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YOU CAN FINALLY GET THE DIG DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 5, 2020 Filed Under: Dear Reader, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

DigBoston delivery

Starting in August, we will send a sleek new biweekly print edition to members, alternating with a street edition that will also print 26 times a year.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: columns, Dear Reader, news, news to us

RESTAURANT COVERAGE IN MASS IN THE WAKE OF THE TANTRUM GOURMET

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 30, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, Dear Reader, Eats

Boston restaurants

As for whether it’s a good or bad idea to have indoor dining, or outdoor drinking areas ... what can I say? Frankly, it’s out of my hands at this point.

Filed Under: COVID, Dear Reader, Eats Tagged With: columns, coronavirus, COVID, Dear Reader, eats

POLICE VIOLENCE HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR YEARS. IT’S A GOOD THING THEY’RE LISTENING NOW.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 23, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, News to Us

The report noted “substantial problems in the leadership and management,” and found “a disturbing pattern of allegations of violence toward citizens by a small number of officers.” 

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, News to Us Tagged With: Column, columns, Dear Reader, news, news to us

DEAR READER: THE DIG IS BACK IN PRINT AND IN STREET BOXES THIS WEEK

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 17, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, Dear Reader, News, News to Us

Whether or not it is prudent to reopen, there is yet another epidemic raging that must be considered, and of course that is the problem of police violence.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, Dear Reader, News, News to Us Tagged With: columns, Dear Reader, news, news to us

PRIDE CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY VIRTUALLY DURING MULTIPLE CRISES

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted June 15, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, Op-Ed

The continued distance between the white LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ communities of color has a historical antecedent.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, Op-Ed Tagged With: columns, coronavirus, COVID, news, news to us, Op-Ed

BAKER’S RESTRICTIONS ON WORSHIP LAX COMPARED TO INITIAL CDC GUIDELINES

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted May 26, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us

churches reopening

We compared the CDC's earlier guidelines advising gatherings to the governor’s instructions limiting places of worship occupancy to 40%. Baker, no doubt, was under pressure not to be "too prescriptive."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us Tagged With: Column, columns, coronavirus, COVID, news, news to us

PLEA TO OPEN RESTAURANTS NEXT WEEK FUELED BY STUPIDITY AND DESPERATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 15, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, Dear Reader, News, News to Us

restaurants reopen massachusetts

None of the segments or articles amplifying the push to reopen restaurants sought input from a medical professional or anyone else who might suggest that opening the doors next week is reckless. 

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, Dear Reader, News, News to Us Tagged With: columns, coronavirus, COVID, Dear Reader, news, news to us

TOP 10 MOST VIEWED DIG ARTICLES OF 2019

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

From investigative reports to music and arts writing, we killed it yet again. Long live alt-weeklies!

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: 2019, arts, columns, eats, features, Food, Lifestyle, Music, SOMERVILLE

INSIDE EATALY: WHAT’S IT REALLY LIKE TO STAFF THE MONSTER?

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted February 21, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Drinks, Eats

To date, Eataly has 584 employees, 23 part-time and 561 full-time, filling nearly 100 different positions in five departments.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Drinks, Eats Tagged With: bartenders, Boston, columns, cuisine, dining, eataly, Haley Hamilton, Italian food, mario batali, Prudential Center, Restaurants, servers, staffing, Terms of Service, workers

A DEPARTURE: AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BLISTERING COLUMNS, A FREE RADICAL CHANGE

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted April 20, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

I’m glad this column has allowed me to shine a light, however small, on the ills that plague the city. But we need more voices like mine, and more willingness to take risks.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, Boston 2024, columns, criminal justice reform, Emily Hopkins, FOIA, gentrification, Journalism, the Marshall Project

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