

“People have a fundamental right to travel without being tracked.”
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Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“People have a fundamental right to travel without being tracked.”
Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
We need lawmakers to intervene. A Congressional hearing will help to expose Amazon’s invasive data harvesting practices and restrict it from acting as a paid informant for the surveillance state.
Written by LUKE ONEIL Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
“They like to present these tools as being neutral ... but these tools are being sold to ICE and DHS specifically to track immigrants, to track activists, and to use that information across law enforcement networks to terrorize communities and split families apart."
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
It’s hardly a secret that I’m no fan of Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung’s writing on matters political and economic. Which clearly reflects her belief that bringing big corporations to Boston and shovelling public money at them is the best way ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: A+E, Comedy, Film
We asked about his comedy adventure and about getting his show about “a group of immature losers” on Amazon.
Written by BENYAMIN B. LICHTENSTEIN Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
Overall, rather than creating countless exemptions worth billions in corporate welfare to the third richest company in the world, lawmakers should focus on supporting the growth of local small businesses, which pay their fair share in taxes without asking for special treatment.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put on just for show. Perhaps ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS
Their “Dear Jeff” apple bob was a pathetic cornucopia of thick yellowish liquid produced in infected tissue, bubbling with rhetorical bacteria and mayonnaise.
Written by MO LOTMAN Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
There are myriad practical reasons why Boston should walk away from the Amazon headquarters sweepstakes: an out-of-control real estate and rental market, chronic transit and traffic problems, and an overheated tech sector, which is exacerbating inequality. But ... read more