"In Massachusetts, Black and Latinx children are 2.5 and 2.9 times more likely, respectively, to be involved with DCF as white children."
Don’t Miss This Mother Jones Investigation Into “Massachusetts’ Family Separation Disaster”
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Meet the Phantom Behind Greater Boston’s Awesome Food Feed Everybody Gotta Eat
“People work hard. They just want to go out, eat, and have a drink like everyone else”
EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SUSPENDING PRINT EDITION, GOING DIGITAL-ONLY (AGAIN)
But with your support we can bounce back fast!
MEDIA CONSOLIDATION ACCELERATES IN SOMERVILLE
Gannett merges its Somerville Journal and Medford Transcript newspapers as BINJ’s Somerville News Garden project and the Somerville Media Center launch a new municipal foundation to fund local journalism
FALLOUT 10: ON NBC BOSTON’S SYMPATHETIC TREATMENT OF TROOPER VIOLATING VAXX MANDATE
The real story is not that one state cop held a made-for-TV event in her driveway—it’s that the vaccine mandate is working.
POOR PROTEST COVERAGE SHOWS NEED FOR MASS JOURNALISM COMMISSION
Environmental zap action in front of Gov. Baker’s Swampscott home gets lots of attention with little useful context due to shrinking local press corps
EDITORIAL: GUILTY ERROR
New advertising industry initiative should protect the independent press, not just major outlets like the Boston Globe
THE PUSH TO RESCUE LOCAL NEWS IN MALDEN
“Realistically, we cannot replace professional journalism, but we do fill in some of the gaps and provide local coverage that isn’t getting covered.”
VIDEO: “BUY ME, BOSTON” BOOK LAUNCH THROWDOWN FROM THE DAVID BIEBER ARCHIVES
The following videos were recorded live on Dec. 14, 2020 in Norwood, Massachusetts
DEAR READER: DIGBOSTON PUSHES FORWARD INTO 2021
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