During the pandemic, trans people have faced yet more barriers to treatment
FEATURES
DRAINING SWAMPSCOTT: THE PROSECUTION OF A PROGRESSIVE BLACK PROTESTER
The prosecution of Ernst Jean-Jacques Jr. on the North Shore is a clear example of a Black Lives Matter activist being targeted by local law enforcement. Without national attention on the case, authorities are playing by their own rules.
WOKE IN PROGRESS V: IMAGINING SOMETHING ELSE
Artists who signed the ‘Boston Arts for Black Lives’ letter last year weigh in on what’s changed—and what hasn’t—in the regional arts scene since then
MASS SPENT MILLIONS ON COVID CONSULTANTS TO RATIONALIZE LETTING EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRE
Documents obtained from state show contractors misrepresented expert predictions of carnage, saw sunshine around every corner
IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL: A HARROWING TRUE COVID STORY
As we emerge from the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to wreak untold damage. Don’t believe it? Ask my friend and his loved ones who have dealt with the horror first-hand.
SPECIAL FEATURE: BUREAUCRATIC DYSFUNCTION & PHYSICAL RESTRAINT IN BPS
A review of documents and interviews reveals a lack of record keeping that reflects a system struggling to comply with state law and reckon with the use of physical restraint
WRESTLING OPPRESSION
For the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers, the fight inside the ring is barely half the battle
EXCERPT: THE HISTORY OF TATTOOING IN BOSTON
Edward Liberty’s Boston location gave him fresh proximity to his maturing sons and influence upon them
SPECIAL THROWBACK FEATURE: CLASSIC SCHOLASTIC
When Greater Boston’s Golden Age of scholastic sports captured national attention
WOMEN’S INCARCERATION AT MCI-FRAMINGHAM BREAKS APART FAMILIES, WEAKENS COMMUNITIES
Stories of long separation from loved ones, along with forced isolation and inhumane treatment of pregnant women, are part of a broader story of abuse and neglect at MCI-Framingham