Now, the New England School of Photography is shutting its doors for good, just a little over two years after it moved its operation from downtown Boston to Waltham. “If you were trying to become a full-time photojournalist, this is one more obstacle."
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BLATHER REPORT: GLOBE COVERAGE OF JANUARY ‘WARM PATCH’ INAPPROPRIATELY OPTIMISTIC
[T]here was no mention of global warming or climate change anywhere in the article. An unconscionable omission by the Globe at the start of a new geological age experts are now calling the Anthropocene... whether it was the fault of the reporters or their editors.
SINS OF OMISSION: MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA MUST END ITS ANTI-SOCIALIST BIAS
In the media organizations I help run, at least, we allow people with socialist positions a fair hearing. Understanding that socialism is supported by major political parties and movements the world over, has much to recommend it, and offers tried and true solutions to problems that capitalism can’t fix—because capitalism has caused most of the problems in question.
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SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC EVENT
CAMBRIDGE ARTISTS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST DISPLACEMENT
Reflections on a new grassroots political movement in formation
Another Cambridge arts institution is being pushed out of its longtime home by a greedy landlord. And once again, local artists are mobilizing to “discuss and organize for meaningful political action to support the arts” in that city—as the Facebook ...
SIDDIQUI TAKES A DIVE: JOINS MAYOR MCGOVERN, OTHER CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS IN GREENLIGHTING BACKROOM COURTHOUSE DEAL
The fix was in.
While the world was gearing up for the global climate strike last week, the years-long fight over the future ...
EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON JOINS MOVEMENT TO SLOW GLOBAL WARMING
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GATEHOUSE STRIKES AGAIN: WORCESTER MAGAZINE ON THE ROPES
Over the holiday weekend, my wife and I had occasion to take the commuter rail out to Dedham to a family gathering in memory of loved ones who have left us. As we walked the mile to my cousin’s place—through middle-class suburban streets nearly bereft of foot traffic (and, in some places, sidewalks)—I looked at the many houses we passed. And thought about the fact that, despite their generally tidy exteriors and the lush greenery all around them, we were walking through a “news desert” in formation.