Flock Safety has a $7.5 billion valuation, a massive drone lab, and a brand-new Boston office. It can also be defeated by a fifty-cent piece
“It’s very reasonable, it’s very measured, it’s not going to stop anyone from getting their favorite vodka or tequila at the liquor store.”
“Our community feels that it is still safest for us to stay in isolation.”
“Low wage workers are actually, literally, afraid for their lives. They need to know they’re not dependent on tips.”
“Anyone who thinks the Black Lives Matter movement is not doing a very good job should pay attention to the astonishing movement in public opinion. Sometimes you have to scream
“I don’t think we’re a racist organization. I just think the power structure, the culture, is made up of people who don’t look like me.”
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Another season, another bunch of BINJ reporting interns. I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome our incoming summer cohort (size TBA as we’re still interviewing candidates)—already clearly another talented crew from a wildly diverse array of backgrounds, as has been typical of every group of interns since we started
