THOMAS KOONCE’S PAROLE HEARING
“Today I am in support of a brother and friend who has been the most influential person in my life.”
NORTH END RESTAURANTS AND MAYOR MICHELLE WU AT ODDS
A clash over outdoor dining
SENATOR SONIA CHANG-DIAZ CHALLENGES AG MAURA HEALEY TO DEBATES
She proposed three televised debates before the Democratic Party Convention in June
COLLOQUIUM: “RIGHT ALONG THE SHORE”
Panelists were closely involved in desegregation struggles in Boston
CIVICALLY SPEAKING: A YOUTH CLIMATE ACTIVIST ROUNDTABLE
A discussion hosted by American Repertory Theater
DIG THIS: BLOOD & FASHION EXTRAVAGANZA
"This upcoming production will be centered around breaking patterns that bind oppressed populations within systemic racism."
REMEMBERING HALL’S CORNER
When I heard that Jamie died in 2009 soon after his 31st birthday, I did that thing you do when you can’t process the pain of that kind of loss.
REFORMS ON FACIAL SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
Tighter regulations could help protect civil liberties
FOTOBOM: NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS @ THE WANG THEATER
When this show was first announced I was a bit skeptical; just Nick and Warren, in the same cavernous theater they sold out with the full Bad Seeds lineup a couple of years ago? And what would they play, just Carnage and maybe some of their soundtrack work? Nah, this can’t ...
26TH ANNUAL IMMIGRANTS’ DAY AT THE STATE HOUSE
MIRA Coalition will host the virtual event
