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OPINION: AMERICA IS ON FIRE. HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 15, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Wildfires

“Another inconvenient truth: California water law must change”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: California, Oregon, Trump administration, Wildfires

MARCHING SEASON: JOIN THE RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Throwback screenshot via WBZ from the '90s. When TV reporters like Liz Walker still covered housing justice.

 

Mass State House, Oct 29, noon-1:30 pm

 

Twenty-five years after the real estate industry destroyed rent control in Massachusetts, ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Ben Simon, Boston, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Boston DSA, California, Column, Democracy, DSA, Gov Charlie Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Housing, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, massachusetts state house, New York, Oregon, Protest, rally, reform, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Nika Elugardo

CRYSTAL BOWL: 7 THINGS TO EXPECT WHEN REC DISPENSARIES COME TO MASS

Written by CITIZEN STRAIN Posted March 1, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

We’ll be back soon with our analysis of the Mass regs shortly (read the latest update from the CCC here, including all about their "secret shopper" program), but for now here is a look into your crystal bowl…

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, legal, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, Oregon, politics CCC, recreational, shops, Talking Joints Memo, weed

MY BRUSH WITH DEATH

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 27, 2018 Filed Under: Dear Reader, Talking Joints Memo

It sounded like a toilet being catapulted into a brick wall. I was walking down the street in Portland, Oregon, where I traveled last week to meet with friends from across the US and Canada who work at newspapers like DigBoston, and suddenly my whole existence flashed before my eyes.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Oregon, Portland

LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY: BOSTON NATIVE SKATES ACROSS COUNTRY FOR TRANS RIGHTS AND AWARENESS

Written by KATELYN BURNS Posted December 13, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Only two other people, both cisgender men, have ever successfully skateboarded across the country solo before. It’s a tremendous test of an endurance that requires meticulous planning and survival skills.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: bathroom bill, Bend, Boston, Calleigh Little, HB2, LGBTQ, Long Distance Pushing, nationwide, North Carolina, Oregon, skateboarding, trans, trans rights, US

WEED REVIEW: THC BOMB

Written by CITIZEN STRAIN Posted September 7, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Shop

Stench aside, there’s a smorgasbord of flavor in the Bomb, though mostly from the dark side.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Shop Tagged With: Cambridge, cannabis, Cinderella 99, Citizen Strain, Maine, Oregon, Portland, Sage Naturals, Talking Joints Memo, THC Bomb, weed reviews, West Coast

WEED REVIEW: CINDERELLA 99

Written by CITIZEN STRAIN Posted August 16, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Shop

Our batch crushed well in a metal grinder, smoked beautifully in joints and blunts, and burned evenly in one-hitters and pipes alike.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Shop Tagged With: Cambridge, cannabis, Cinderella 99, Citizen Strain, Maine, Oregon, Portland, Sage Naturals, Talking Joints Memo, weed reviews, West Coast

WHAT YOU WON’T FIND IN THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE BOSTON GLOBE’S PAGE ONE SEMIAUTOMATIC OP-ED

Written by DIG STAFF Posted June 16, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

We don’t say this stuff because we think guns are great, but rather to remind people that the Globe is merely out for clicks and eyeballs like every other outlet.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: assault rifles, Boston Globe, Fidelity, firearms, gun manufacturers, media, New York Times, Oregon, page one op-ed, semiautomatic weapons, State Street, Vanguard

HARSH PENALTIES FOR HARSH TRUTHS

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 12, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s obvious that Ryan is looking for revenge and retribution, not justice, especially considering the fact that two of the remaining defendants were street medics who were not in the road.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #occupyboston, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, Curtatone, DigBoston, Direct action, harassment, I-93, Medford, Middlesex DA, Milton, Nicole Sullivan, Oregon, police brutality, police violence, threats

ONE YEAR LATER: I SAT ON I-93 BECAUSE POLICE ARE KILLING BLACK PEOPLE IN MY NAME—IT’S REALLY THAT SIMPLE

Written by NICOLE SULLIVAN Posted January 12, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

For months following our action, the biggest news outlets in Boston questioned whether our protest should be considered attempted murder, lamented the traffic we caused, and even called for us to be treated as domestic terrorists.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #occupyboston, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, Curtatone, DigBoston, Direct action, harassment, I-93, Medford, Middlesex DA, Milton, Nicole Sullivan, Oregon, police brutality, police violence, threats

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