Pandemic Democracy Project Archives

Boston international students coronavirus

“ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU’RE LIKE A CRIMINAL: ‘WE DON’T WANT YOU HERE'”

Frustrated, some international students distance from US

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 11, 2020

SHOCKING DISCRIMINATION: RESEARCHER BEHIND NEW BOSTON HOUSING STUDY EXPLAINS BIAS, BIGOTRY BLACK RENTERS FACE

“The results of this study are deeply troubling and further reinforce the immediate need to address the longstanding injustices Black people face in every aspect of their lives.”

RICH TENORIO July 21, 2020

FROM ONLINE LESSONS TO SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS, MASS COMMUNITY COLLEGES PLAY IT SAFE

“We’re in no rush to bring administrators and staff back to campus because there’s no reason to.”

GRACE SYMES July 20, 2020

EVICTION FIGHT ENDURES AS END TO MASSACHUSETTS MORATORIUM LOOMS

Speakers presented a new report created by researches at Massachusetts Institute for Technology and City Life, which revealed that 70% of evictions in Boston are in communities where the majority of the population are people of color—Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan.

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN July 13, 2020

UP TO THE CHALLENGE, FOR CHELSEA: DOCTOR EXPLAINS TRIUMPHS, TERROR OF COVID STRUGGLE

“In a community like Chelsea, with many families in one [housing] unit … With a disease as contagious as this one, isolation is the key.”

RICH TENORIO July 6, 2020

ANYWHERE BUT THERE: MEMO REQUIRING SOME STUDENTS TO RETURN TO CAMPUS SPARKS OUTCRY

“There is no care in the way we get this important information and it shows that our work is undervalued by the university.”

ALEX SUMAS July 1, 2020

SPECIAL PHOTO FEATURE: HELPING COMMUNITIES, HOSPITALITY WORKERS, AND FAMILIES

“We live in the United States of America, and to see how many people have issues with food [is] just unbelievable.”

KEIKO HIROMI June 29, 2020

FOR RESTAURANTS FIGHTING WAY OUT OF PANDEMIC, TAKEOUT COCKTAILS COULD BE HUGE HELP

“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.”

ERIC TWARDZIK June 26, 2020

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.”

NOAH SCHAFFER June 24, 2020

FLUCTUATING SUPPLY AND RISING TENSIONS FOR FOOD RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS

Closures and other pandemic factors have cost about an eighth of working adults their job. More people need help, while businesses that might otherwise donate are closed.

ZACK HUFFMAN June 9, 2020