Despite cries from advocates and experts, heavily armed SWAT teams are increasingly deployed to nonviolent protests in Mass
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STEPPING OUT: PRO DANCER ANA MASACOTE OPENS UP ABOUT BEING BISEXUAL IN THE SALSA SCENE
“I realized the power I had was in really being myself and living my truth. I wasn’t willing to hide to make others more comfortable.”
SPECIAL FEATURE: MORE POTENT THAN RODENTS
Poisons meant for pests are killing animals and impacting humans in Mass
MEDICAL CANNABIS SPECIAL: TREATING YOURSELF
When Western medicine failed, these patients designed their own successful cannabis regimens
‘SHOW ‘EM WHATCHA GOT’ AT THE MASS HIP-HOP ROADSHOW
The scrapbook party rockers are asking heads in their network and whoever else is in possession of relevant goods to bring items to be digitally archived, so that all eras and elements of the culture can be represented and catalogued for future generations—for research purposes, sure, but primarily so that their contributions can be scanned in stone.
BOSTON’S HIDDEN DIAL: AN INSIDER’S TOUR OF THE HUB’S COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS
I’m here to remind that the radio dial in Boston still offers a cornucopia of sounds known and unknown, music that is often deftly curated by musically obsessed volunteer disc jockeys at college stations. With the possible exception of the Bay Area, we have the best and most unique radio dial in the country.
HUBWAY’S LOW-INCOME PROGRAM GOES REGIONAL, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE’S STILL BEHIND THE CURVE
“Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan have the worst infrastructure and the most speeding and lack of bike lanes, let alone protected bike lanes, but unfortunately we feel that the city is lagging behind, period,” Wolfson said. “The entire city needs much more of an investment in bike infrastructure and a much more rapid implementation.”
GHOST RIDERS: AN ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE TO CYCLISTS KILLED THROUGH THE YEARS
Memorials to friends and family members who have been killed while riding on two wheels, they are infinitely sad to pass, yet serve as critical reminders about the life and death issue that cycling is for many people.
CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND MASS
Can the Commonwealth have a governor’s race about issues when money is the only thing that matters?
BOYS ON THE SIDE: JP’S GUY-FREE FILM NIGHT IS THE PERFECT POST-WEINSTEIN OUTPOST
The viewing and discussion group is held at Video Underground in Jamaica Plain, and connects women fans of movies who watch films by women, often about women (in which case male protagonists are allowed), in a room of women (cis-, LGBTQ, non-binary) viewers only.
