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A RHYME CAPSULE FOR THE TIME CAPSULE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

But days before historians revealed the big find / They asked how we’ll be recalled by mankind

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Back Back, boston neighborhoods, Brookline, charlestown, Hyde Park, mayor Marty Walsh, old state house, Roslindale, South Boston, south end, time capsule

A WRITER USED TO LIVE HERE

Written by DAN SHEWAN Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

How Boston's new corporate-backed Literary District probably won't do a damn thing for hub writers

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: “Poe Returning to Boston”, 66 Charles Street, A Christmas Carol, Ann Bauer, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Benjamin Samuel, Boston Literary Cultural District, Dan Currie, David Foster Wallace, Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston, Eve Bridburg, Grub Street, Hollis Gillespie, Infinite Jest, Larry Lindner, Laura Van Den Berg, Massachusetts Cultural Council, steve almond, Tremont Temple

BOSTON TROLLING (PART 2)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Smarter city or city under surveillance?

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, Bill Oates, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, Boston Transportation Department, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mass Emergency Management Agency, Mass Highway, Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Police, MassPort, Mayor Menino, MBTA, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

BOSTON TROLLING (PART I)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

You partied hard at Boston Calling and there's facial recognition data to prove it

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Alex Marthews, beta pilot, boston calling, Boston Innovation, Boston Marathon, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commonwealth Fusion Center, Department of Innovation and Technology, Digital Fourth, facial recognition, Fourth Amendment, IBM, intelligent video analytics, IVA, marathon bombing, Mayor Menino, Smart Cities, Smart Surveillance System, SSS, surveillance

‘DOLLAR’ BILL LINEHAN AND THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL DEFEND $25K PAY RAISE PROPOSAL

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 29, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It's not surprising that some harder-working members who may actually deserve a raise stood up against one, or at least avoided embarrassing themselves.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, Bill Linehan, Boston City Council, Charles Yancey, Frank Baker, Mark Ciommon, Matt O'Malley, Michael Flaherty, michelle wu, pay hikes, pay raise, Stephen Murphy, tim mccarthy, Tito Jackson

BOSTON TROLLING (THE COMPLETE SERIES)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“They’re asserting a general police power to capture anybody’s image and process it for law enforcement purposes just in case they later turn out to be guilty of something. That’s not OK.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 2004 Democratic National Convention, ACLU, Alex Marthews, Big Brother, Bill Oates, Bill Owens, Boston, boston calling, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Police, BPD, Cambridge, Chris Faraone, City Hall, Cognos, COPLINK, Department of Innovation and Technology, Department of Transportation, DiMasi, DNC, DoIT, Ed Davis, Face Capture, FBI, IBM, innovation, Joanthan Riley, Joe Pesatro, JTTF, Kade Crockford, Kate Norton, Kenneth Lipp, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, MBTA, Minority Report, MIT, MIVIS, MONUM, OCPF, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Smart Cities, South Boston, surveillance, Tom Menino

SHARK WEEK SPECIAL: RIDING WITH THE RESEARCHERS ON CAPE COD IN THE MIDDLE OF AMERICA’S SHARK OBSESSION

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted August 6, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“With sharks in general, we're starting to scratch the surface.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: @maryleeshark, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Betsy, Brett McBride, Cape Cod, captain, Captain Bill Chaprales, CBS News, Chris Fischer, co-captain, Discovery Channel, Division of Marine Fisheries, dorsal fin, Dr. Greg Skomal, Genie, great white, Harpoon, Hyannis, Jeff Glor, Katherine, Large Marge, Mary Lee, Michalove, National Geographic, Nick Chaprales, North Atlantic Ocean, OCEARCH, Orlando, port royal sound, PSAT, shark fin soup, Shark Tracker, Shark Week, Sharkhunters, south carolina, SPOT tagging, tagging, Tiger Shark, Twitter, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

SPECIAL: FINDING COMMON GROUND ON BOSTON’S SEGREGATED NIGHTLIFE SCENE

Written by MICAELA KIMBALL Posted February 26, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Performing Arts

DOWNTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT

Filed Under: A+E, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Performing Arts Tagged With: Activism, Boston, Boston clubs race relations, Boston dance scene, Boston nightlife diversity, Boston nightlife testimonials, Councilor Ayanna Pressley, Dancing, Good Life, Good Life Boston, Latin dancing Boston, Latin Music, multiculturalism, Pico Picante, Red Fez, Soul Revival, Uhuru Afrika, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts

THE COMPLETE SOMERVILLE FILES (PARTS 1-4)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 31, 2013 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

For 10 months between 2012 and 2013, Chris Faraone, Tom Nash, and Adam Vaccaro dug into the unseemly political underbelly of the City of Somerville, where the power and privilege of an elite few has dominated and perverted municipal progress for decades.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Adam Vaccaro, Assembly Square, Beacon Street cycle track, Boston Globe, Chris Faraone, Cycle Track, East Somerville, Joe Curtatone, Michael Capuano, SOMERVILLE, Somerville politics, Tom Nash

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