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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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APPOINTED SOMERVILLE OFFICIAL SPURS OUTRAGE WITH TWEETS FROM DC MOB SCENE

Written by MARC LEVY Posted January 9, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Mayor Curtatone says “We’re taking it seriously and doing our due diligence”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: attack, Capitol, Congress, DC, House of Representatives, insurrection, MAGA, Massachusetts, mob, official, President Donald Trump, Protest, rally, Riot, senate, SOMERVILLE, United States, US, Washington

DEATH THREAT AGAINST MASS POLITICIAN IS A BAD SIGN

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 20, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized

flowers in gun white on black

Should violence replace political debate, democracy could end

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, death threat, Debate, Democracy, dialogue, extremism, extremist, guns, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, Rep. Mike Connolly, slider, United States, violence

RECLOSE AMERICA: DON’T FOLLOW FASCISTS IN THE SERVICE OF WALL ST TO YOUR GRAVES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 29, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

image with President Trump surrounded by quotes about right-wing protests to end coronavirus stay at home orders

Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, DigBoston, fascist, hard right, Health, Jason Pramas, Koch, labor, Medicare for All, middle class, nazi, news analysis, pandemic, Paycheck Security Act, Protest, public health, Reopen America, right wing, slider, stay at home, United States, Wall St, white supremacist, worker, working class

RESPONSES TO OUR “CULTURAL REHASH” EDITORIAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS, Editorial

Practice Space's closing message. Photo courtesy Practice Space and Boston Hassle.

A range of views from readers

Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Art, arts, Boston, community, critique, culture, Dance, David Shaughnessy, DigBoston, Don DiVecchio, economy, editorial response, Emily Bass, engagement, feature, feedback, Film, global, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, readers, theater, Tim Devin, United States, visual art, world

EDITORIAL: WHY SO MUCH CULTURAL REHASH?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 12, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Is the decades-long economic crisis for working people leading to less relevant art?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Art, arts, Boston, critique, culture, Dance, DigBoston, economy, editorial, Film, global, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, theater, United States, visual art, world

THANKSGIVING FICTION: WE LIVE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE THE BAD GUYS WON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

National Day of Mourning Plaque. Photo by Melissa Doroquez, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://flickr.com/photos/merelymel/3119433076/.

"Americans today live in a very real universe where the functional equivalent of Nazis—European colonists—committed genocide against Native American peoples..."

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: african american, alternate history, America, Apparent Horizon, Book, Column, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, genocide, holiday, Jason Pramas, Journalism, native american, nazi, Philip K. Dick, racism, review, science fiction, slavery, television, thanksgiving, The Man in the High Castle, United States

UNIVERSITIES MUST SEVER TIES WITH SAUDIS AND UAE

Written by CHANCE CHARLEY Posted February 28, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Boston, boston university, MIT, Northeastern University, Peace, Protest, Raytheon, Saudi Arabia, student, UAE, United Arab Emirates, United States, war, weapons, Yemen

2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,”  I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following:

 

The big question for Bostonians and anyone ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2030, adaptation, Apparent Horizon, Boston, china, Climate Change, coal, Column, development, Fourth National Climate Assessment, france, gas, Germany, global warming, IPCC, japan, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, migration, new england, news, oil, Paris Agreement, Politics, poor, survival, third world, UK, united nations, United States, US

DIGBOSTON JOINS MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 30, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

nuclear fireball

 

News weekly feels the threat of cataclysmic war is grave enough to warrant direct action

 

DigBoston—and this should be obvious, but it bears stating plainly—is against the US or any nation, organization, or individual having nuclear weapons. Because the longer anyone has them, the more likely ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: abolish, arms control, Barack Obama, china, Democracy, DigBoston, disarmament, Donald Trump, editorial, ethics, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, nuclear weapon, Peace, Russia, treaty, United States, war

NOTARIOS, THUGS: AN UNDERCOVER FEATURE INVESTIGATION

Written by BILL HAYDUKE Posted April 22, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

How bootleg attorneys prey on immigrants hoping to secure the American Dream

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, Barack Obama, bill hayduke, Cynthia Creem, Deval Patrick, east boston, green card, Guatemala, immigration, Jamaica Plain, Latin America, Liz Cannon, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Notarios, Notarios Publicos, scams, United States, VIGO

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