BOSTON USED FACE RECOGNITION BEFORE. DESPITE POTENTIAL BAN, IT LIKELY WILL AGAIN...
"If the city acquires face surveillance technology, anyone who attends future protests could be tracked and identified, further threatening our right to rally for justice." ...
FOOD FIGHT: SUPPLY DOWN, DEMAND AND TENSIONS UP FOR RESCUE ORGS
Closures and other pandemic factors have cost about an eighth of working adults their job. More people need help, while businesses that might otherwise donate are closed ...
LUNCHTIME COMIX COVID-19 SPECIAL: THE NEW NORMAL (PARTS 10-11)
"I mean, I don't even know what's happening around my job with the office reopening (or not?) plan. It's so weird and uncomfortable." ...
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 6.6.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
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SILVER DINING PLAYBOOK: PODCASTS HELPING HOSPITALITY WORKERS THROUGH COVID-19
“Even when we go back to work we’re not going to be back to work. I’m not going to have 35 hours at the bar right away, and people can’t sit at the bar.” ...
HOOP TUBE: TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SPACES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
“In the midst of all this, people have been really interested in what I’m doing, eager to talk. It is different from putting art in galleries.” ...
DO AREA COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE INPUT IN UNIVERSITY REOPENING PLANS?
With little guidance from the government, colleges seem to be basing reopening decisions on student morale as well as scientific research. ...
COVID-19 STREAMS: MUSIC FOR CHELSEA AND YOUR BIG VIRTUAL WEEKEND
“All this being said, there is nothing better than a live performance for a live audience and damn I am so thirsty for that.” ...
HERE COME THE RESTAURANT CLOSINGS. THEY’RE ALMOST ALL BIG-NAME SPOTS.
Most of them seem to be well-known spots, household names that tend to be mentioned often in the media and at times in “best-of” lists ...
THE ARTIST HELPING BOSTON BUSINESSES COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC
“Like many creatives during this pandemic, I had been going through a particularly foggy period… Driving around and seeing these homemade signs, it was so clear how I could directly contribute.” ...
HEAVY HITTERS FESTIVAL WILL SHOW US WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH STREAMING
Ani DiFranco, Buddy Wakefield, Amber Tamblyn, and Sage Francis help us preview three months of shows and workshops with “the world’s most beloved spoken word artists.” ...
COVID-19 AND THEATER EDUCATION
According to Sheridan Thomas, teaching comedic timing is nearly impossible through a computer screen. Thomas, a teacher of acting and directing at Tufts University, is 70 years old and never had to teach online before COVID-19. She had to adjust to tools like Zoom to conduct her comedic Shakespeare class, ...
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 5.30.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
Asian American restaurant workers face unemployment, racism ...
GOING ONLINE: NO REPLACEMENT FOR INTERACTION IN REAL TIME
New England Cultural Organizations Struggle to Survive in an Age of Social Distancing ...
COVID-19 STREAMS: DROPKICK MURPHYS, MONTBLEAU & A LEGENDARY VENUE GOES VIRT...
“It's interesting to think about what will happen moving forward. Nothing will ever replace a bunch of bodies being in a room sharing the same experience.” ...
CHECK OUT EPISODE 2 OF DIGBOSTON’S NEW PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOW, INDIGNATION!
Interviews with CHA nurse Susan Wright-Thomas and presidential candidate Vermin Supreme ...
ASIAN AMERICAN RESTAURANT WORKERS FACE UNEMPLOYMENT, RACISM, REOPENING CONCERNS
“The new thing that we’re seeing, as a result of the reopening and employers getting some money to bring workers back, is that employers are now asking workers to come back to work, often without many of the protections that would be necessary in place.” ...
STATE WIRE: MASS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TARGETED IN INTERNATIONAL SCAM
If you receive a prepaid card in the mail that you didn't order, contact the company to cancel that card—and double check with the state unemployment office to make sure no claims have been made in your name ...
PANDEMIC PORTRAITS: A BOSTON PHOTOG’S PICS OF FRIENDS IN ISOLATION
These are the few human beings I had contact with during that time. As the state reopens, may these portraits represent a glimpse into what the past few months felt like for some young people in this city and others ...
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PASS US ANOTHER BOTTLE OF BUDWEISER HAND SANITIZER?
And it hasn’t affected their suds output at all. “No, this is in addition to our beer production,” the media release noted. “Anheuser-Busch has the materials and the capabilities to produce hand sanitizer in our breweries.” ...
CAMBRIDGE ER DOC’S GRAPHIC NOVEL STRANGELY FORESHADOWED COVID-19 CRISIS
“It does have some eerie similarities to some of the things we’re seeing. It’s uncomfortable to look at in a way that wasn’t there three months ago.” ...
BAKER’S RESTRICTIONS ON WORSHIP LAX COMPARED TO INITIAL CDC GUIDELINES
We compared the CDC's earlier guidelines advising gatherings to the governor’s instructions limiting places of worship occupancy to 40%. Baker, no doubt, was under pressure not to be "too prescriptive." ...
IN SEARCH OF THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITH YOUR MASK ON THIS SUMMER
“I’ve been seeing a lot of people I know hanging out with friends, and even sharing food, and it doesn’t seem the wisest to me. I think that the main things people need to understand [is that] this virus is still around, to be careful, and to really get creative ...
SOMERVILLE OLYMPIC BOXING HOPEFUL STILL AIMS FOR GOLD THROUGH PANDEMIC
"For women, we have to be in the Olympics to be successful because we won't get signed by promoters without a gold medal. Without the Olympics, the guys can turn pro, but we can't.” ...
I WAS GOING TO BREAK UP WITH HIM. THEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19.
Pandemic or no pandemic, you can’t stay with someone forever—you can’t be miserable for the rest of your life—to spare that person the routine and surmountable pain of getting dumped ...
COLLEGE SENIORS STUCK IN LIMBO AS HIRING SLOWS AND JOBS DISAPPEAR
Four million college students are expected to graduate this month. They will enter a job market that has been turned upside down by coronavirus ...
STATE WIRE: SUPPORT GROWS FOR ‘HUMAN CHALLENGE’ TRIALS FOR COVID-19 CURE
"It makes my life quite a bit better to be doing this than what I was doing before, of just like sitting in my apartment in Brooklyn, not having a lot of work to do." ...
RESTAURANTS AREN’T OPENING QUICKLY ENOUGH. THEY’RE ALSO OPENING TOO QUICKLY.
It may surprise some that those who argue against restaurants and bars possibly opening in June include a number of folks who are actually in the restaurant industry, but concerns abound ...
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 5.23.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
Live Music Lands in Parking Lots in Mid-Pandemic New England Send news tips to editorial@digboston.com May 23, 2020 Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Massachusetts: 91,662 REPORTING IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY DONATE TO DIG BOSTON TODAY! The Latest DigBoston Articles on the Coronavirus Crisis Massachusetts Reopens Too Soon! Read on: ...
SHELTER WORKERS ADJUST TO KEEP THEIR OWN FAMILIES SAFE FROM COVID-19
“I wasn’t too personally worried about getting coronavirus, mostly because I assumed I was going to be positive at some point. It wasn’t for me personally a question of if, it was more a question of when.” ...
COVID-19 STREAMS: HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT ARTISTS BY SIMPLY PUSHING PLAY
“The livestream shows have given me a sense of purpose. I’ve been trying to think of them as real shows. I look forward to them all week, I pick out an outfit, write a set list, and try to find lighting that doesn’t make me look like I’m in an ...
LIVE MUSIC LANDS IN PARKING LOTS, ON CURBS IN MID-PANDEMIC NEW ENGLAND
Music seems poised to return to the way it was presented for thousands of years before there was a formal music industry: A few elite artists subsidized by their wealthy patrons, while the rest of civilization heard music made by their neighbors at barn dances or at local celebrations ...
DEATH THREAT AGAINST MASS POLITICIAN IS A BAD SIGN
Should violence replace political debate, democracy could end ...
QUARANTINED WITH THE ENEMY: INCREASED CHALLENGES FOR VICTIMS, ADVOCATES
“We help them understand that they are in danger. Information is very important. This country is different from our [Latin American] countries. In this country, there is a lot of help for victims of domestic violence and many do not know it.” ...
WORKER SAFETY GROUP GIVES GOV. BAKER’S REOPENING PLAN FAILING GRADES
We are in the midst of an unprecedented worker health and safety crisis and need a plan for reopening the economy that truly protects workers and the public. The plan released by Governor Baker does not accomplish this vital task, and thus the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health ...
REMOTE JUSTICE: ON TRIAL IN ZOOM COURT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
“It’s impossible to advocate for someone [in court] over the telephone. … Anything you say or your client says is heard by everyone.” ...
YES, RECREATIONAL DISPENSARIES WILL REOPEN IN MASS. WITH RESTRICTIONS.
"In addition to beginning to restore access to safe, tested adult-use cannabis, this determination provides a first step in providing meaningful economic relief to the more than 2,000 Massachusetts cannabis employees who will be able to return to work." ...
IT’S RISKY TO REOPEN PLACES OF WORSHIP, WHETHER MASS ALLOWS IT OR NOT
COVID-19 continues to pose an existential threat to public health and safety, and many of the churches that flouted social distancing guidelines became hot spots in their regions, increasing infection and death rates ...
REOPENING PLAN IS THE LATEST REMINDER OF WHOSE LIVES ARE MOST VALUED
The groups that will endure the most deaths are not openly acknowledged in the state’s plan for withholding medical care, but Massachusetts is explicit when it comes to telling seniors they are expendable ...
HERE’S WHAT PHASE 1 OF REOPENING WILL LOOK LIKE IN MASSACHUSETTS
The packet also includes protocols, safety standards, and an updated statewide testing strategy. Then there is the part that everybody has been waiting for—the list of businesses and institutions that are included in Phase 1, which we have listed below with corresponding dates ...
A PANDEMIC PRIMER HEADING INTO GOV. BAKER’S REOPENING ANNOUNCEMENT
"The current plan to start reopening the economy less than one day after the Reopening Advisory Board releases its guidance … is confusing to many of our constituents and businesses." ...
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 5.16.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
Introducing InDIGnation: DigBoston’s new public affairs show! ...
INTRODUCING INDIGNATION: DIGBOSTON’S NEW PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOW!
Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas host weekly streaming program ...
HOW TO SURVEIL PANDEMIC FOOT AND CAR TRAFFIC FROM YOUR HOME COMPUTER
With more and more people venturing out, some safely and others not so much, I just want to offer a way to keep tabs on regional herd behavior beyond social media, and without having to leave your couch ...
PLEA TO OPEN RESTAURANTS NEXT WEEK FUELED BY STUPIDITY AND DESPERATION
None of the segments or articles amplifying the push to reopen restaurants sought input from a medical professional or anyone else who might suggest that opening the doors next week is reckless. ...
TONE AND CONSEQUENCES OF REOPEN DEBATE ESCALATE ON CAPE COD
Reopening looks as likely to be undemocratic in Mass as it has been anywhere in the country, with employers acting as the ultimate arbiters of whether their workers will be forced to choose between accepting the health risks of returning to work or getting kicked off unemployment ...
COVID-19 STREAMS: SUNDAY COVERS, A MESSAGE TO HATERS & MUCH MORE
“As an innovator, I say that it's very un-punk rock to sit and wait for others to tell you when, where, and how you can make art. There is so much talent and creativity here in the Boston music scene.” ...
POTYLO’S VIDEOS ABOUT WHOLE FOODS PANDEMIC EMPLOYMENT GOT HIM FIRED
“The managers don't even show up on site anymore because they don’t want to get the virus, leaving the kids who work there to slack off. People like me, the possums, have to survive by doubling up on our orders so we don’t get fired.” ...
OPEN LETTER TO UMASS PRESIDENT MEEHAN FROM UNIVERSITY UNIONS
Demands job protections, engagement with students, staff, and faculty on reopening campuses ...
PANDEMIC HEADLINES FROM ALTERNATIVE MEDIA ACROSS THE US: MAY 13 EDITION
Want to know what's going on across the country? You won't find out from watching cable news. You need to hit the sources on the ground in all the cities. These outlets have you covered ...