EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO...
By BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality By Minh Do, Chris Faraone, Noel…
FROM THE DIG
ACT NOW (OR LOCAL MEDIA WILL DIE)
Dear Reader, I take no joy at all in using column space to address the closing of the Improper Bostonian. As the…
SACKING SACKLER: TUFTS STUDENTS WORK TO EXPOSE ADMINISTRATION’S THIRST FOR OPIOID BLOOD MONEY
As more revolting information has come out, more members of the Tufts community have spoken up—organizing a petition, speaking at rallies, and last week painting the iconic campus cannon, an open canvas of sorts for various causes and voices.
ALLSTON LIVING ROOM READ: WHERE QUEER STORIES AND MORE TAKE THE FLOOR
The inspiration behind Julia Lattimer’s Allston Living Room Read is storied and personal. Storied, in that it joins the lineage of movements and…
A WORD ABOUT RICH KIDS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
(And in oppositional politics in general) For Earth Day, I’d like to write in brief about an internal dilemma the environmental movement…
NONPROFIT MODEL NOT A PANACEA FOR AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA
Given all that, running news outlets as nonprofits is no panacea for the many problems besetting American journalism. It’s actually a difficult option that isn’t necessarily morally superior to running a for-profit news outlet. And how could it be otherwise? Having a board and a membership does not automatically result in more independence for news nonprofits in our capitalist political economic system. Especially if their members are inactive and their boards are more interested in placating donors than doing the kind of take-no-prisoners journalism that their staff journalists often want to do.
‘I DO POETRY ALL THE TIME’
When she read her first poem, she really couldn’t believe that people were willing to sit silently through it and clap at the end. It just seemed impossible, but also, secretly, it was the thing she wanted more than anything else—not just to speak and be heard, but to be a part of a community where people spoke and were heard.
STOP THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER SCAM
Another form of privatized transit at a time when we need to defend and expand our public transportation systems.
THE GLOBE AND WBUR WANT YOU TO PAY $10 TO HEAR CHARLIE BAKER TALK...
Dear Reader, Here is the description of an event held […] Monday, March 11 at the new WBUR CitySpace facility in…
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL LOOKS BACK ON WHERE HE IS FROM
The Hedwig and the Angry Inch co-creator and original star brings his Origin of Love tour to Boston I’m sure…
