On the hunch that where there’s fire, there is probably more fire, I took a look at Garry’s history of sponsoring legislation.
Black Lives Matter
FREE RADICAL: BILL SEEKS TO MAKE BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY ATTEMPTED MURDER
The bill was filed on the same day that the Somerville 18 took to the highway in protest of police brutality.
DO THE RIGHT THING: THE HORROR SHOW FRAMING THE KILLING OF USAAMAH RAHIM
His family wanted to get their story on the record, and it was no surprise.
TROUBLESOME: THE COP-CODDLING PROHIBITIONIST BALLAD OF HOWIE CARR AND HIS RACIST CALLERS
What’s always left out of hate radio conversations, of course, are the root causes of rioting: institutional racism, hopelessness, etc.
HARVARD STUDENTS FLY FLAGS UPSIDE DOWN TO ACKNOWLEDGE VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE
388 people in 5 months ...
WATCHING THE WATCHMEN
How could a man who was running just moments before somehow sustain a crushed neck and a severed spinal cord?
BOSTON’S BESTEST ANNUAL GRATUITOUS SEASONAL PROTEST PIECE
With such precedents in mind, it’s important to keep watch as younger actions blossom, and as veteran activists find new direction.
ZINN, FERGUSON, AND TRUTH
“The truth is damning enough.”
SCREAMING RADIO
On the conservative Internets, there’s no such thing as racism ...
ON #BLMDIGSOUT AND HELPING ONE ANOTHER THROUGH WINTRY HELL
The city is overwhelmed. If we keep acting in support of one another, there’s a chance that we can dig ourselves out.