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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SAY PUT FRONTLINE WORKERS FIRST

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted July 26, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Labor and community groups are asking that American Rescue Plan funds be invested in frontline workers and communities disproportionately impacted by COVID

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, COVID, labor, workers

HELP WANTED (YES, THE INDUSTRY IS STILL SUFFERING)

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted July 26, 2021 Filed Under: Eats

As Boston-area restaurants struggle to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, they face another crisis that threatens their very existence

Filed Under: Eats Tagged With: COVID, eats, Food, pandemic, restaurant

ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH, CASSANDRA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 26, 2021 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Still from the film Homo Sapiens (2016). Image courtesy of Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH.

Human unwillingness to surmount the pandemic means it’s unlikely we will stop global warming

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, carbon emissions, civilization, Climate Change, Column, coronavirus, COVID, Delta, Democracy, Environment, fate, Film, global warming, Health, heat dome, Homo Sapiens, humanity, International Energy Agency, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, pandemic, Politics, usa, vaccine

ONCE AGAIN: BELOVED SOMERVILLE VENUE REEMERGES AT BOYNTON YARDS

Written by AMIE O'HEARN Posted July 10, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

What does it take to survive as a venue? “We are like sharks—you gotta keep moving or you’ll die.”

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: COVID, Music, Pandemic Democracy Project, Venues

IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL: A HARROWING TRUE COVID STORY

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted July 9, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

As we emerge from the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to wreak untold damage. Don’t believe it? Ask my friend and his loved ones who have dealt with the horror first-hand.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, news, Pandemic Democracy Project

A YEAR OF DISASTER AT OLD COLONY: SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, SELF-HARM, AND COVID

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted May 3, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“People call saying, “I just can’t bear it.” “The walls are closing in on me; I can’t talk to my family; I’ve lost it.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: COVID, Department of Correction, Mass DOC, Pandemic Democracy Project, parole, prison

REFLECTIONS ON THE YEAR WITHOUT LIVE MUSIC

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted April 27, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

What did you accomplish during the Year Of No Live Music? Did you put your time and effort into a specific project, or did you just try to keep your head above water and cope from day to day? 

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Aaron Gray, Chris Brokaw, Chris Johnson, Cliff Notez, COVID, Doug Sherman, Grayskull Booking, live music, Non-Event, The Ballroom Thieves, venue closings

NEW MASS REOPENING PLANS INCLUDE VENUES AND SINGING

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 27, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts will reopen some outdoor Phase 4, Step 2 industries effective May 10th and put plans in place for further reopening on May 29th and August 1st.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: COVID, news, news to us, pandemic

HOW JULIET HIT A $100K KICKSTARTER GOAL IN 4 DAYS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 12, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Eats

“We’re not going to survive for 20 more years if we don’t do this [expansion].”

Filed Under: COVID, Eats Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, eats, Pandemic Democracy Project, Restaurants, silver dining playbook

MOOBY’S BOSTON: HOW KEVIN SMITH HAS BROUGHT HIS PICK-UP EXPERIENCE TO 10 CITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC

Written by ROB DUGUAY Posted April 10, 2021 Filed Under: Eats

Plus how Chris Rock predicted the takeout dynamo and Smith dishes on Twilight Of The Mallrats and Clerks III

Filed Under: Eats Tagged With: COVID, films, Food, movies, pandemic, Pandemic Democracy Project, popup, Restaurants, silver dining playbook

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