
“When you hear this young man’s story and you hear him choke with emotion, it’s hard for anyone to say, Oh, this is just an opportunist coming to America to steal American jobs.”
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Written by NANCY JIANG Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
“When you hear this young man’s story and you hear him choke with emotion, it’s hard for anyone to say, Oh, this is just an opportunist coming to America to steal American jobs.”
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics
And the possibility of its return
Written by ZAKIYA ALAKE Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
“You know there is work to do when the marches and protests are over.”
Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts
Though hundreds in the Boston area signed the June 2020 Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation that began this inquiry, listing their professional affiliations along with their names on the petition, many have been reluctant to talk about what they or their institutions have done or plan to do since making these commitments.
Written by KEIKO HIROMI Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Those who follow conservative media may have already viewed bogus reports from the scene written by people who don’t understand (or care to understand) political theater or satire.
Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
“What a lot of people don’t understand is that protests are just the beginning of a revolution.”
Written by KEIKO HIROMI Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos
From Nubian Square, marchers took their signs and bullhorns to Franklin Park, where calls for justice continued ...
Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Taking Action for Black Lives in Boston’s Arts Community
Written by GREG COOK Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts
In June, Jason “Swat” Talbot was invited to paint a mural on Posto, the pizza place outside Somerville’s Davis Square. Amidst the Black Lives Matter protests, someone had tagged “BLM” on the wall, Talbot says, “really sloppily.”
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update
Anti-Asian sentiment continues to hurt businesses, residents in Boston