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POINT OF POWER: STATE POLICE TRAINING INCLUDED ‘HATEFUL, TERRIFYING’ SLIDE SHAMING PROTESTER
“For them to use a hateful meme of me in what is supposedly training material is just terrifying,” Sullivan wrote. “It shows just how openly they condone harassment campaigns against anti-racist protesters.”
SPECIAL FEATURE: FULL SWING
Most boys will never be major league baseball players. Up until now, though, no woman has ever been one. For men, it’s a long shot. For women, it’s a fantasy, something reinforced by the very name of the camp—a name that can seem both inspiring and insulting at once.
AROUND MY WAY: THE PULL UP
The latest quarterly expression of their mutual affection, the Pull Up, will showcase the area’s emerging and established talent. But for this unique crew, it’s not just about seeing artists perform live—it’s about the building of community that comes from regular connections, and fixing systems that for too long have denied people an equal shot.
UNWILLING CONVERTS: SOMERVILLE’S LARGEST CONDO GRAB IN HISTORY YIELDS RELATIVE TENANT WIN IN TENSE MARKET
“We have to recognize, you know, people enter the building renting because the circumstances mean that renting is what works for them … I think we have to have protections and safeguards to allow those individuals to continue getting the benefits they’re entitled to.”
THE FANTASY ROBOTS OF BOSTON DYNAMICS
Relax—we’re a lot further away from an automaton takeover than you may think
THE FOILIES 2018: RECOGNIZING THE YEAR’S WORST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
In its fourth year, The Foilies recognizes the worst responses to records requests, outrageous efforts to stymie transparency and the most absurd redactions.
CURL TO ACTION
The legacy of Massachusetts curling clubs and the making of a Paralympian
ASTRAL WORKS: RYAN H. WALSH HUNTS DOWN OLD BOSSTOWN SOUND IN KICKASS MASS ROCK THROWBACK
he resulting new book, Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, goes leagues beyond extended album review fanboy territory and illustrates in full kaleidoscopic fashion a post-folk avant-garde rock scene that was expressly centered around the Greater Boston region, but which resonated far and wide for decades after.
SEX, CONSENT AND CUSTODY
Is there a loophole in Mass law that helps cops who rape perps?
