Whether or not it is prudent to reopen, there is yet another epidemic raging that must be considered, and of course that is the problem of police violence.
DEAR READER: THE DIG IS BACK IN PRINT AND IN STREET BOXES THIS WEEK
COLUMNS
PRIDE CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY VIRTUALLY DURING MULTIPLE CRISES
The continued distance between the white LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ communities of color has a historical antecedent.
BAKER’S RESTRICTIONS ON WORSHIP LAX COMPARED TO INITIAL CDC GUIDELINES
We compared the CDC's earlier guidelines advising gatherings to the governor’s instructions limiting places of worship occupancy to 40%. Baker, no doubt, was under pressure not to be "too prescriptive."
IS IT SAFE TO HOOK UP AGAIN? I’M GETTING EXTREMELY IMPATIENT.
Last night I overheard my neighbors having sex—no big deal, right? I consider myself a sex-positive person, and have always held and espoused the belief that if you can't have loud sex in your own home, where can you have it?
PLEA TO OPEN RESTAURANTS NEXT WEEK FUELED BY STUPIDITY AND DESPERATION
None of the segments or articles amplifying the push to reopen restaurants sought input from a medical professional or anyone else who might suggest that opening the doors next week is reckless.
MASKHOLES: HOW NOT TO COVER YOUR FACE IN A PANDEMIC
A Visual Guide with Photos (for the Thickheaded or Sociopathic)
RECLOSE AMERICA: DON’T FOLLOW FASCISTS IN THE SERVICE OF WALL ST TO YOUR GRAVES
Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All
HARVARD AND MIT MUST HELP THEIR WORKERS AND AREA HOMELESS NOW
Institutions with more wealth than many nations have no excuse for inaction during a pandemic
SOMERVILLE: THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS… AND NEW FRIENDS
Plague Journal 1: It is at once a detailed narration of human dynamics within a quarantined and imperiled population, and a metaphor for the moral choices presented by human existence. For Camus, the plague is the human condition in which random death can be visited on any of us at any time, without reason, and regardless of our virtues.
MASSACHUSETTS WAS NOT READY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
But we can be ready for the next one
