We really did sit down with 27 candidates for Boston City Council—from at-large contenders to those trying for district seats—to ask about Boston Public Schools.
AMERICAN BANDSTAND: A CALL ‘TO BETTER BALANCE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH SECURITY NEEDS’
Among the many to weigh in on these issues, the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) has released a compelling statement… It’s on the money, and so informative and forward-looking that we thought it was our duty to excerpt it here…
TERMS OF SERVICE: STILL THIRSTY
If you think Boston has enough liquor licenses, you must live in a neighborhood that has a bunch.
WE CAME, WE SAW, WE COVERED (A #FIGHTSUPREMACY COMPOSITE RETROSPECT)
Between the protesters, the counterprotesters, the media, the cops, and a handful of trolls, countless stories unfolded in Boston last weekend. These are several we encountered…
HOW THE ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY ORGANIZERS AND THE BOSTON GLOBE GOT ME FALSELY BRANDED AS A WHITE SUPREMACIST
The panicked calls came from my friends and family—including my poor old mother, who was afraid I would be shot—right around the time that I arrived on Boston Common on Saturday.
I SAW MORE FURRIES THAN FRIENDS OF THE FUHRER IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND
Where were these nazis anyway? Where were they coming from? Did they take Uber?
WHOSE VOICES WILL BE HEARD IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND? WHOSE WON’T?
In the interest of doing better than those who are paying more attention to right-wing extremists than they are to the Bostonians speaking out, here are some of the points coming from the groups that are planning a counter-protest and march starting in Roxbury tomorrow at 10 am.
TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: RUFUS FAULK (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, D7)
“We’re leaving the education of our children to BPS when it should be a citywide initiative.”
SPECIAL FEATURE: WATCHING BOSTON
The true beginning of a false narrative: an investigation into the Hub’s Neighborhood Watch
ALL EARS: LISTEN HEAR ADDS A NEW DIMENSION TO THE GARDNER MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
What you get out of Listen Hear is likely to depend on your familiarity with Gardner and her museum itself. But it provides all visitors with a new way to think about how the relationship between art and the viewer is a symbiotic one.
