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RARE FOOTAGE: THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST TAPE MUCKROCK GOT FROM BPD IS AMAZING
It’s ironic that the very tool the BPD hopes will suppress these kinds of actions will, thanks to FOIA and a little crowdfunding, allow the event to live on forever.
SPECIAL FEATURE: BOSTON’S HAITIAN-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE ACROSS BORDERS AND GENERATIONS
"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."
GROUNDED MONKEYS: MILLIONAIRES UNLIKELY TO FLEE COMMONWEALTH IF RAISE UP MASS WINS TAX ON 1 PERCENT
That’s basically what I would expect rich people to do if the amendment passes. They’ll play games that allow them to report as little income as possible.
EXODUS IN EASTIE: IN MAVERICK SQUARE, A COMMUNITY CLINGS TO HOME
"They are the faces of the “displacement crisis."
BARGAINING AGAINST OURSELVES: MEANS TESTING MBTA FARES WILL DECREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR MASS TRANSIT
In other words, mass transit advocates should not start the current fight with a weak political proposal like trying to give low-income T riders lower fares and exposing a lot of other better off.
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
REMEMBRANCE AND PROTEST: THANKSGIVING THEN & NOW
A number of Native American nations were for all intents and purposes destroyed—at least as political entities. The rest were assimilated or marginalized.
SAFER SPACE FOR ALL: STOP STALLING TRANSGENDER PROTECTIONS IN MASS
Commonwealth lawmakers are more concerned with looking like a queer rights state than actually leading.
LEFT BEHIND: THE PARIS ATTACKS AND THE NEED TO FUND A MASS INDEPENDENT AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA
News Corp succeeds in pulling public discourse far to the right in the absence of major outlets willing to confront them when it matters most.