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How Boston Organizations Are Choosing Human Connection Over AI

BOSTON – Whether you watch the morning news, mindlessly scroll on your phone during your commute or check in on LinkedIn, nearly everyone is surrounded by AI discourse, and there’s good reason for it. Generative artificial intelligence is quickly becoming one of the largest influences on pop culture and unexpectedly,

NIRVANA RAGLAND December 4, 2025

A Few Points On Strategy For Left Activists At Boston University

Last week, when I suggested that the best way for anyone appalled by the actions of the conservative Boston University student I dubbed “the BU Snitch” to combat right-wing anti-immigrant views is to help organize a strong left wing, I was encouraging people to work hard to win political battles

JASON PRAMAS November 20, 2025

Knights Of The Wicked Dark Ages

Medieval beatdowns with Boston’s North Horde, the region’s fearless armored combat and steel fighting paladins

NATE HOMAN November 19, 2025

Colleen AF Venable, Tana Ford, and Katie Armour talk Cats in Comic Books. Photo by Mattea Ortiz.

Creators Talk Cats In Comic Books

BOSTON – The Boston Comic Arts Foundation hosted its most recent session of Picture + Panel on Nov. 3, with comic artist, Tana Ford, conversing with comic writer Colleen AF Venable about cats in comic books at the Boston Figurative Arts Center. The panel was moderated by Katie Armour, the

MATTEA ORTIZ November 13, 2025

A Cup Of Mortality And A Slice Of Chocolate Cake

BOSTON – Diane Barylick, 71, is currently planning her own funeral—a fact that she shared with the 14 people gathered for a Death Cafe at Fenway Community Center on Sept. 28. Barylick wants to have her funeral at her home, be wrapped in dark green velvet (for her birthstone), and

AVA BELCHEZ November 6, 2025