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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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OPEN WOUNDS: ANOTHER BLACK HARVARD MAN ARRESTED

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted April 24, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

As can be seen in a video that one witness submitted to police, officers repeatedly punched Ohene in his torso. A subsequent CPD report depicts Ohene as being so wildly combative that three cops from Cambridge plus a transit officer were needed to restrain him and to place the perp in handcuffs in order to “avoid further injury to himself.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: arrest, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Cambridge, harvard, Henry Louis Gates, Police, police brutality, Selorm Ohene

PUBLIC SQUARE: ALLIED FORCES

Written by MIKE DESOCIO Posted June 6, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News

Who’s moving the needle on racial justice? Who’s not?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News Tagged With: allies, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston, Mike DeSocio, racial justice, racism

BEYOND BLM HEADLINES: ON SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN FLAME WARS

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted August 12, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

It was easy to take one look at the headlines, glance through Twitter, and #FTP all over the place.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, BLM, Facebook, flame wars, Korryn Gaines, police brutality, Twitter

ZINN, FERGUSON, AND TRUTH

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted March 27, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The truth is damning enough.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, Black Lives Matter, BLM, DeRay McKesson, Ferguson, Howard Zinn, Johnetta Elzie, Missouri, newsletter, protests

SCREAMING RADIO

Written by MIKE CANN Posted March 18, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

On the conservative Internets, there’s no such thing as racism ...

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, Adriana Cohen, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston Herald Radio, Ferguson, Michael Brown, Mike Cann, Politics, President Obama, protests, racism, Tom Shattuck

ON #BLMDIGSOUT AND HELPING ONE ANOTHER THROUGH WINTRY HELL

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted February 16, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

The city is overwhelmed. If we keep acting in support of one another, there’s a chance that we can dig ourselves out.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #BLMDigsOut, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston, Boston Snow, Emily Hopkins, shoveling, WInter Snow

GUEST EDITORIAL: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE OPEN MINDED

Written by EROC ARROYO-MONTANO Posted January 26, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Why we should stand with those who stand on the highways.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, Activism, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston, Eroc Arroyo, Frederick Douglas, I-93, Martin Luther King Jr., Occupy

PICS FROM TODAY’S NEWBURY STREET SHUTDOWN

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 5, 2015 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

The protest was rather unique. The horde, relatively large considering the icy temp, shut down Newbury Street.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston, Newbury Street, police brutality, Protest

COUNCILOR JACKSON HOLDS COURT IN THE MIDDLE OF MASS AVE DURING #BOSTON4FERGUSON PROTEST

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 26, 2014 Filed Under: News

Image by Chris Faraone

 

More than a few elected officials showed at the community meeting held last night at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury. From longtime State Rep. Byron Rushing, to Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley, to Mayor Marty Walsh and Governor-elect Charlie Baker, well ...  read more

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, BLM, Charles Yancey, Daunasia Yancey, Ferguson, Intelligent Mischief, mayor Marty Walsh, Missouri, organizing, peaceful protests, racism, Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Roxbury, St. Louis, Terry Marshall, Tito Jackson, Twelfth Baptist Church

#BOSTON4FERGUSON DISPATCH AND ANALYSIS: THE BIGGEST HUB PROTEST IN YEARS COULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED AT A BETTER TIME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 26, 2014 Filed Under: News

Images by Chris Faraone

 

Last night reminded me of an Ethan Hawke film called The Purge, in which for one night every year Americans are allowed to commit homicide. Extreme, sure, and there’s obviously no need for murder. Nevertheless, the movie has a point in that we stand ...  read more

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, BLM, Charles Yancey, Daunasia Yancey, Ferguson, Intelligent Mischief, mayor Marty Walsh, Missouri, organizing, peaceful protests, racism, Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Roxbury, St. Louis, Terry Marshall, Tito Jackson, Twelfth Baptist Church

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