Tell the FCC That You Support Your Local Cable Access Station by Dec 14 At DigBoston, my colleagues and I put a lot of effort into working with local community media stations around Greater Boston. Because they are the heart and soul of grassroots democratic public broadcasting in the United States. And because […]
THAT RIDICULOUS NEWS SEGMENT ABOUT DRUGGED DRIVING IS EVEN WORSE THAN YOU REALIZED
If you’re going to pass off an ad as real news, you might as well stir up some fear on the backs of cannabis users and get a whole bunch of clicks in the process.
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: FIRE SALE PT. 1 1/2
In one moment of clarity, a state police spokesperson did confirm that there is zero outside oversight of millions of dollars in purchasing done by the department.
A GOOD SEASON TO BE A GOOD HUMAN BEING
And keep it up through the hard times to come It’s Thanksgiving this week. More correctly the National Day of Mourning. A holiday fraught with contradiction, as I’ve written repeatedly in the past. And what is one to make of it? Originally an opportunity for the descendants of the European colonists who seized […]
THE HIGHS (AND LOWS) OF THE FIRST DAY OF RECREATIONAL WEED IN NORTHAMPTON
Hamilton waited not just for the chance to buy a vape pen and gummy edibles, but was instead eager to make history. “I’m excited because I’m going to be one of the first people to buy weed recreationally east of the Mississippi,” he told DigBoston. “It’s a big step for the state, and it’s a great big step for this country.”
HOW TO COVER THE FIRST DAY OF RECREATIONAL WEED
Your guide to cannabis reporting on the Commonwealth’s Super Bowl Fun Day
HIGH HOLIDAYS: HOW TO HANDLE CANNABIS AROUND YOUR FAMILY ALL SEASON
Our recommendations for how you can help kill the taboos around cannabis with the people you love, ranging from initiating basic conversation to outright proselytization.
POST-ELECTION WINNERS AND LOSERS
“Voters sent a very clear signal today that our criminal justice system is not working for too many people and it’s time for a change.”
BREAK THE CYCLE
“There [are] unfortunately huge, discriminatory barriers that we can’t completely destroy on our own … That takes a huge cultural movement.”
OPINION: THE HOT HATCHET IN MY FATHER’S CHEST (YES ON QUESTION 1)
It’s been over a decade now, but still my dad says it was the worst night of his life. It wasn’t the night of his heart attack, or the night of his open-heart surgery (a quadruple bypass). It came after that, as he lay awake in the cardiac ICU, intubated and pumped full […]
