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Whether the physical or social climate, when things heat up, you can count on the Harvard community to throw some fists in the air. Their protests aren’t always the most raucous; you might recall how during Occupy Boston, the school made numerous attempts to keep outside ...
Earlier this year, DigBoston contributor Bill Hayduke visited the homeless shelter on Long Island for two nights in writing a feature about life there that continues to find thousands of new readers in Boston and beyond on a weekly basis. Since the reception has been so strong, we have asked him to continue following the story as the shelter has been closed, and as hundreds scramble for a warm place to stay this winter.
The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) and the city are already on board; wrecking balls are looming. None of which, however, stopped opponents from heaving a Hail Mary.
While these PPQs are non-binding, they set the stage for an expected 2016 statewide ballot initiative that the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), a national group based out of Washington, DC, will be funding with the aim of regulating marijuana the same way we do alcohol.
Cute dogs go viral for a change, John Oliver smacks state legislatures, Breitbart is dead but still incredibly dumb, and the Facebook movie is a lie
A letter from the group Demand Abolition in response to last week's DigBoston feature story
“When we were out collecting signatures, you’d run into people who’d be like, ‘I have earned sick time … doesn’t everybody?”
Whether you participated or not, the good news is that there may be a chance of douching the State House free of at least some poisonous elements.
We thought we’d take the opportunity to lovingly acknowledge some of Menino's rifts with alternative media you haven’t heard much about in the past week.
The conflation of sex work and sex trafficking is common. It’s also troubling.
