In the blue view, Boston is the bright exemption when it comes to rampant bad behavior on the force, and police here typically respect the civil rights of residents.
BLACK AND BLUE: THE DUELING WAYS OF VIEWING COP BEHAVIOR IN BOSTON
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TABLE FOR ONE: JULIANNA BARWICK CREATES A MUSICAL FEAST ALL BY HERSELF
Experimental electronic musician Julianna Barwick on how she enters a studio empty-handed but leaves with more magic than she can hold.
ZINN, FERGUSON, AND TRUTH
“The truth is damning enough.”
THE YEAR IN LOCAL PROTEST: FROM TRANSPORTATION TO MILITARIZATION
Mass unrest, like the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, doesn’t erupt randomly.
THE PROTESTS ARE ONLY BEGINNING; MIGHT AS WELL GET TO KNOW THE ACTIVISTS BLOCKING TRAFFIC AROUND BOSTON
Images by Chris Faraone unless otherwise noted
First some disclaimers for positive measure …
This post is not intended to suggest or imply either bonds or divisions between movements or organizations. Members of some groups we included may have ideological differences with ...
PICS & DISPATCH: HARVARD MARCHES EN MASSE IN SOLIDARITY WITH #BLACKLIVESMATTER MOVEMENT
On Friday afternoon, Harvard University students will rally in Harvard Yard to show their support to the grassroots, youth-led movement that started in Ferguson, MO and has spread to the entire country - a movement that objects to racist laws, violent police tactics, and systemic inequality.
MEDIA FARM: WHY IS THE BOSTON GLOBE PRETENDING THAT POLICE VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS?
Image of stop-and-frisk outside the Boys & Girls Club on Talbot Ave in Dorchester (Nov. ’14)
Just a few months ago, the Boston Globe informed us of an ACLU study about the epidemic of stop-and-frisk in the Hub. From their reporting:
Boston police officers disproportionately ...
FREE RADICAL: SOME WHITE PROTESTERS STILL DON’T GET IT
“All it takes is one push.”
The police were out numbered many times over last week, and that’s all it would have taken to push past them and lead the masses onto an on-ramp and beyond. The two men having this conversation, in a way pleading those surrounding them to nudge ahead, were ...
ON THE GROUND AT #ENOUGHISENOUGH, FROM BOSTON COMMON TO EVERYWHERE IT TAKES US
Images by Chris Faraone
It was inevitable that some kind of protest mix involving numerous fronts — housing, homelessness, fair wages, etc. — would culminate in the kind of HOLY FUCKING SHIT IS THIS BOSTON? moment that is currently underway downtown.
As you read ...
DISPATCH & ANALYSIS: #ENOUGHISENOUGH WAS LARGEST HUB PROTEST IN 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE EVEN BOSTON’S BIGGEST ANTI-RACISM ACTION IN DECADES
Images by Chris Faraone
You should probably ignore any individual or lone reporter who attempts to inform you about the demonstrations that snaked through Boston, Cambridge, and even a few corners of Somerville last night.
Like me, those folks may have witnessed segments of the ...
