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20/2018 VISION: REVISITING OUR AWESOME HELLISH YEAR ONE FINAL TIME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.

Filed Under: Analysis, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Andover, Andover Fires, Ayanna Pressley, Beacon Hill, BPDA, Capuano, Charlie Baker, Columbia Gas, Congress, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, energy companies, Eversource, Fires, Geoff Diehl, hospitals, Housing, Lawrence, Lawrence Fires, lobbyists, Massachusetts, Merrimack fires, Merrimack Valley, money in politics, NiSource, no on 1, North Andover, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Republicans, Safe Patient Limits, Scott Lively, Southie, staffing, transgender, US Senate, yes on 1

QUESTIONS BEGET QUESTIONS

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted October 23, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Your ballot initiative breakdown, from patient limits, to campaign finance, to transgender rights

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: hospitals, Massachusetts, money in politics, no on 1, nurses, question 1, question 2, Question 3, Safe Patient Limits, staffing, transgender, yes on 1

SPECIAL QUESTION 2 PRIMER: THE CHARTER THEY COME

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 26, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

I’ve been exposing school privatization in Mass since 2008. These are my stories…

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Bain Capital, Bank of America, Beacon Hill, boston mayor marty walsh, Boston Public Schools, BPS, Charter Schools, Great Schools Massachusetts, James Peyser, Marty Walsh, MCAS, MTA, question 2, Robert Gallery, school choice, school privatization, Superintendent Tommy Chang

THE BOSTON GLOBE AND JOHN OLIVER: WHICH ONE IS FULL OF CRAP ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 22, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

He’s a shameless mouthpiece for the businesspeople aiming to shift more public dollars toward institutions that are not accountable to taxpayers.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Charter Schools, ed reform, education, john oliver, Last Week Tonight, Massachusetts, question 2, Save Our Public Schools

NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURE MADNESS: 4 QUESTIONS TO HOLD MASS OVER UNTIL POT LEGALIZATION IN 2016

Written by DIG INTERN Posted October 14, 2014 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Historically speaking, 54 percent of questions put to Bay State voters have been approved since 1990. This time, after much speculation and signature wrangling—and in one case a court intervention—four initiatives remain from an initial field of 33. So there are really only two questions left: Which ones will pass, and which will flame out?

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, ballot measures, bottle bill, business groups, law relative to earned sick time, law to prohibit casino gambling, Mass Politics, Massachusetts, notable rejected measures, question 1, question 2, Question 3, question 4, RWNJs

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