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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Virginia

J RODDY WALSTON: “I’M ACTUALLY CREATING A LIMITED SUPPLY OF THAT EXPERIENCE”

Written by ROB DUGUAY Posted January 22, 2020 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"There will be some way for people to hear what I’m doing, maybe I’ll put it on the internet or something, but I just want to make art and not necessarily a bunch of products."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Boston venues, great scott, J Roddy Walston, Music, rock, tours, Virginia

CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted May 8, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, history, Journalism, licenses, licensing, Maine, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Massachusetts, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, ONA, Online News Association, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, statistics, straw purchasing, Virginia, wbur

SPECIAL FEATURE: WHAT RHYMES WITH ORANGE?

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 29, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The most seething presidential protest songs in all the land that you should hear but probably haven’t

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: and DJ Shotgun, and TLow, Boston, Charlottesville, Dooley, J. Blacco, Keith Morris, Lingua Franca, Lonely Horse, Lor Roger, Lost Firstborne, Mal Jones, Michael Bone, OG Swaggerdick, protest songs, STL GLD, The Perceptionists, Thunderfist, Trombone Shorty and Dumpstaphunk, Trump, Trump protest songs, Trump songs, Virginia

WHITE SUPREMACY, MONUMENTS, AND POWER

Written by BAYNARD WOODS Posted August 25, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

He was filmed and photographed beating a black man, Deandre Harris, by what looks like the Village People of racists—one with a Nazi helmet, another like a construction, one in a polo, and another, like this guy, with beard and baseball hat.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baynard Woods, Charlottesville, DC, Democracy in Crisis, Donald Trump, Durham, North Carolina, Trump International Hotel, Virginia, White House, white supremacy

THE RIGHTS STUFF: FELONS EVERYWHERE NEED VOTE IN ORDER TO HAVE VOICE

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted May 5, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

Don’t get me started on Florida.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: Clinton, Democrats, Election 2016, felons, Massachusetts, Republicans, Trump, Virginia, voter suppression, voting, voting rights

SYNESTHESIA AT THE ICA BOSTON

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted February 10, 2015 Filed Under: Visual Arts

Two new ICA exhibits celebrate living sound + unknown artists of color

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: Andrew Bird, Big Mama, Ian Schneller, ICA, Imagination and the American South, Kevin Beasley, Marie Roseman, Sonic Arboretum, Synesthesia, Virginia, When the Stars Begin to Fall

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Can a veteran of the Wisconsin Uprising and former Can a veteran of the Wisconsin Uprising and former Mass union leader rescue the IAFF? https://digboston.com/a-firefighter-election/ #labor #firefighter #union #election #opinion #WisconsinUprising #Massachusetts #national
New #report shows 1/6 of women in Mass prisons sen New #report shows 1/6 of women in Mass prisons sentenced to life without parole. https://digboston.com/commonwealth-committed-to-other-death-penalty/ #prison #prisoner #humanrights #criticism #Massachusetts
“The gratuitous militarization of police forces “The gratuitous militarization of police forces across the United States facilitated by this program has helped to turn these agencies into brutal weapons of repression.” https://digboston.com/inbox-group-calls-for-biden-to-abolish-police-militarization-program/ #police #reform #criticism #Massachusetts
It’s the second time in less than a year that pr It’s the second time in less than a year that progressives have been dealt a bitter defeat in a crowded primary race. https://digboston.com/trump-guy-wins-the-democratic-primary-to-fill-deleos-seat/ #politics #election #Democrats #primary #legislature #Winthrop #Revere  #Massachusetts #MAGA #herp #derp
As lawmakers consider Baker’s amendments to clim As lawmakers consider Baker’s amendments to climate bill, the fight for environmental justice continues. https://digboston.com/checking-in-on-the-commonwealths-comprehensive-climate-bill/ #politics #legislature #environment #activism #globalwarming #Massachusetts
AS LABOR SECRETARY, WILL MARTY WALSH REPRESENT ALL AS LABOR SECRETARY, WILL MARTY WALSH REPRESENT ALL WORKERS? Or just unionized construction workers… and the corporations that fund the Democrats. The latest from DigBoston's @jasonpramas. https://digboston.com/as-labor-secretary-will-marty-walsh-represent-all-workers/ #politics #labor #union #work #national #analysis #Boston #Massachusetts
Includes Gang Green, The Freeze, SIEGE, TREE, and Includes Gang Green, The Freeze, SIEGE, TREE, and many more. https://digboston.com/iconic-lineup-comes-through-to-support-nantasket-venue-through-pandemic/ #music #digital #benefit #Hull #Massachusetts
Our interview with Avi Loeb, author of “Extrater Our interview with Avi Loeb, author of “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.” https://buff.ly/2O3nlUd #interview #book #alien #technology #astronomy #controversy #debate #science #Boston #Massachusetts
LGBTQ+ prisoners in Mass stand up to a violent sys LGBTQ+ prisoners in Mass stand up to a violent system that targets and dehumanizes vulnerable populations. https://digboston.com/special-feature-the-cruel-and-usual-violence-against-lgbtq-people-in-mass-prisons/ #prison #prisoner #humanrights #LGBT #politics #Massachusetts
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