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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

OLIVIA DENG

NOTES ON: THE INCONTINENCE PROJECT

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted January 28, 2021 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Videos by the Incontinence Project will stream as part of the Hassle Plague Series on February 10 at 8pm.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: arts, Film, slider

STREET MEDICS BOLSTER PROTESTS IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU MAY REALIZE

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted January 19, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We’re here, we’ve got you. We want you to continue feeling safe as you make your point.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: feature, features, news, protests

THE NEW FACE OF DIRECT ACTION IN MASS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted May 6, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us

direct action pandemic

Some of the many ways people are safely advocating for workers, renters, incarcerated people, artists, and other vulnerable populations. 

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, news, news to us, slider

MUTUAL AID VOLS IN MASS WEAVE CORONAVIRUS SOCIAL SAFETY NET

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted March 20, 2020 Filed Under: News to Us

Coronavirus Food

“Right now, we need to build resilient infrastructure run by the people and for the people—infrastructure that can outlast this crisis and be ready for the next one.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the US, exposing capitalism’s unsustainability, a dysfunctional healthcare system riddled with high costs and inaccessibility, and a lack of workers’ rights and protections. In Massachusetts, the situation is dire, with  ...  read more

Filed Under: News to Us Tagged With: coronavirus, news, news to us, slider, Team Reporting

“YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF POWER”: YOUTH MOVEMENT APPLIES PRESSURE TO PRIMARY

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted February 6, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We saw this opportunity where, if we could organize young people in New Hampshire to not only turn out to vote but to also work after the election to hold leaders accountable, we actually have a lot of political agency."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, criminal justice, Deval Patrick, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, Environment, gun control, guns, immigration, income inequality, Joe Biden, law enforcement, loan debt, local media, Manchester Divided, Michael Bloomberg, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Youth Movement, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, religion, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

FLAW PATROL: HOW LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT USES OVERSEAS THREATS TO MILK OVERTIME

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted January 29, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“Increased patrols do not protect anyone ... they are actively harmful to poor and oppressed people who are routinely harassed, brutalized, and surveilled by the police in Boston and across the country."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, Boston Police Department, Boston Research Intelligence Center, BPD, BRIC, details, Digital Fourth, fusion centers, immigration, iran, Muslims, overtime, police accountability, racial profiling, see something say something, surveillance

‘I SAW THOSE ON TV’: METAL CANS, SANTO BLANCO SHOTS, GOOP, AND AL PASTOR TACOS WITH CHIEF PARTY ROCKER GUY FIERI

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, LIFESTYLE

“I’m a big nacho guy,” Fieri told me. “Who isn’t, right?”

Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: big night entertainment group, Big Night Live, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, eats, Food, Guy Fieri, Mexican food, North Station, TD Garden, Tequila Cocina, Trash Can Nachos

ALLSTON POLITICS CITY: IN A GENTRIFYING ARTS HAMLET, POLITICAL HOPEFULS SHARE PLANS TO KEEP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WEIRD

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted July 26, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We put our necks out there to invest ourselves emotionally, physically, monetarily into everything that surrounds us because we wanna make it beautiful, and then the second it actually becomes beautiful is the second that people want to turn it into something else."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Allston, Allston-Brighton, Amanda Smart, bospoli, Boston City Council, brandon bowser, brighton, Ciommo, Craig Cashman, D9, Dan Daly, District 9, Jonathan Allen, Lee Nave, Liz Breadon, Politics

QUEERS TO THE FRONT

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted April 25, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Photo by Olivia Deng

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Aiden Nguyễn, artist, Dorchester Art Project, queer, Vietnamese, visual art

ROE AHEAD: GROUPS BOOST MODEL FOR WHAT REPRODUCTIVE CARE ACCESS SHOULD LOOK LIKE

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted January 22, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"In Massachusetts we not only have to protect that care for the people … but we also have to serve as a model for what access to care should look like for the rest of the nation.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Healthy Youth Act, NARAL Pro-Choice, Planned Parenthood, reproductive rights, ROE Act, Sexual Health Lobby Day, State House

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