“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.”
BACKSTAGE WITH “STORIES FROM THE STAGE”
Black Lives Matter
A BRIEF MEDITATION ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT
And the possibility of its return
MEETING THREATS WITH HOPE AND COURAGE
“You know there is work to do when the marches and protests are over.”
WOKE IN PROGRESS III: DEAFENING SILENCE AT BOSTON’S TWO BEST-KNOWN ART MUSEUMS
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.
TRUMP NUTS, COPS, COUNTER-PROTESTERS, POLITICAL PERFORMERS CLASH IN COPLEY
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.
THE NEXT EPISODE: BLACK LIBERATION ORGANIZERS DISCUSS WHERE MOVEMENT IS HEADED
“What a lot of people don’t understand is that protests are just the beginning of a revolution.”
PHOTOS & RECAP: BOSTON RALLIES FOR JACOB BLAKE
From Nubian Square, marchers took their signs and bullhorns to Franklin Park, where calls for justice continued ...
WOKE IN PROGRESS
Taking Action for Black Lives in Boston’s Arts Community
BLM TAG INSPIRES ARTIST’S SOMERVILLE MURAL
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.”
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 7.31.20 DIGBOSTON WEEKLY UPDATE
Anti-Asian sentiment continues to hurt businesses, residents in Boston
