Boston has chosen a different approach—one of partnering with Verizon, which seeks to use Boston to demonstrate to Wall Street that it is a company looking to the future of digital entertainment and smart cities.
Massachusetts
MIGHTY FOURTH: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIVIL LIBERTIES CRUSADER ALEX MARTHEWS
"It’s a historic issue. There isn’t really a culture of democratic accountability for the police, and when it comes to elected towns and officials, in many towns and cities across Massachusetts, sometimes they may not have the power to oversee the police department properly. "
JOINT PERSPECTIVE: MORE GRASS ROUTES
A Q&A with cannabis entrepreneur, lawyer, and advocate Shanel Lindsay
THE PROGRESSIVE MASS AGENDA
The advocates at Progressive Massachusetts have an actionable list of promising bills broken down into four categories: Infrastructure and Environment; Shared Prosperity; Racial and Social Justice; Good Government.
AFTER THE RAID: DO THE PHILLY ARRESTS SIGNAL A NEW WAR ON PATIENTS?
"I don’t like that the regulated marijuana industry would be happy about anybody being arrested over cannabis."
MASSCANN/NORML PICKS A FEW FIGHTS
Homegrow is a crucial issue, but the current 12-plant limit seems unlikely to be reduced, while the prospect of expanding the limit or lifting it altogether appears dead, at least for this session.
AROUND MY WAY PART I: AVENUE
South End rapper Avenue wants to tell you a story about how it all got started way back when
INTRODUCING … AROUND MY WAY (#AMWKBX)
A project from KillerBoomBox and the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
THE FIREBRAND: AN INTERVIEW WITH MTA PRESIDENT BARBARA MADELONI
"It’s painful to be a teacher right now."
WEST COAST CANNABIS DISPATCH: GREEN WEDDING
I have never been too interested in marriage myself, but the thought of my great aunt pulling a tube out of a flower pot at the dinner table has me wondering if I should go and propose to my partner.