"If the city acquires face surveillance technology, anyone who attends future protests could be tracked and identified, further threatening our right to rally for justice."
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FOOD FIGHT: SUPPLY DOWN, DEMAND AND TENSIONS UP FOR RESCUE ORGS
Closures and other pandemic factors have cost about an eighth of working adults their job. More people need help, while businesses that might otherwise donate are closed.
MASS ADVANCES BILL THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE MORE OPTIONS FOR DYING
"To have to die with suffering is something that most people don't want to do. Over 70% of the people in Massachusetts are in favor of medical aid in dying."
PHOTOS & RECAP: FAITH LEADERS MARCH TO BAKER’S HOUSE IN SWAMPSCOTT
"We are letting Governor Baker know that specific action needs to be taken. We refuse to be silent and turn our backs on the racism and systemic oppression."
PHOTOS & RECAP: MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS UNITE “AGAINST RACIST POLICE TERROR”
Among the dozens of ongoing demonstrations since the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop, yesterday’s “United Against Racist Police Terror!” in Boston was a rather unique event.
PHOTOS & RECAP: CAMBRIDGE MARCHES FOR BLACK LIVES, TRUMP DEFEAT
In one of several actions starting in Cambridge this week, rally goers on Saturday marched from Central Square to Somerville and back chanting “Black Lives Matter” on Saturday afternoon.
PHOTOS & RECAP: PEOPLE IN BROOKLINE UNITE AGAINST RACISM
Friday’s Brookline march came as rallies were also happening in Boston, Malden, Cambridge, Salem, Lynn, Peabody, Lawrence, Gloucester, Billerica, Lexington, and Leominster.
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 6.6.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
Police are at war with the public and politicians won’t stop them
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June 6, 2020...
Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Massachusetts: 99,301
PHOTOS & RECAP: “JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR” VIGIL IN NUBIAN SQUARE
In honor of Taylor on her birthday, and in protest against police brutality everywhere, hundreds of people gathered in Nubian Square in Roxbury yesterday for a vigil.
PHOTO RECAP: NEWTON “LINE UP FOR BLACK LIVES” RALLY DRAWS HUNDREDS
Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Newton Police Department on Thursday, then chanted and marched over to Newton City Hall and staged a die-in protest.