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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Ayanna Pressley

OFFICIALS, ADVOCATES SPEAK ON IMMIGRATION REFORM AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted February 20, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

At a virtual summit, leaders sought to educate and engage on the need for change.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, economic recovery, Ed Markey, immigration, reform

LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST MBTA CUTS, AWAITING FINAL DECISIONS

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted December 14, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The MBTA Board will decide the shape cuts will take today.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, MBTA cuts, Public Transit Public Good

AYANNA PRESSLEY CALLS FOR RELEASE OF PRISONERS FOLLOWING COVID SPIKE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted November 12, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Unsanitary conditions put incarcerated at risk.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, Charlie Baker, coronavirus, incarceration

PRESSLEY DISRUPTS EUROCENTRIC AESTHETIC ABOUT HAIR

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted January 22, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Femininity and attractiveness are integrally linked to hair as a Eurocentric aesthetic. Pressley, however, disrupts this notion because she’s stunningly gorgeous and regal—with or without hair. 

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: alopecia, alopecia areata, Ayanna Pressley, Congress, Madam C.J. Walker

POWER, FREEDOM, EQUALITY, SAFETY, DIGNITY

Written by ADAM SENNOTT Posted December 4, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“It guarantees housing for survivors of crime and, again, it decriminalizes homelessness, which we know eliminates reinceration for individuals who failed to secure housing.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Ayanna Pressley, Boston, Congress, homelessness, People’s Justice Guarantee, social justice

NO GOING BACK: THE VOLUME ON XENOPHOBIA AND RACISM IS ON BLAST

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted July 24, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

"President Trump’s proclivity for racist remarks comes as no surprise. His comment stating a preference for immigrants coming from Scandinavian countries like Norway, rather than from Africa and Haiti, which he depicts as “shithole” countries, is based solely on his xenophobia."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: 2020, AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Election, racism, Trump, xenophobia

‘HIS CRIME, YOUR TIME’

Written by ALYSSA DUNDAS Posted April 23, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Meet LIPSTICK, Boston’s ladies involved in putting a stop to inner-city killing

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, Boston, firearms, guns, Lipstick, Meryl Streep, Roxbury, shootings, straw purchasing

20/2018 VISION: REVISITING OUR AWESOME HELLISH YEAR ONE FINAL TIME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.

Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

POST-ELECTION WINNERS AND LOSERS

Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Posted November 13, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Voters sent a very clear signal today that our criminal justice system is not working for too many people and it’s time for a change."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Geoff Diehl, Massachusetts, Republicans, Scott Lively, US Senate

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