The reaction to my advocacy is often like when ignoramus bigots question why white people would back the Black Lives Matter movement.
NEWS+OPINIONS
INTERSECTIONAL POLITICS (A CRASH-NOT-ACCIDENT REPORT)
When it comes to bike safety and infrastructure in Greater Boston, there’s a dangerous gap between the promises that cities make and the reality where rubber meets the road
DON’T MAKE US HOMELESS AGAIN: AN OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR WALSH
Since our first letter, the conditions we detailed (including lack of, or no food at meals; no access to beds or medication during the day; and lack of available case management staff) have only deteriorated daily.
TURNING CAPITAL AGAINST CAPITALISM
Experiments in funding an equitable economy
THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET
At this point, anyone who pays attention to current affairs in even a cursory manner will be aware that President Donald Trump’s proposal for the next federal budget is a savage attack on working families.
SPECIAL GUEST COLUMN: CONTROLLING THE CONNECTION
Boston has chosen a different approach—one of partnering with Verizon, which seeks to use Boston to demonstrate to Wall Street that it is a company looking to the future of digital entertainment and smart cities.
MIGHTY FOURTH: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIVIL LIBERTIES CRUSADER ALEX MARTHEWS
"It’s a historic issue. There isn’t really a culture of democratic accountability for the police, and when it comes to elected towns and officials, in many towns and cities across Massachusetts, sometimes they may not have the power to oversee the police department properly. "
BATTLE OF THE NOOBS
‘Boston Free Speech’ protesters and counter demonstrators both lose the day
JOINT PERSPECTIVE: MORE GRASS ROUTES
A Q&A with cannabis entrepreneur, lawyer, and advocate Shanel Lindsay
LET THE POT IN AND GET THE LEAD OUT
A story about priorities (and bloodsport politics) in Malden