Comics in Color exposes young and old heads alike to representative art and creative outlets
VOICE OVER: DIG STRONG AND MOURN ON
Here at the Dig, along with our partners from the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, we are busy working on multiple investigations—you know, the kind that critics who don’t know the first thing about independent media in 2018 keep alleging that papers like ours have stopped producing.
CANNABIS CHAMPIONS: AN UPDATE ON THE BROCKTON FRONT
While Brockton drags its feet on cannabis, an entrepreneur perseveres in spite of prohibitionists
IN SUFFOLK DA’S RACE, VOTERS HAVE A CHANCE TO REWIRE PROSECUTORIAL APPARATUS
Whatever you do in the booth, if you want to help steer Suffolk County clear of yet another reign in which people of color are presumed to be guilty and cops are assumed to be just, then by all means do not pull for candidate Greg Henning.
CASH CABERNET: BEN BAILEY ROLLS THROUGH CITY WINERY
Have you ever crashed the cab? Have you ever been robbed in the cab? What’s the weirdest thing that ever happened? Did anyone ever throw up in the cab? I get that last one often.
TOMATO TIME: SEEING RED AT WILSON FARM IN LEXINGTON
“Tomato Fest is one of our favorite events because we are able to highlight the 20 different varieties of tomatoes we grow every year. The festival allows for our shoppers to sample an assortment of our fantastic heirlooms and taste the subtle differences between each of them.”
TOOTS TALKS: A REGGAE HERO REFLECTS BACK ON HALF A CENTURY OF TOURING
The fact that he’s still jamming and flexing his legendary smooth but rugged vocals isn’t merely remarkable because he is 75 years old, but also because five years ago, it looked like he would never sing in public again.
THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Catholic Church is the most vile institution on the planet, a pedophilic cesspool years beyond potential rehabilitation.
FIELD OF GREEN: CATCHING UP WITH THE DORCHESTER DISPENSARY HOPEFULS FROM HOLISTIC HEALTH GROUP
“You start with the application of intent, you throw your hat in the ring, and you realize how big of a thing you’re getting into.”
HOW THE BOSTON GLOBE TROLLED THE AMERICAN MEDIA
My region’s newspaper of record, it appeared, was requesting a favor—superficially in solidarity with outlets all across the country its asking to “stand together” in “common defense” against Trump, but actually in service of the Globe itself and no one else.
