NEWS+OPINIONS
MEDIA FARM: WHY IS THE BOSTON GLOBE PRETENDING THAT POLICE VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS?
Image of stop-and-frisk outside the Boys & Girls Club on Talbot Ave in Dorchester (Nov. ’14)
Just a few months ago, the Boston Globe informed us of an ACLU study about the epidemic of stop-and-frisk in the Hub. From their reporting:
Boston police officers disproportionately ...
FREE RADICAL: SOME WHITE PROTESTERS STILL DON’T GET IT
A #NOBOSTON2024 PRIMER AND YOUR SOURCE OF OUTRAGE FOR MONDAY’S PROTEST AND GLOBE DISCUSSION
BLUNT TRUTH: YOU CANNA GETTA JOB
As we hope you know by now, DigBoston is hosting the region’s first-ever cannabis industry convention, from January 31 to February 1, at the Castle at Park Plaza on Arlington Street. The New England Cannabis Convention’s ...
DISPATCH & ANALYSIS: #ENOUGHISENOUGH WAS LARGEST HUB PROTEST IN 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE EVEN BOSTON’S BIGGEST ANTI-RACISM ACTION IN DECADES
ONE WEEK LATER: LOOKING BACK ON THE MASSIVE #BOSTON4FERGUSON RALLY BEFORE LOOKING FORWARD
There’s no telling where things are headed, but there are high levels of unrest in the air, with outrage surfacing on several fronts.
ONE WEEK LATER: LOOKING BACK ON THE MASSIVE #BOSTON4FERGUSON RALLY BEFORE LOOKING FORWARD
Images by Chris Faraone
Attention Bostonians: The powder keg has popped.
Due to actions addressing affordable housing, living wages, and a smorgasbord of other issues, the protest kettle was already percolating in Eastern Mass. Stir in enduring social tensions, police misconduct, ...
MEDIA FARM: DAN REA IS THE BIGGEST ASSHOLE IN THE BOSTON MEDIA
Image by Tak Toyoshima
We’re kidding with that headline. Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports is obviously the pinkest asshole in Hub media, having tweeted for drivers to run over demonstrators who tried blocking I-93 last week. That said, you already know this, and Portnoy embraces it, so we thought ...
FREE RADICAL: WHEN THEY FIGHT, THEY WIN (CITY REALTY EDITION)
CRM Property Management, widely known as City Realty, agreed to a settlement on Tuesday after only two days in housing court. The case dealt with the treatment of their tenants, Lucky Ormorodion and his family, whose foreclosed home was bought by the company in 2012. The settlement includes $20,000 ...