From endorsement to divorcement, for better or worse, through thick and thin, DigBoston covered Mayor Walsh like no other outlet
A FAREWELL TRIBUTE (OF SORTS) TO MARTY WALSH
Marty Walsh
OXY MONSTERS PUT ON BLAST
AG looks to extract more from Purdue Pharma, which is now in the recovery drug biz.
AS LABOR SECRETARY, WILL MARTY WALSH REPRESENT ALL WORKERS?
Or just unionized construction workers… and the corporations that fund the Democrats
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS AND VACCINATIONS?
The same might be said about how the GOP attempted to grill Walsh.
TITANIC SHIFTS: DEMS SWAP DECK CHAIRS AMIDST GOP-PROVOKED TSUNAMI
Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, who is not yet seriously rumored to join the Biden administration, started the new year by vetoing a sweeping climate change bill.
WALSH SIGNS ORDINANCE FORMING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
The office is intended to regulate police misconduct.
SUPER AGGRAVATING (AN APOLOGY COLUMN, OF SORTS)
After I’d commiserated with all kinds of student advocates and parents about the sham of a search process, in which the public was presented with three finalists out of nearly 40 applicants, I was simply shocked to see the somewhat positive reactions of so many factions and organizations following the school board’s decision.
THE MUM FUND: TOUGH QUESTIONS FOLLOWING AN AUDIT OF A CHARITY MEANT TO HELP BOSTONIANS IN NEED
“Insufficient and ineffective utilization of the fund may risk the Charitable Trust not meeting its mission and objectives to assist City of Boston residents in need."
A BIPARTISAN BLITZ, AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD
While they’re in Washington, they ought to give members of both national parties a lesson on public relations, because this bipartisan buddy bit they’re milking in Boston has everyone from lawmakers to dealmakers applauding while everyone else either smiles and nods or pays no attention at all.
LESS BUILDING, MORATORIUM
Hundreds of Roxbury residents speak out against displacement at landmark hearing
SIX QUESTIONS BOSTON SHOULD GRAPPLE WITH BEFORE GREENLIGHTING THOUSANDS MORE LUXURY UNITS
The burden of proof is on luxury developers and the city to explain how the luxury building bonanza will benefit ordinary residents and neighborhoods
UNRESPONSIVE: THE MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC RECORDS LAW FAILS THREE OUT OF THREE TIMES
That’s what’s happening with all three agencies in this case, with each one putting their own unique spin on how to circumvent the rules.
THROWBACK: IS HOMELESSNESS WORSE IN BOSTON NOW THAN IT WAS A CENTURY AGO?
Boston’s most infamous homeless shelter was established only a few years later, in 1915, under Mayor James Michael Curley, who was as well known for his corruption as he was for being a friend, however superficially, to the downtrodden.
BRIC OF ICE: FEEBLE STATE RECORDS LAW AIDS ICE IN MA
What’s less known is that here in Massachusetts, our feeble public records law is helping to bolster these efforts by obscuring the process through which local officials share information with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
YOUR MOVE, BOSTON
Only a massive protest movement can stop government giveaways to megacorps
Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put on just for show. Perhaps ...
IF YOU BELIEVE WALSH ABOUT LONG ISLAND, I HAVE A BRIDGE TO SELL YOU
Here’s what Walsh said in an October 2017 WGBH debate against then-City Councilor and challenger Jackson...
‘I CAN’T HANG THEM WITHOUT THEIR WORDS’
BPD arbitrarily blocks press access throughout controversial demonstration
THE MOST FLATTERING ENDORSEMENT OF ALL
As is emphasized in Dig pieces this week about topics ranging from cannabis, to housing and homelessness, to race, it’s clear that there are stark important differences between Jackson and Walsh.
FRONT AND CENTER: RACE PLAYS INTO THE BOSTON MAYORAL ELECTION IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU REALIZE
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.
THE LONG SHADOW OF LONG ISLAND
The 2014 closure remains a defining moment of the Walsh administration
WHY BOSTON DESPERATELY NEEDS A MAYOR OF CANNABIS
"A cannabis cafe, where you can buy and consume on site, is allowed under the law. But there’s a process."
VERIZON 101: YOU CAN STOP CONGRATULATING THIS BEHEMOTH FOR ITS STUDENT IPAD PROGRAM RIGHT NOW
It’s something between ironic and nauseating that Superintendent Tommy Chang and Mayor Marty Walsh are making it look like Verizon, of all entities, is here to save the day.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE BATTLE OF FORT HILL
Boston film director Robert Patton-Spruill helped rebuild his section of Roxbury from ruin. Now he wants to sell, but his neighbors have other plans for his property.
AMERICAN BANDSTAND: A CALL ‘TO BETTER BALANCE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH SECURITY NEEDS’
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...
WE CAME, WE SAW, WE COVERED (A #FIGHTSUPREMACY COMPOSITE RETROSPECT)
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…
HOW THE ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY ORGANIZERS AND THE BOSTON GLOBE GOT ME FALSELY BRANDED AS A WHITE SUPREMACIST
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.
I SAW MORE FURRIES THAN FRIENDS OF THE FUHRER IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND
Where were these nazis anyway? Where were they coming from? Did they take Uber?
IN BOSTON, CONTROVERSIAL ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY GETS PERMIT WHILE CANNABIS ADVOCATES ARE DENIED
For decades, and under three different mayoral administrations, organizers of the Boston Freedom Rally from the cannabis advocacy group MassCann/NORML have been denied permits for their annual event.
WHOSE VOICES WILL BE HEARD IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND? WHOSE WON’T?
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.
BAKER CALLS FOR ‘UNITY RALLY’ INSTEAD OF ‘COUNTER-PROTEST’
Governor says he’ll even show up on Saturday if his schedule is clear
