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Emily Hopkins

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

PAST INCARCERATION: REMEMBERING CHARLESTOWN’S FORGOTTEN PRISON

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted April 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

“The observant citizen outside the walls has long been forced to the conclusion that the grim institution does not perform its primary purpose"

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Charlestown Prison, Emily Hopkins, Massachusetts History, Prison Reform

RARE FOOTAGE: THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST TAPE MUCKROCK GOT FROM BPD IS AMAZING

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted December 15, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

It’s ironic that the very tool the BPD hopes will suppress these kinds of actions will, thanks to FOIA and a little crowdfunding, allow the event to live on forever.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: BINJ, Black Lives Matter, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Police, BPD, Emily Hopkins, FOIA, freedom of information, MuckRock

SAFER SPACE FOR ALL: STOP STALLING TRANSGENDER PROTECTIONS IN MASS

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted November 17, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

Commonwealth lawmakers are more concerned with looking like a queer rights state than actually leading.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: bathroom bill, Beacon Hill, Commonwealth, Emily Hopkins, H.1577, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Legislature, Maura Healey, S.735, transgender bill, transgender legislation, transgender rights

VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted October 20, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

It seems like the bad news never ceases at the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: capital punishment, DCF, death penalty, Department of Children & Families, drug abuse, Emily Hopkins, opioids, Oxycontin, prison, violence

‘NO MORE THAN FOUR’ NO MORE

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted October 5, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

Focusing on overcrowding in this arguably discriminatory fashion hurts students who can hardly afford rent to begin with

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Allston, Boston College, boston university, dormitories, emerson college, Emily Hopkins, Housing, Inspectional Services Department, mayor Marty Walsh, Northeastern, overcrowding, Simmons College

URBAN ROADS ARE MEANT FOR PEOPLE

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted September 7, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

Some choice words for the Boston Globe columnist who thinks cyclists should eat curb

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Boston, Boston Cyclists Union, Boston Globe, BU Bridge, carnage, cars versus bikes, columnists, conservatives and bikes, cyclists, Emily Hopkins, Jeff Jacoby, tickets, urban roads

GFY USOC: THE VERY BEST OF DIGBOSTON’S OLYMPIC TROLLING

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 27, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

As the hipster paper of record in this town, we couldn’t be any happier to say, “We despised that band before they even dropped their first shitty single.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: atlanta, Boston, Boston 2024, Chris Faraone, criticism, DigBoston, Emily Hopkins, gentrification, host agreement, IOC, John Fish, Marty Walsh, No Boston Olympics, Olympics, Steve Pagliuca, USOC

FREE RADICAL: BILL SEEKS TO MAKE BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY ATTEMPTED MURDER

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted July 14, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

The bill was filed on the same day that the Somerville 18 took to the highway in protest of police brutality.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Beacon Hill, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Emily Hopkins, I-93, illegal, legislators, Massachusetts, police brutality, SOMERVILLE, Somerville 18

BUT ARE WE SAFER? A BOSTON MARATHON SECURITY CHECK

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted April 21, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

As I prepared for my second warrantless search of the afternoon ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Big Brother, Boston Marathon, Boston Police Department, Boston surveillance, BPD, Emily Hopkins, inspected, marathon monday, marathon security, police state

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