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“I wasn’t too personally worried about getting coronavirus, mostly because I assumed I was going to be positive at some point. It wasn’t for me personally a question of if, it was more a question of when.”
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Written by JORDAN FRIAS Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us
“I wasn’t too personally worried about getting coronavirus, mostly because I assumed I was going to be positive at some point. It wasn’t for me personally a question of if, it was more a question of when.”
Written by ROB DUGUAY Filed Under: COVID, MUSIC
“The livestream shows have given me a sense of purpose. I’ve been trying to think of them as real shows. I look forward to them all week, I pick out an outfit, write a set list, and try to find lighting that doesn’t make me look like I’m in an interrogation room.”
Written by NOAH SCHAFFER Filed Under: COVID, MUSIC
Music seems poised to return to the way it was presented for thousands of years before there was a formal music industry: A few elite artists subsidized by their wealthy patrons, while the rest of civilization heard music made by their neighbors at barn dances or at local celebrations.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized
Should violence replace political debate, democracy could end
Written by IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us
“We help them understand that they are in danger. Information is very important. This country is different from our [Latin American] countries. In this country, there is a lot of help for victims of domestic violence and many do not know it.”
Written by MASSCOSH Filed Under: COVID, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
We are in the midst of an unprecedented worker health and safety crisis and need a plan for reopening the economy that truly protects workers and the public. The plan released by Governor Baker does not accomplish this vital task, and thus the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health gives it failing grades.
Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: COVID, FEATURES, News, News to Us
“It’s impossible to advocate for someone [in court] over the telephone. … Anything you say or your client says is heard by everyone.”
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, Talking Joints Memo
"In addition to beginning to restore access to safe, tested adult-use cannabis, this determination provides a first step in providing meaningful economic relief to the more than 2,000 Massachusetts cannabis employees who will be able to return to work."
Written by IRENE MONROE Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, Op-Ed
COVID-19 continues to pose an existential threat to public health and safety, and many of the churches that flouted social distancing guidelines became hot spots in their regions, increasing infection and death rates.
Written by MAYA SHAFFER Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, Op-Ed
The groups that will endure the most deaths are not openly acknowledged in the state’s plan for withholding medical care, but Massachusetts is explicit when it comes to telling seniors they are expendable.