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RADICAL AND RELEVANT: THE LIFE OF HARRY BRILL

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted January 17, 2021 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary, Politics

Harry Brill. Photo courtesy of Gary Zabel.

Harry frequently argued that capitalism is barely distinguishable from organized crime. For example, he investigated the connection between insurance companies and automobile manufacturers on the one hand and car thieves on the other.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Obituary, Politics Tagged With: bay area, Berkeley, Brooklyn College, California, Carol Brill, Democracy, Harry Brill, labor, Obituary, organizer, radical, socialist, sociologist, UCal Berkeley, UMASS-Boston

OPINION: AMERICA IS ON FIRE. HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 15, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Wildfires

“Another inconvenient truth: California water law must change”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: California, Oregon, Trump administration, Wildfires

CHANGING PERCEPTION, CHANGING THE LAW

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES

What Mass lawmakers can learn about parole from the battle to end death by incarceration across the country. “To see the transformation of those who have caused harm is important for those who have been harmed.”

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, California, corrections, criminal justice reform, doc, Jean Trounstine, LWOP, Massachusetts, New York, parole, prison, RAPP, Solutions Journalism Network, The Sentencing Project, Vermont

IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS FOR A BROKEN PAROLE SYSTEM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Dear Reader,

In the process of editing this week’s cover feature by Jean Trounstine, a collaboration with the  ...  read more

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Activism, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, California, corrections, criminal justice reform, doc, Jean Trounstine, LWOP, Massachusetts, New York, parole, prison, RAPP, Solutions Journalism Network, The Sentencing Project, Vermont

MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Throwback screenshot via WBZ from the '90s. When TV reporters like Liz Walker still covered housing justice.

 

Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm

 

Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Ben Simon, Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Boston DSA, California, Column, Democracy, DSA, Gov Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, New York, Oregon, Protest, rally, reform, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Nika Elugardo

WE WENT ON A FACT-FINDING MISSION TO A CALI DAB BAR

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 4, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

This may be one of the first full-service cannabis clubs in Cali, at least of the fully legal kind, but it seems to have gotten it quite right already. At least from where I’m sitting, where, after selecting from an absolutely dizzying array of shatters and assorted other extracts, I melted down some of the wax I purchased in one of the three rigs waiting to facilitate a sticky situation in a relatively sterile fashion.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, Barbary Coast, California, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, dab bar, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, weed

DOWN TO THE WIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CO-CHAIR OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON MARIJUANA POLICY

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted June 19, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

“The question is: How fast can we move people from the illicit market to the legal market, and that really depends on access and taxes, so those are the two things that are important to me.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Beacon Hill, budtenders, California, cannabis, cannabis wedding expo, Commonwealth, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, prohibitionists, question 4, San Francisco, State House

WEST COAST CANNABIS DISPATCH: GREEN WEDDING

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 3, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth

I have never been too interested in marriage myself, but the thought of my great aunt pulling a tube out of a flower pot at the dinner table has me wondering if I should go and propose to my partner.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Beacon Hill, budtenders, California, cannabis, cannabis wedding expo, Commonwealth, Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, legalization, Marijuana, Massachusetts, prohibitionists, question 4, San Francisco, State House

GARBAGE BOYS: MEET PAUL DUNNE OF DINOCZAR’S NEW SOLO PROJECT

Written by NICHOLAS REGAN Posted February 9, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

A home recording project gone wild, and by home we mean in the freakin' desert.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2017, Analog, Boston, California, Dig, DigBoston, Dinoczar, Garage Rock, Garbage Boys, Interview, joshua tree, Music, Notes From the Scene, Paul Dunne

CLAM, CRAB, COCKLE, COWRIE: THE CREATIVE SPONTANEITY OF CATE LE BON

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 30, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The Welsh musician explains how to unleash your creative side and create fake holidays.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 2017, Boston, California, Cambridge, Cate Le Bon, Crab Day, Dig, DigBoston, Folk, Indie Rock, Interview, middle east upstairs, Music, Tim Presley, Warpaint

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