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PSA DOA: MAYOR WALSH’S ISLAMOPHOBIA CAMPAIGN WON PLENTY OF PRESS, BUT HAD LITTLE IMPACT

Written by CLAIRE SADAR Posted July 31, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

At issue here is not just that a highly publicized public service campaign fell flat, or that money was wasted on printing posters that were never used.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Bart, bospoli, Boston, City Hall, Islam, Islamophobia, JCDecaux, Maeril, Mayor Walsh, PSA

FRONT AND CENTER: RACE PLAYS INTO THE BOSTON MAYORAL ELECTION IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU REALIZE

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted November 1, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

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.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2017, 2017 Mayoral Race, ACLU, affordable housing, Boston, Boston Police, Boston Police Camera Action Team, BPD, Brawl for City Hall, cops, Housing, Marty Walsh, Mayor Walsh, mayoral race, naacp, Police, police brutality, policing, race, racial inequity, Roxbury, Tito Jackson, William Evans

THE LONG SHADOW OF LONG ISLAND

Written by KYLE CLAUSS Posted October 31, 2017 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

The 2014 closure remains a defining moment of the Walsh administration

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, bospoli, homelessness, Long Island, Marty Walsh, Mayor Walsh, Shelters

BIG TALK: WALSH FUNCTIONALLY ENDS VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, BRAGS TO OBAMA

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 26, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

The issue of homelessness will doubtlessly be tied to the legacy of the mayor’s first years in office, and it’s no surprise that Walsh wants to spin the story.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Boston, Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cassie Hurd, functional end, Mayor Walsh, State of the City, USICH, veteran homelessness

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE LAND BOSTON FORGOT

Written by RACHEL HOCK Posted October 14, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

Hundreds of Allston residents fought in the streets to save their neighborhood. Now, after a series of land swaps, Harvard’s ivy vines are creeping in again. This is for those who fought, and who fight, for their homes.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction Tagged With: #ALLSTONANNIE, Allston, Annie Soricelli, Barry's Corner, BINJ, Boston History, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Public Library, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, brighton, cattle industry, Charlesview Apartments, Ed Logue, gentrification, harvard, IMP, Ivy League, Jim Vrabel, Mayor Collins, Mayor Walsh, Rachel Hock, urban renewal, Who Is Annie Soricelli?

INTERVIEW: JOHN HODGMAN

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted August 13, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

"That’s what put me on The Daily Show as the resident expert, the kind of person that would say with a straight face that Franklin Roosevelt had a hook for a hand but you never noticed it because it’s shaped like a wheelchair."

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: bill burr, Boston Comedy, Brookline, Coolidge Corner Theatre, doctor who, John Hodgman, Jon Stewart, Judge John Hodgman, Louis C.K., Mayor Walsh, NPR, podcast, The Daily Show, wilbur theatre, wyatt cynac

THE MILK STREET MARIJUANA DANCE

Written by MIKE CANN Posted June 17, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

I had to ask: “Mayor, are you really giving the dispensary a fair shake? "

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Dispensaries, dispensaries in Mass, Downtown Crossing, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Mayor Walsh, Mike Cann, Milk Street, MMA, Patriot Care, Politics, prohibition

DOUBLE CROSSING: DOWNTOWN PROHIBITIONISTS BLOCK BOSTON’S MARIJUANA DISPENSARY

Written by MIKE CANN Posted June 2, 2015 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s disappointing that the BID cannot be bothered to offer any basis for their decisions ...

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BID, Business Improvement District, cannabis, Downtown Crossing, DTX, main streets, mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor Walsh, medical marijuana, MMA, Olympics, opiate abuse, Patriot Care

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