"From my experience, the ones who are still Haitian have too many things to worry about here to take the risk of going down to Haiti and voting in the elections."
Non-fiction
INK BIG: MOLLY CRABAPPLE DRAWS BLOOD, WRITES PAIN IN NEW MEMOIR
"It’s always the same thing—people who are making their careers claiming they are speaking for people who they say are supposedly voiceless but who are actually shouting to be heard and are still being marginalized."
SPECIAL FEATURE: BETWEEN THE BALLOT BOX AND BOGOTA
Part I in ‘A Higher Allegiance: The Rise of a Transnational Identity in Boston’s Immigrant Communities,’ a BINJ series
LETTERS TO THE FUTURE
The Dig teams up with comrades coast to coast (and some major bestselling authors) to crank the heat on climate change awareness
SWAT INC: THE COMMONWEALTH’S MOST INFAMOUS MILITARIZED POLICE FORCE CONTINUES TO FLOUT RECORDS LAW
After nearly two months, seven in-person visits, numerous phone calls and emails, and a run-in with the Wilmington police, we finally received some of the records we requested.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE LAND BOSTON FORGOT
Hundreds of Allston residents fought in the streets to save their neighborhood. Now, after a series of land swaps, Harvard’s ivy vines are creeping in again. This is for those who fought, and who fight, for their homes.
TURF WAR: THE SAGA OF GENTRIFICATION IN SOMERVILLE IS PLAYING OUT IN THE CITY’S YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES
EXCERPT: ‘WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED: WHITEY BULGER AND THE WORLD THAT MADE HIM’
“Every time your name comes up, the prosecutors immediately raise an objection.”
OUT OF AFRICA: A Q&A WITH RORY YOUNG OF CHENGETA WILDLIFE ON THE REAL STORY BEHIND CECIL THE LION, POACHING, AND HIS UPCOMING SAFARI IN BOSTON
"[The conflicts] are very often bloody. This is war."
LICENSE TO CONNIVE: BOSTON STILL TRACKS VEHICLES, LIES ABOUT IT, AND LEAVES SENSITIVE RESIDENT DATA EXPOSED ONLINE
This is not the first time Hub authorities have been caught with their guard down on this matter.