
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.
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
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.
Written by NINA CORCORAN Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC
Experimental electronic musician Julianna Barwick on how she enters a studio empty-handed but leaves with more magic than she can hold.
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS
“The truth is damning enough.”
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Mass unrest, like the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, doesn’t erupt randomly.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
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 ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized
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.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS
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 ... read more
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS
“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 ... read more
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 ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
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 ... read more