“If I had a dime for every meal or cup of coffee I’ve generated in the North End, I’d have a boat by now.”
Non-fiction
AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 10 (2004 – 2007)
"It was kind of a perfect storm moment. Gay marriage was on the ballot. When you get a cover like that, it sticks with you for a while."
SPECIAL EXCERPT: TRUMP, ALT-RIGHT, SADO-POPULISM, AND APOCALYPTIC NEOFASCISM
Donald Trump is the product of a childhood immersed in White racist nationalism, hyper-masculinist misogyny, and the sneering elitism of the wealthiest 1%. His years as a teenager at New York Military Academy honed his authoritarianism and militarism.
BOSTON RADIO ICON CHARLES LAQUIDARA RAPS HUB HISTORY AHEAD OF FAREWELL ENGAGEMENT
There’s a debate about what was the golden era of BCN. Was it ’68 to ’72, when announcers were turning people on to music?
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE QUIET ONE
40 years ago this month, Fred Clay was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. After 38 years behind bars, he’s telling his story and writing another chapter.
HOW DO YOU COUNTER A VIOLENT RACIST BENT ON DESTROYING INTERCOMMUNAL SOLIDARITY? WITH MORE INTERCOMMUNAL SOLIDARITY.
For their part, members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community were surprised that a group had come all the way from Boston just to support them during this difficult weekend.
CENTRAL MASS ROAD TRIP: THE WONDERFUL WIDE-OPEN WORLD OF WEED IN WORCESTER
Sort of like the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, which this month packed its bags and set up shop in Worcester’s historic Union Station, we left the Hub in order to get closer to the center of the Commonwealth’s cannabis community.
AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 9
I asked Billy Joel fans questions that a fundamentalist Christian would ask after a Marilyn Manson concert in 1997, swapping the names “Billy Joel” for “Marilyn Manson.”
AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE DIG: VOL. II, EPISODE 8
The intern wrote something like, “The ’80s! It’s fun! Dance party!” I looked at that and said, “No, this is too earnest. I will destroy it.”
MUSIC SPECIAL: ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40
Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.