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JONATHAN RILEY

PHILHARMONICAL WARFARE

How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment There is not much to see or do in Abilene, Kansas. Pulling into a local 24-hour gas station in a bug-splattered pickup earlier this year, I probably fit the profile of the typical visitor. For

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JONATHAN RILEY October 25, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HIGHWAY

How immigrants and working-class people have been impacted by I-93, across the years The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the fourth in a series about how roadways like I-93 and

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN November 16, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: THE HISTORY OF I-93’S CONSTRUCTION

The legacy of the roadway goes deep, with a strong push from activists in the 1970s

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN October 19, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

FINANCE COMMITTEE REFLECTS ON HISTORY OF SOMERVILLE POLICE REFORMS

Defund SPD outlined the City’s past attempts, in the hopes of informing budget decisions.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 2, 2021
JONATHAN RILEY

SPECIAL FOLLOW-UP FEATURE: NUCLEAR FAMILY

For some with personal connections to past mistakes, the consequences of unfettered ingenuity are no more easily ignored than mushroom clouds on the horizon

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JONATHAN RILEY December 27, 2020
Fran Sweeney
ZACK HUFFMAN

FRAN SWEENEY’S FIGHT AGAINST FASCISTS IN THE 1940S MIRRORS TODAY’S BATTLE AGAINST BIGOTRY

“The object of The Boston City Reporter [was] to tell the public who is using prejudice against entire races and religions for undemocratic purposes—and how.”

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ZACK HUFFMAN August 21, 2020
NOAH SCHAFFER

SILENCE STILL EQUALS DEATH: ACT UP FOUNDERS REFLECT ON AIDS ACTIVISM, TALK COVID AND CURRENT PROTESTS

“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 real loud or use a bad word.”

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NOAH SCHAFFER June 24, 2020
NOAH SCHAFFER

STILL SPINNING

Hub vinyl icon Skippy White and the tunes Boston has hummed since the ’60s

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NOAH SCHAFFER December 26, 2019
JOE RAMSEY

REVOLUTIONARY TOUR

In fear of losing their voices, Boston Freedom Trail guides unite and speak up (while they still can)

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JOE RAMSEY December 19, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

BINJ ED DIRECTOR DISCUSSES STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION ON BLOOMBERG RADIO

In addition to appearing in DigBoston, the article has also been published by our frequent partners at the Shoestring in Western Mass, and it will also run in the upcoming issue of the Bay State Banner.

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BINJ ONLINE October 16, 2019
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