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COUNCILOR MICHELLE WU AND BADGELICKING LIAR ADVANCE TO BOSTON MAYORAL FINAL

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 15, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Together, we have and will continue to take on the big challenges we were told would be impossible—from passing paid parental leave to standing up to big corporations to protect rental housing.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston mayoral race, BPD, Essaibi George, michelle wu, Police

COUNCIL CANDIDATE PITCHES IMMIGRANT-FRIENDLY IDEAS BASED ON EXPERIENCE

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted July 29, 2021 Filed Under: Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“People don’t realize a lot of these kids with immigrant backgrounds come with trauma, coming from war-torn countries.”

Filed Under: Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston City Hall, City Council, Election, immigrants, immigration, news

THE MUM FUND: TOUGH QUESTIONS FOLLOWING AN AUDIT OF A CHARITY MEANT TO HELP BOSTONIANS IN NEED

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted April 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“Insufficient and ineffective utilization of the fund may risk the Charitable Trust not meeting its mission and objectives to assist City of Boston residents in need."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bank of America, Boston, Boston City Hall, City of Boston, Greg Sullivan, Marty Walsh, Morgan Stanley, Overseers of the Poor in the Town of Boston, Pioneer Institute, TOCD

CEASEFIRE ON THE COMMON

Written by ANDY GAUS Posted October 20, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

The meeting, on the whole, was constructive, and MassCann and the Friends agreed to stay in touch before, during, and after next year’s rally.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Boston, Boston City Hall, City Council, Freedom Rally, Friends of the Public Garden, MassCann

VICTORIA SHEN: GETTING EXPERIMENTAL IN BOSTON’S STARKEST SPACE

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted October 12, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

What to expect when the local multimedia artist and musician brings experimental electronics to Boston City Hall this Friday.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2018, Boston, Boston City Hall, Dig, DigBoston, Electronic, Experimental, Free, Interview, local music, Music, Notes From the Scene, Richard Chartier, tufts university, Victoria Shen

UNRESPONSIVE: THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW FAILS THREE OUT OF THREE TIMES

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted August 22, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

That’s what’s happening with all three agencies in this case, with each one putting their own unique spin on how to circumvent the rules.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Critical Mass, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston City Hall, BPD, Critical Mass, East Boston High School, ice, immigration, Marty Walsh, Mass State Police, Maura Healey, public records

BRIC OF ICE: FEEBLE STATE RECORDS LAW AIDS ICE IN MA

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted July 2, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

What’s less known is that here in Massachusetts, our feeble public records law is helping to bolster these efforts by obscuring the process through which local officials share information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AG, attorney general, BINJ, Boston, Boston City Hall, BPD, Critical Mass, East Boston High School, ice, immigration, Marty Walsh, Maura Healey, public records

AMERICAN BANDSTAND: A CALL ‘TO BETTER BALANCE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH SECURITY NEEDS’

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 28, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Ayanna Pressley, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlie Baker, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest & Resistance Rally, First Amendment, Klan rally, MAGA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Monica Cannon, nazis, NEFAC, New England First Amendment Coalition, racists, Reggie Lewis Center, Rod Webber, Roxbury, solidarity, Stand for Solidarity, Unite the Right, violence, Violence in Boston

WE CAME, WE SAW, WE COVERED (A #FIGHTSUPREMACY COMPOSITE RETROSPECT)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 23, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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…

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Ayanna Pressley, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlie Baker, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest & Resistance Rally, Klan rally, MAGA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Monica Cannon, nazis, racists, Reggie Lewis Center, Rod Webber, Roxbury, solidarity, Stand for Solidarity, Unite the Right, violence, Violence in Boston

HOW THE ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY ORGANIZERS AND THE BOSTON GLOBE GOT ME FALSELY BRANDED AS A WHITE SUPREMACIST

Written by ROD WEBBER Posted August 22, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Ayanna Pressley, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlie Baker, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest & Resistance Rally, Klan rally, MAGA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Monica Cannon, nazis, racists, Reggie Lewis Center, Rod Webber, Roxbury, solidarity, Stand for Solidarity, Unite the Right, violence, Violence in Boston

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