How Cambridge can put public need before private greed
A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.
As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ...
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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.
As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo
As the licensing approval process in some towns and cities has been compared to both ransom and extortion, this week the Somerville Licensing Commission, in what appears to be a statewide first, passed a measure to sidestep at least some of the insanity that hopeful legal weed growers and sellers face in Mass.
Written by ANDY GAUS 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.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS
Everyone outside Cambridge thinks they understand why it’s kind of a weird place. But to truly apprehend how odd the city is, you really need to vote in one of its municipal elections. Especially this one. Where else in the area do you have a ranked choice voting ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader
They poison our Facebook and Twitter feeds, struggling to channel their emotions and be heard. But while they’re willing to piss into the bottomless rhetorical ocean that is social media, they’re not willing to pull the singular lever that has measurable impact. Imagine the nerve.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
We really did sit down with 27 candidates for Boston City Council—from at-large contenders to those trying for district seats—to ask about Boston Public Schools.
Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
In Boston politics, nothing helps more than already being in office
Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
For the first time in a decade, there’s a City Council race in Allston-Brighton worth paying attention to
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
"There is a sense in which we understand that resistance to Trump needs to be rooted in resistance against a neoliberal economic and political system that is rotten at every level."
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
"These things aren’t happening. Why? Because one department won’t work with the next department."