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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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THE TERMINAL: SOUTH STATION IS A HOMELESS SHELTER WITH NO SERVICES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 7, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

As television journalists reported that New England Patriots fans donated comforters for homeless people, transit cops disposed of every single blanket that the folks from Quincy C.O.P.E. and others handed out inside South Station.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Health Commission, homelessness, Housing, Long Island, mayor Marty Walsh, Pine Street Inn, Quincy C.O.P.E., Shelter, Shelters, snow, South Station

THE LONG SHADOW OF LONG ISLAND

Written by KYLE CLAUSS Posted October 31, 2017 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

The 2014 closure remains a defining moment of the Walsh administration

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #mapoli, bospoli, homelessness, Long Island, Marty Walsh, Mayor Walsh, Shelters

THE OUTSIDERS: FOR HOMELESS LGBTQ YOUTH IN GREATER BOSTON, THERE ARE NO SAFE SPACES

Written by MIKE DESOCIO Posted March 9, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

Kicked out of home and misunderstood by social service providers, homeless LGBTQ youth often have nowhere to turn

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction Tagged With: abuse, bisexual and transgender youth, Boston, boston alliance for gay, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee, Cambridge, City Hall, GLASS, grace sterling, harvard, homelessness, lesbian, LGBTQ, Marty Walsh, Mike DeSocio, Shelters, SOMERVILLE, Y2Y, youth on fire

PHOTO FEATURE: INVISIBLE FRACTURES

Written by RACHEL TINE Posted January 26, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials, Visual Arts

A new exhibit reveals nonphysical bruises in healing light

Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials, Visual Arts Tagged With: Boston, domestic violence, emotional abuse, Invisible Fractures, Photography, Piano Craft Gallery, Rachel Tine, Shelters, spousal abuse

FALL BACK, PROTESTS AHEAD: OCTOBER IS FOR ACTIVISM

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 30, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

FALL BACK, PROTESTS AHEAD: OCTOBER IS FOR ACTIVISM

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2015, autumn, Beacon Hill, body cameras, Boston, Boston Homeless Solidarity Committee, Boston Public Health Commission, Byron Rushing, City Hall, Evandro Carvalho, Fall, Fight For 15, homelessness, Long Island, Mary Keefe, Mass Police Reform, Massachusetts, millionaire's tax, minimum wage, October, opiates, Pat Jehlen, police brutality, police shootings, protests, Raise Up, SEIU, Shelters, SOMERVILLE, treatment

REMEMBERING THE HOMELESS WHO PASSED, DOING RIGHT BY THOSE WHO SURVIVED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 22, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Regardless of some blessed future prospect, the temporary truth is that the closing of Long Island is a nightmare.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: beds, Boston, City Hall, homelessness, houselessness, Housing, housing crisis, long island shelter, mayor Marty Walsh, Newmarket, Protest, Quincy, Recovery, rehabilitation, Shelters

PICS: BOSTON’S HOMELESS RALLY FOR SOLUTION OUTSIDE CITY HALL, STATE HOUSE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: News

As the weather cools, it's more important than ever to keep up on the plight of Boston's homeless, many of whom relied on services provided at the Long Island Shelter, which has now been closed for more than a month due to bridge infrastructure issues.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: beds, Boston, City Hall, homelessness, houselessness, Housing, housing crisis, long island shelter, Quincy, rehabilitation, Shelters

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