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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

More Mass residents have died from COVID-19 than all the Mass soldiers killed in WWII, but let’s “get back to normal,” right?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bob DeLeo, Charlie Baker, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, MBTA, policy, Politics, public health, social distancing, tax, taxation, transportation, usa

EDITOR’S NOTE: GLOVES OFF

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 11, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass pols will get no more favors from Dig on COVID response

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Chris Faraone, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, DigBoston, editorial, Election, governor, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, pandemic, Politics, Robert DeLeo

EDITORIAL: FAKE LEFT AND BREAK RIGHT

Written by JASON PRAMAS and CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 17, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Clothes Pins on a White Background" by wuestenigel is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

[W]hen you vote for Biden—whether you “hold your nose” or not when doing it—remember what you’re going to get with the next Democratic administration: a nicer Trump administration.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Chris Faraone, criticism, Democracy, Democrat, DigBoston, Donald Trump, editorial, Jason Pramas, Joe Biden, neoliberal, Politics, presidential election, Republican, vote, voting

BOOK REVIEW: REAGANLAND

Written by PETER BERARD Posted September 24, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books, Reviews

Rick Perlstein, author, Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980. Photo by Meg Handler.

A seemingly endless recitation of events

Filed Under: A+E, Books, Reviews Tagged With: Book, criticism, Reaganland, review, Rick Perlstein, Simon and Schuster

NO LEGAL JUSTICE WITHOUT ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Written by BILL SHELTON Posted September 15, 2020 Filed Under: Essay, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Income Inequality. Photo by mSeattle CC-BY-2.0.

Bridging the chasm between law enforcement and justice, part 4

Filed Under: Essay, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criticism, history, justice, law enforcement, opinion, Police, sociology

CLOSE ALL THE SCHOOLS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 24, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Illustration by Scott Brundage

Act today to prevent a coronavirus explosion

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, children, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, education, Health, Jason Pramas, labor, mask, Massachusetts, parents, reopen, safety, student, teacher, union

THE HISTORICAL PURPOSE OF POLICING

Written by BILL SHELTON Posted August 6, 2020 Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Bridging the chasm between law enforcement and justice, Part 3

Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: criticism, history, justice, law enforcement, opinion, Police, slider, sociology

MARKET ORIENTATION, TV NEWS, AND THE AMPLIFICATION OF VIOLENCE

Written by GINO CANELLA and PATRICK FERRUCCI Posted June 18, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Chart of Standing Rock media frames

In 2017, we examined CNN and Democracy Now!’s coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, to understand how the market orientation of two news organizations influenced the production and distribution of their protest coverage.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: analysis, CNN, criticism, Democracy Now, media, news, opinion, think piece, violence

EDITORIAL: MAJOR NEWSPAPERS SHOULD GIVE BACK FACEBOOK GRANTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 12, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Money should go to the local independent news outlets the digital giant has hurt worst

Filed Under: Analysis, COVID, Editorial, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: business, Canada, Chris Faraone, conglomerate, corporation, criticism, data, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, funding, grant, greed, Guam, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, media, multinational, national, news, newspapers, nonprofit, PR, public relations, Puerto Rico, slider, social media, usa

HARVARD AND MIT MUST HELP THEIR WORKERS AND AREA HOMELESS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 22, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

Institutions with more wealth than many nations have no excuse for inaction during a pandemic

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Cambridge, Column, contractor, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, economy, employee, endowment, Harvard University, higher education, Homeless, Jason Pramas, L. Rafael Reif, labor, Larry Bacow, layoff, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, news analysis, pandemic, power, public, Shelter, slider, student, wealth, worker

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