
The burden of proof is on luxury developers and the city to explain how the luxury building bonanza will benefit ordinary residents and neighborhoods
The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source
Written by CHUCK COLLINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
The burden of proof is on luxury developers and the city to explain how the luxury building bonanza will benefit ordinary residents and neighborhoods
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Written by DENNIS MALER Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts
In preparation for this run, ATB producers went to City Life meetings to partner with those who were interested in sharing stories of displacement. In doing so, they were shocked by the number of people who wanted to participate.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie
We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the largely rural western counties of the Commonwealth, it can be easy to miss significant stories. Because the scale of noteworthy happenings is naturally smaller ... read more
Written by ROB KATZ Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
“We have to recognize, you know, people enter the building renting because the circumstances mean that renting is what works for them ... I think we have to have protections and safeguards to allow those individuals to continue getting the benefits they’re entitled to.”
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
As television journalists reported that New England Patriots fans donated comforters for homeless people, transit cops disposed of every single blanket that the folks from Quincy C.O.P.E. and others handed out inside South Station.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Big local corps quiet about huge profits to come from Repub tax scheme… except GE
An interesting WBUR article, “Largest Mass. Companies ... read more
Written by OLIVIA DENG Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
While both candidates have positioned themselves as the best choice for addressing racism in a city that is 53 percent people of color, their outlooks on related issues and strategies regarding how to fix things differ substantially.
Written by M.J. TIDWELL Filed Under: A+E, Film
A new film aims to shatter stigmas around public housing
Written by LAURA KIESEL Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
For people living on the margins in the cities, towns, and suburbs around Boston, the available housing subsidies are painfully inadequate—just like the public transportation and job opportunities