Walk around these white areas and look for a #BlackLivesMatter or a #JusticeforTamir sign. You will see few—and those mainly outside some progressive houses of worship.
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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."
FREE RADICAL: BILL SEEKS TO MAKE BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY ATTEMPTED MURDER
The bill was filed on the same day that the Somerville 18 took to the highway in protest of police brutality.
BLACK DIALOGUE: INTELLIGENT MISCHIEF AND THE SUMMER OF RADICAL IMAGINATION
"How do we build here, in the city, and what are your ideas around that?”
SECRET ASIAN MAN: HOW TO GET BEAT UP BY COPS
If you're gonna get your ass kicked, do it the right way
GUEST EDITORIAL: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE OPEN MINDED
Why we should stand with those who stand on the highways.
Q&A: WHY IS MASS PROTESTING THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE?
We ask the Better Future Project
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM RANKS, BPD IS CLUELESS
"The protests, demonstrations and riots, well this too shall pass. That is of course until the next one."
PICS FROM TODAY’S NEWBURY STREET SHUTDOWN
The protest was rather unique. The horde, relatively large considering the icy temp, shut down Newbury Street.
TWICE THOU THEN & NOW: THE BOSTON RAP ICON RETURNS YET AGAIN
While a lot of MCs from the '90s and early 2000s try in vain to chase trends set by rappers half their age, Twice Thou avoids this pitfall. He's mature, and instead reflects on hard lessons learned while sticking to the formula he's had for two decades ...