“It was psychotropic. It was insane. Shit glowed. Literally glowed green. Would change anybody’s disposition.”
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WILL BOSTON SET A NEW REGIONAL PRECEDENT AND FINALLY PAY RECYCLING WORKERS A LIVING WAGE?
For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers sorting the city’s recycling …
HOW AMERICA’S FIRST MUSLIM SUPERHERO SURFACED IN BOSTON AFTER 70 YEARS IN RETIREMENT
Kismet, Man of Fate, is almost the exact opposite of the Hollywood manufactured Boston caricature.
THE MUM FUND: TOUGH QUESTIONS FOLLOWING AN AUDIT OF A CHARITY MEANT TO HELP BOSTONIANS IN NEED
“Insufficient and ineffective utilization of the fund may risk the Charitable Trust not meeting its mission and objectives to assist City of Boston residents in need.”
AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: EPISODE 4
Since the start of this verbal record, the Weekly Dig ascended from ziney origins to become a legit voice from the underground amongst the cluttered, otherwise risk-averse landscape of Boston print media. But success enhances ambitions, ambitions lead to stress, and stress makes everybody cranky. Cranky, and the opposite of sober.
AROUND MY WAY: JEFE REPLAY
Orchard Park taught him how to master his Proper Finessments. Now it’s time for heads in Boston and beyond to make way for a Rox star
THE FOILIES 2019: RECOGNIZING THE YEAR’S WORST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
“Like the time we knocked out two English papers, a science experiment, and built the White House out of sugar cubes,” Evan said. “It opened up our Sunday for filing Freedom of Information requests.”
AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: EPISODE 3
“We couldn’t pay the rent early on, so we figured out a way to supplement that. We held parties. Like, keg parties.”
RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS
Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent
MASS IMPACT: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE 1999 BOSTON SUPERBOWL MC BATTLE
“These guys really understood what it took to battle. They weren’t just giving out stupid silly punchlines. It went beyond that. They really understood how to work a crowd and how to weave runs and themes through the short battle.”
