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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

OUTSIDE THE SPRAY PAINT

Written by ARIELLE GRAY Posted September 12, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Street and graffiti artists are the tastemakers, and now, with more canvases available in the form of new developments and high-rises, these artists have a chance to capitalize and dictate where they want the culture to go.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Cey Adams, City of Boston, Imagine, Karin Goodfellow, Marka27, Moses Mitchell, Nepal, Rob “Problak” Gibbs, south end, Victor “Marka27” Quinonez, Vyal

SUMMER SPECIAL: EARNEST GOES TO CAMP

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted June 28, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Boston millennials take on our city’s biggest problems over s’mores

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston Chamber of Commerce, Boston City Council, Boston Environment Department, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Planning & Development Agency, Boston Public Schools, Camp, City Awake, City of Boston, Justin Kang, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Massachusetts State Senate, Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics, New Hampshire, Office of External Affairs

BROKEN RECORDS: HOW TO EXPOSE BAD GOVERNMENT IN 2017

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted January 3, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

For the first time in decades, the Commonwealth has a new public records law. Here’s what you need to know…

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, Boston Globe, Broken Records, Charlie Baker, City of Boston, FOIA, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, public records, Shawn Williams, Sunshine

EYES WIDETT SHUT: HOW THE CITY HOLDS THE KEYSTONE FOR BOSTON 2024’S OLYMPIC STADIUM PLANS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 14, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Menino hoped to keep the racks of ribs and crates of seafood fresh from the Atlantic overflowing in the heart of Boston forever.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 121A, Amtrak, Bob Kraft, Boston 2024, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, City of Boston, food packing, John Fish, Marty Walsh, MBTA, New Boston Food Market, New England Patriots, Newmarket, Olympics, Shirley Kressel, tax breaks, Tom Menino, Widett Circle

BOSTON’S STRANGE AND PROBLEMATIC NEW APPROACH TO CURBING PROSTITUTION (AND ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN)

Written by TAK TOYOSHIMA Posted November 6, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The conflation of sex work and sex trafficking is common. It’s also troubling.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: 1975, 1976, abolition, Audacia Ray, Barney Frank, Boston, Boston Globe, City of Boston, Combat Zone, criminalization, Dan Mulhern, End Demand, geneder studies, Human Rights Watch, Interagency Human Trafficking Policy Task Force, Jamie J. Hagen, John school, Kade Crockford, Lina Nealon, Martha Coakley, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts Legislature, Melinda Chateauvert, My Life My Choice, Northeastern University, Prostitution, Red Umbrella Project, Suffolk Country District Attorney, Swanee Hunt, The Lancet

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