In 2021, I am still asking these three questions …
THE TOPIC THE BLACK CHURCH DARES NOT SPEAK OF HONESTLY
race
SPECIAL FEATURE: BUREAUCRATIC DYSFUNCTION & PHYSICAL RESTRAINT IN BPS
A review of documents and interviews reveals a lack of record keeping that reflects a system struggling to comply with state law and reckon with the use of physical restraint
RECAP: JUBILEE ON JUNETEENTH: LIBERATING THE PRACTICE OF PENTECOST
“We can never celebrate without remembering the story of the struggle.”
OPERA IN THE KEY OF FREEDOM
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center will host a virtual event in honor of Juneteenth.
ON JUNETEENTH, IFÉ FRANKLIN DEBUTS ‘SLAVE NARRATIVE’ FILM
Production shot at Royall House Slave Quarters.
WOKE IN PROGRESS IV: CITY VIEW
How is Boston’s arts community honoring the commitments it made when signing a letter demanding racial equity last year?
MUSIC SPECIAL: ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40
Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.
INCENSED OVER INSENSITIVITY
Official’s N-word nonapology ignites Cambridge
FRONT AND CENTER: RACE PLAYS INTO THE BOSTON MAYORAL ELECTION IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU REALIZE
While both candidates have positioned themselves as the best choice for addressing racism in a city that is 53 percent people of color, their outlooks on related issues and strategies regarding how to fix things differ substantially.
GUEST OP-ED: WALSH ADMINISTRATION PLAYS THE SAME OLD RACE CONVERSATION GAME
The voice that was missing, and that is also the one that is always shut out of these “open” conversations, is again that of the radical, the revolutionary.
