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STRANGE WEBFELLOWS: BOSTONIANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER BIG APPLE IN FIGHT FOR ‘ALL PHONES’

Written by LUKAS VRBKA Posted February 29, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

"[This] will change forever not just how the government engages with technology companies, but how technology companies engage with us.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #DontBreakOurPhones, ACLU, Apple, Boylston Street, demonstration, Department of Justice, FBI, FFTF, iPhone, James Comey Jr., Kade Crockford, Massachusetts Pirate Party, Protest, San Bernadino, Suffolk County District Attorney, Syed Farook, terrorism, William Evans

LICENSE TO CONNIVE: BOSTON STILL TRACKS VEHICLES, LIES ABOUT IT, AND LEAVES SENSITIVE RESIDENT DATA EXPOSED ONLINE

Written by KENNETH LIPP Posted September 8, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

This is not the first time Hub authorities have been caught with their guard down on this matter.

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACLU, Automatic License Plate Readers, AutoVu, Big Brother, Big Data, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Police Department, Boston Transportation Department, BPD, BTD, DigBoston, Driver's Protection Act, Genetec, Kade Crockford, Kenneth Lipp, The Declaration, Xerox

THE DEFENSE OF OFFENSE: DOCUMENTS REVEAL ‘JUSTIFICATION’ FOR MASS POLICE MILITARIZATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 12, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The public has a brand new window into excessive defense spending

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Bill Evans, Black Lives Matter, Boston Police Department, BPD, Chris Faraone, Commissioner William Evans, DHS, DigBoston, Eric Garner, FEMA, Homeland Security, Kade Crockford, Michael Brown

SWAT STICKER: EXCLUSIVE DOCS REVEAL 34-MAN DEPLOYMENT TO DALAI LAMA VISIT PLUS OTHER COSTLY AND EXTREME POLICE TACTICS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 7, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Whether the Lama requested a goon squad and an armored tank on wheels is unknown.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, ACLU Mass, Dalai Lama, Dunstable, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, Kade Crockford, Law Enforcement Councils, lawsuit, LEC, MuckRock, NEMLEC, newton, nonprofit corporation, Radley Balko, Suffolk Superior, SWAT, transparency, Waltham, Washington Post

THE LEGACY OF OLYMPIC SURVEILLANCE

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

The price tag of these ventures, no matter how you tally the components, adds insult to injury.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: ACLU of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston 2024, Downtown Crossing, Kade Crockford, MBTA, No Boston 2024, Olympic surveillance, security cameras

‘HUMORLESS QUEERS’ MAKES YOU LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted March 19, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

Fierce and fearless, Goldstein and Crockford have paired up for a monthly podcast called "Humorless Queers," which in its first five episodes has already addressed ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: ACLU, Alexis Goldstein, Citigroup, Emily Hopkins, FBI, Humorless Queers, Kade Crockford, Mass Surveillance, NSA, podcast, Shittygroup, Tsarnaev

BOSTON NOAM

Written by DIG STAFF Posted February 3, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Some words from Chomsky on the sad state of international media

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Strong, Kade Crockford, Lilypad, Noam Chomsky, The Baffler

SPECIAL FEATURE: BOSTON’S STRANGE AND PROBLEMATIC NEW APPROACH TO CURBING PROSTITUTION (AND ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN)

Written by DIG INTERN Posted November 6, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The conflation of sex work and sex trafficking is common. It’s also troubling.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 1975, 1976, abolition, Barney Frank, Boston, Boston Globe, Combat Zone, criminalization, Dan Mulhern, En dDemand, gender studies, Human Rights Watch, John school, Kade Crockford, Lina Nealon, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Legistlature, My Life My Choice, Northeastern University, Prostitution, Red Umbrella Project, Suffolk Country District Attorney, Swanee Hunt, The Lancet

BOSTON’S STRANGE AND PROBLEMATIC NEW APPROACH TO CURBING PROSTITUTION (AND ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN)

Written by TAK TOYOSHIMA Posted November 6, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The conflation of sex work and sex trafficking is common. It’s also troubling.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: 1975, 1976, abolition, Audacia Ray, Barney Frank, Boston, Boston Globe, City of Boston, Combat Zone, criminalization, Dan Mulhern, End Demand, geneder studies, Human Rights Watch, Interagency Human Trafficking Policy Task Force, Jamie J. Hagen, John school, Kade Crockford, Lina Nealon, Martha Coakley, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts Legislature, Melinda Chateauvert, My Life My Choice, Northeastern University, Prostitution, Red Umbrella Project, Suffolk Country District Attorney, Swanee Hunt, The Lancet

BOSTON TROLLING (THE COMPLETE SERIES)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 9, 2014 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“They’re asserting a general police power to capture anybody’s image and process it for law enforcement purposes just in case they later turn out to be guilty of something. That’s not OK.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 2004 Democratic National Convention, ACLU, Alex Marthews, Big Brother, Bill Oates, Bill Owens, Boston, boston calling, Boston Globe, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston Police, BPD, Cambridge, Chris Faraone, City Hall, Cognos, COPLINK, Department of Innovation and Technology, Department of Transportation, DiMasi, DNC, DoIT, Ed Davis, Face Capture, FBI, IBM, innovation, Joanthan Riley, Joe Pesatro, JTTF, Kade Crockford, Kate Norton, Kenneth Lipp, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, MBTA, Minority Report, MIT, MIVIS, MONUM, OCPF, Person of Interest, pre-crime, Smart Cities, South Boston, surveillance, Tom Menino

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