DIG 22.32 – 8/13/20
Co-author says “the younger Chinese generation in America should be more political than their parents”
COLORING BOOK PROCEEDS TO GO TO BLACK INSTITUTIONS, CAUSES
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COVID-19 AND THEATER EDUCATION
According to Sheridan Thomas, teaching comedic timing is nearly impossible through a computer screen. Thomas, a teacher of acting and directing at Tufts University, is 70 years old and never had to teach online before COVID-19. She had to adjust to tools like Zoom to conduct her comedic Shakespeare class, and lagging WiFi made a mess of the course.
GOING ONLINE: NO REPLACEMENT FOR INTERACTION IN REAL TIME
New England Cultural Organizations Struggle to Survive in an Age of Social Distancing
COVID PHOTOS: RESTAURANTS DELIVER FOR HEALTHCARE & SERVICE WORKERS
Countless tipped as well as hourly wage workers have seen their earnings slashed or vanished. Still, through it all, many local restaurants are providing meals to fellow restaurant workers who are impacted.
RESPONSES TO OUR “CULTURAL REHASH” EDITORIAL
A range of views from readers
WHEN MASSACHUSETTS WAS SOCIALIST
Experiments in co-operative economics started in the colonial era
CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED
After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.
SPECIAL FEATURE: SEX, DRUGS, AND FENTANYL
Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts
SPECIAL FEATURE: HAMPDEN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER’S PEPPER SPRAY PROBLEM
Use of force reports from the Hampden County Correctional Center reveal disproportionate use of chemical force against prisoners with psychiatric disabilities
