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.
Emily Hopkins
PAST INCARCERATION: REMEMBERING CHARLESTOWN’S FORGOTTEN PRISON
“The observant citizen outside the walls has long been forced to the conclusion that the grim institution does not perform its primary purpose"
RARE FOOTAGE: THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST TAPE MUCKROCK GOT FROM BPD IS AMAZING
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.
SAFER SPACE FOR ALL: STOP STALLING TRANSGENDER PROTECTIONS IN MASS
Commonwealth lawmakers are more concerned with looking like a queer rights state than actually leading.
VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM
It seems like the bad news never ceases at the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families.
‘NO MORE THAN FOUR’ NO MORE
Focusing on overcrowding in this arguably discriminatory fashion hurts students who can hardly afford rent to begin with
URBAN ROADS ARE MEANT FOR PEOPLE
Some choice words for the Boston Globe columnist who thinks cyclists should eat curb
GFY USOC: THE VERY BEST OF DIGBOSTON’S OLYMPIC TROLLING
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.”
FREE RADICAL: BILL SEEKS TO MAKE BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY ATTEMPTED MURDER
The bill was filed on the same day that the Somerville 18 took to the highway in protest of police brutality.
BUT ARE WE SAFER? A BOSTON MARATHON SECURITY CHECK
As I prepared for my second warrantless search of the afternoon ...