
Among the many to weigh in on these issues, the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) has released a compelling statement... It’s on the money, and so informative and forward-looking that we thought it was our duty to excerpt it here...
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Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Among the many to weigh in on these issues, the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) has released a compelling statement... It’s on the money, and so informative and forward-looking that we thought it was our duty to excerpt it here...
Written by BAYNARD WOODS Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
The line connecting Yeats to Didion to us: The center cannot hold. The election should have shown us that clearly. The majority lost and we elected an authoritarian entirely uninterested in compromise.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm
Commercial media needed to pin a medal on somebody, and that person wasn’t going to come from any of the many groups that peaceably managed tens of thousands of people.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Between the protesters, the counterprotesters, the media, the cops, and a handful of trolls, countless stories unfolded in Boston last weekend. These are several we encountered…
Written by ROD WEBBER Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
The panicked calls came from my friends and family—including my poor old mother, who was afraid I would be shot—right around the time that I arrived on Boston Common on Saturday.
Written by NATE HOMAN Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Where were these nazis anyway? Where were they coming from? Did they take Uber?
Written by BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
How a Boston demonstration first planned before Charlottesville answered the call to become something much, much bigger
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Counter-protesters chase ‘free speech’ rally goers out of town, but endure police aggression after peaceful march
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
In the interest of doing better than those who are paying more attention to right-wing extremists than they are to the Bostonians speaking out, here are some of the points coming from the groups that are planning a counter-protest and march starting in Roxbury tomorrow at 10 am.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
While we don’t recommend listening to Medlar too much, this video filmed by local filmmaker and artist Rod Webber is worth watching.