“As a person of color, I have so much pride right now because not only are we sending another person of color to the Congress, but we are sending the first woman of color to Congress from Massachusetts.”
YOUR QUICK AND SIMPLE MASS POST-PRIMARY RUNDOWN
In many ways, Tuesday night’s Mass primary election results can be accurately interpreted as a repudiation of President Trump and the reactionary politics of the Republican Party. In at least three major races, women of color with strong progressive platforms won their primaries over candidates with perceived ties to the status quo.
POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP: WHO SAID IT BEST?
The most accurate way to determine which of their hearts is closer to one’s own, it seems, is to cast aside whatever prejudicial love or hate one has for either candidate, and evaluate them without attribution. So we extracted these quotes, categorized below, for you to peruse blindly and thus perhaps determine who you agree with more.
THE THIRSTY GAINS: WITH LATEST MOVE, PRESSLEY MAY FINALLY DENT LIQUOR LICENSE DISPARITY
The vast majority of those 153 licenses will be restricted to seven historically underserved Boston neighborhoods: Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill and East Boston.
WE INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 25 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES ABOUT SCHOOLS
We really did sit down with 27 candidates for Boston City Council—from at-large contenders to those trying for district seats—to ask about Boston Public Schools.
AMERICAN BANDSTAND: A CALL ‘TO BETTER BALANCE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH SECURITY NEEDS’
Among the many to weigh in on these issues, the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) has released a compelling statement… It’s on the money, and so informative and forward-looking that we thought it was our duty to excerpt it here…
TERMS OF SERVICE: STILL THIRSTY
If you think Boston has enough liquor licenses, you must live in a neighborhood that has a bunch.
WE CAME, WE SAW, WE COVERED (A #FIGHTSUPREMACY COMPOSITE RETROSPECT)
Between the protesters, the counterprotesters, the media, the cops, and a handful of trolls, countless stories unfolded in Boston last weekend. These are several we encountered…
HOW THE ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY ORGANIZERS AND THE BOSTON GLOBE GOT ME FALSELY BRANDED AS A WHITE SUPREMACIST
The panicked calls came from my friends and family—including my poor old mother, who was afraid I would be shot—right around the time that I arrived on Boston Common on Saturday.
I SAW MORE FURRIES THAN FRIENDS OF THE FUHRER IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND
Where were these nazis anyway? Where were they coming from? Did they take Uber?
