“When COVID first started, I didn’t hear from him. You don’t know what it feels like to not know if your loved one is alive or dead.”
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PROTEST AND POLICE REFORM HEADLINES FROM ALTERNATIVE OUTLETS ACROSS THE US
Here’s a look at some of the excellent work done by our fellow members of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) this past week.
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 6.20.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
The worst 100 days: our timeline of coronavirus in Mass (so far)
WHY MASSACHUSETTS COPS AREN’T FEATURED IN THE USA TODAY MISCONDUCT DATABASE
For anybody trying to get public information on police in Mass, there are several stumbling blocks, any number of which stymied USA Today.
PHOTOS & RECAP: “FUNK THE POLICE” JUNETEENTH EDITION AT FRANKLIN PARK
"Mothers and families of victims of police violence took the stage to explain the pain inflicted upon them by cops who are supposed to protect them."
MARKET ORIENTATION, TV NEWS, AND THE AMPLIFICATION OF VIOLENCE
In 2017, we examined CNN and Democracy Now!’s coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, to understand how the market orientation of two news organizations influenced the production and distribution of their protest coverage.
PHOTOS & RECAP: BADGELICKERS STAGE PRO-COP, ANTI-BLM RALLY IN WEST ROX
The pro-police horde shouted slogans such as “Blue Lives Matter” as they ignored, attempted to shout over, and in some cases repudiated those calling for accountability.
DEAR READER: THE DIG IS BACK IN PRINT AND IN STREET BOXES THIS WEEK
Whether or not it is prudent to reopen, there is yet another epidemic raging that must be considered, and of course that is the problem of police violence.
THE WORST 100 DAYS: OUR TIMELINE OF CORONAVIRUS IN MASS (SO FAR)
The progression and oppression of the COVID-19 crisis around Boston, as told by DigBoston reporters and their community contacts
PHOTOS & RECAP: DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE IN BOSTON
Participants called for the DA to reexamine cases in which police fatally shot black men in Boston.