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Sacred Spaces: Special Mosque Edition

Written by CLAIRE SADAR AND ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA Posted May 5, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us

While many Christians have been pushed out of their longtime places of worship, Muslims have spent decades configuring residential and commercial buildings

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us Tagged With: Boston, features, Medford, news, religion

DESACRALIZED PT. 2: “IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET”

Written by CLAIRE SADAR AND ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA Posted January 6, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

As another historic Black Boston institution is gentrified, a congregation displaced by condos reflects on this trend and what it means

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, features, gentrification, Housing, longform, religion, south end

BOOK REVIEW: THE NAZARENE, THE BACKLOT COWBOY, AND US

Written by PETER BERARD Posted October 6, 2021 Filed Under: Books

A historian looks at how evangelical religion, “traditional” masculinity, and right-wing politics became so hopelessly intertwined

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books, evangelical, history, Politics, religion

SPECIAL FEATURE: DESACRALIZED 

Written by CLAIRE SADAR AND ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA Posted October 1, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

As more and more former Boston churches are being converted into luxury housing, is the city missing out on potential arts and community spaces?

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: architecture, Art, culture, feature, features, Housing, longform, religion

BEING FRANK: IS THE POPE’S SUPPORT OF CIVIL UNIONS MERELY LIP SERVICE?

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted November 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

"Since marriage equality is out of the question, can the LGBTQ community trust Pope Francis to follow through on civil unions?"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: LGBTQ, marriage equality, religion

NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 3.12.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 12, 2020 Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC UPDATE BANNER 1

Faith-Based Organizations Should Consider Modifying Certain Practices to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, church, communion, coronavirus, criticism, Greek Orthodox, headlines, Health, Massachusetts, news, Notes from the Pandemic, religion, Team Reporting, temple, transmission

I WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CAN CONFIRM THAT EVERYTHING CHUCK TODD SAYS IS COMPLETELY STUPID

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 12, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

My point is to draw a comparison between the horse-race repetition and robotic uniformity of the kind of trash commercial bigs, from putrid right-wing radio to elitist broadsheets like the Post, reported out of New Hampshire this week, and the unique features that our squad produced.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020 Election, Activism, ADA, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, AOC, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, Citizens United, criminal justice, death penalty, Deval Patrick, disability rights, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, firearms, gig economy, Granite State Organizing Project, Granny D, gun control, gun rights, guns, immigration, income inequality, Iowa, Joe Biden, law enforcement, Life Without Parole, local media, Londonderry, LWOP, MAGA, Manchester Divided, merch, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Moore, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Interfaith Action Fund, New Hampshire Rebellion, ocasio-cortez, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, rally, ranked choice voting, ranked-choice, religion, religious left, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, socialism, Strokes, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

NUCLEAR DECISIONS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DON’T ALL AGREE ON

Written by Posted February 11, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Right now, we just don’t know what to do with nuclear waste. It lasts 100,000 years ... It’s shockingly toxic. We’re going to have to figure out what to do with that waste for sure. I mean, 100,000 years."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020 Election, Activism, ADA, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, AOC, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance, candidates, cannabis, Cape Cod, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, Citizens United, criminal justice, death penalty, Deval Patrick, disability rights, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, firearms, gig economy, Granite State Organizing Project, Granny D, gun control, gun rights, guns, immigration, income inequality, Iowa, Joe Biden, law enforcement, Life Without Parole, local media, Londonderry, LWOP, MAGA, Manchester Divided, merch, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Moore, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Interfaith Action Fund, New Hampshire Rebellion, nuclear energy, ocasio-cortez, Pete Buttigieg, Pilgrim Power Plant, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, rally, ranked choice voting, ranked-choice, religion, religious left, SCOTUS, Seabrook, Shaskeen Pub, socialism, Strokes, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

A DISABLED REPORTER WALKS INTO A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY EVENT… 

Written by LAURA KIESEL Posted February 11, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

I attended three carefully chosen events with three separate candidates over the course of 24 hours: Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. All three candidates stood out for me because they have been more actively courting the disability vote, as compared to their peers in the candidate pool. 

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020 Election, Activism, ADA, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, AOC, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, Citizens United, criminal justice, death penalty, Deval Patrick, disability rights, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, firearms, gig economy, Granite State Organizing Project, Granny D, gun control, gun rights, guns, immigration, income inequality, Iowa, Joe Biden, law enforcement, Life Without Parole, local media, Londonderry, LWOP, MAGA, Manchester Divided, merch, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Moore, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Interfaith Action Fund, New Hampshire Rebellion, ocasio-cortez, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, rally, ranked choice voting, ranked-choice, religion, religious left, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, socialism, Strokes, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

“HE JUST NEEDS TO GET KNOWN”: PATRICK SUPPORTERS IN NH HAVE EYES SET ON OTHER STATES

Written by JORDAN FRIAS Posted February 11, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I know his polling numbers are low. My hope is as time goes on he’s able to build some momentum and potentially be a viable candidate."

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2020 Election, Activism, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, AOC, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance, candidates, cannabis, caregiving, Citizens Agenda, Citizens United, criminal justice, death penalty, Deval Patrick, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, engagement, firearms, gig economy, Granite State Organizing Project, Granny D, gun control, gun rights, guns, immigration, income inequality, Iowa, Joe Biden, law enforcement, Life Without Parole, local media, Londonderry, LWOP, MAGA, Manchester Divided, merch, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Moore, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Interfaith Action Fund, New Hampshire Rebellion, ocasio-cortez, Pete Buttigieg, police brutality, Politics, primaries, Primary, rally, ranked choice voting, ranked-choice, religion, religious left, SCOTUS, Shaskeen Pub, socialism, Strokes, taxes, Tom Steyer, town halls, voter rights

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