Coronavirus is pushing us from our workplaces, classrooms, and public spaces into our homes. High-speed internet is more essential than ever to maintain social ties. But millions are denied this fundamental right.
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NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 3.22.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
It’s been over a week since we shut down our weekly print edition at DigBoston. Did we let it get us down? Nah. We’ve become a digital daily. Pumping out more Boston area news than we’ve ever produced before.
FORCED OFF CAMPUS, STUDENTS SCRAMBLE FOR SHELTER IN MERCILESS MARKET
From cases where landlords hiked the rental price of apartments and living spaces by 30 to 40% in less than a day, to violations of Boston’s five-or-more rule, problems persist.
“EVERYONE IS COUGHING.” FEAR AND ROVING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
“They tell us, they put up signs, but many don’t read them or ignore them and don’t want to listen, either. None of these people are understanding what we have in front of us."
IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S COVID-19. ON SOCIAL DISTANCING AND GETTING DUMPED.
“I just don’t think now is an ideal time for me to be worrying about dating.”
RIDESHARES ARE ALSO AMBULANCES. YES, EVEN DURING CORONAVIRUS.
Isn’t it extremely dangerous, at this time, for these industries to intensify relationships in which Uber and Lyft drivers pick up prospective COVID-19 patients, and without warning?
ANNOUNCING THE BINJ PANDEMIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT
Funding 100 local news articles covering Boston area communities during the coronavirus crisis
MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 DECARCERATION BILL COULD PROTECT US ALL
“This call for releases is not the advocacy community trying to capitalize on an opportunity to decarcerate … Prison health care is already overstressed and a lack of response will absolutely kill people.”
MUTUAL AID VOLS IN MASS WEAVE CORONAVIRUS SOCIAL SAFETY NET
“Right now, we need to build resilient infrastructure run by the people and for the people—infrastructure that can outlast this crisis and be ready for the next one.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the US, exposing capitalism’s unsustainability, a dysfunctional healthcare system riddled with high costs and inaccessibility, and a lack of workers’ rights and protections. In Massachusetts, the situation is dire, with ...
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 3.19.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
Several New Articles on the Crisis