Jason Pramas
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EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SUSPENDING PRINT EDITION, GOING DIGITAL-ONLY (AGAIN)
But with your support we can bounce back fast! → Read More
HOW TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AID TO UKRAINE
Want to help Ukrainian refugees as well as civilians staying put in the war-torn nation during the Russian invasion? An old friend of mine from Ukraine just passed along this list of links to humanitarian aid organizations either operating there or directly connected to organizations that are. Naturally, I am unable to verify all of them personally, but some of them like the Red Cross and UNICEF… → Read More
SUPPORT THE BOSTON HASSLE
Help our colleagues continue to produce great arts journalism → Read More
A NOTE TO WEALTHY SOCIALISTS: DON'T LIE ABOUT YOUR CLASS BACKGROUND
he arrival on the scene of tens of thousands of young socialists has understandably resulted in some growing pains for the American socialist movement of today. → Read More
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: JAINA CIPRIANO
Empty. spaces 92. Self-portrait courtesy of Jaina Cipriano. “The solution lies in collaborative spaces” For the tenth interview in this series asking people active in the Boston arts scene about their thoughts on how to rebuild it after the pandemic, I talked to Jaina Cipriano—a Boston based artist working with photography, film and installation. Her work explores the emotional toll of religious… → Read More
HOW TO DEFEAT THE HARD RIGHT
Some thoughts on the Capitol attack and building a more democratic nation → Read More
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: MARIA SERVELLÓN
Maria Servellón. Photo courtesy of the artist. “e can flood the city with the power of art” For the eighth interview in this series asking people active in the Boston arts scene about their thoughts on how to rebuild it after the pandemic, I talked to Maria Servellón—an award-winning filmmaker, multimedia artist, educator, and arts advocate from Boston. Her work often explores synesthetic… → Read More
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: JULIA CSEKÖ
Stealth Latina 2018. Self portrait by Julia Csekö. Ask artists how we would like our work funded For the sixth interview in this series asking people active in the Boston arts scene about their thoughts on how to rebuild it after the pandemic, I talked to Boston-area artist, educator, and independent curator Julia Csekö—a sculptor, painter, and performer who teaches at the Montserrat College of… → Read More
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: MARJORIE KAYE
This is our opportunity to start from the ground up → Read More
EDITORIAL: DONATE TO DIGBOSTON TODAY!
Without your help, we can’t serve democracy by reporting the news → Read More
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: AUDRINA WARREN
Audrina Warren Boston needs more support for smaller arts orgs For the third interview in this series asking people active in the Boston arts scene about their thoughts on how to rebuild it after the pandemic, I talked to a colleague who worked with me on an attempt to organize local artists into a labor and political organization five years back that we called Mass Creative Workers. Audrina… → Read More
BEERS I'M DRINKING NOW
Lagers for mature palates This week, I’ve been allowed to take over Better Boston Beer Bureau. So I thought I’d just give readers an idea of what I’ve been drinking in recent weeks. However, my tastes are somewhat different than other Dig reviewers. Perhaps because I’m older than my colleagues, I enjoy balanced beers like lagers and pilsners. Thus, I’m completely not on board with the… → Read More
TOWARD A SHORTER WORK WEEK
ILGWU Local 62 marches in a Labor Day parade – photo courtesy of the Kheel Center. Finland may get it soon, Americans need it, too Given the growing political, economic, and medical ferment engulfing our state, Mass residents could be forgiven for having missed a little Reuters wire piece on a new initiative in Finland. Prime Minister Sanna Marin of the Social Democratic Party—whose politics are… → Read More
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: CALLIE CHAPMAN
Working for structural changes in policy and zoning to support the arts in Cambridge → Read More
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: SHEA JUSTICE
George Floyd by Shea Justice. Image courtesy of the artist. Hub artist calls for more arts spaces For the first interview in this series asking people active in the Boston arts scene about their thoughts on how to rebuild it after the pandemic, I thought I’d talk to my friend and collaborator Shea Justice. A Boston native and member of the African-American Master Artists in Residence Program—the… → Read More
CLOSE ALL THE SCHOOLS NOW
Illustration by Scott Brundage Act today to prevent a coronavirus explosion You would think that no one had ever seen a zombie movie. Hollywood zombies have become the stuff of jokes in recent years. A played overused metaphor—drifting so far from its original meaning that it has become meaningless. An immediately recognizable trope used by lesser storytellers in place of the better and more… → Read More
INTRODUCING BETTER BOSTON ARTS
A New Column Asking "How Can We Make Our Arts Scene Better Than It Was Before the Pandemic?" → Read More
CALL YOUR MA STATE SENATOR TODAY TO HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS!
e’re asking all journalists, journalism educators, journalism students, media reform activists, and DigBoston readers who agree that the state journalism commission should be created to call your Mass state senator today and ask him/her to tell Sens. Eric Lesser (D - Longmeadow), Michael Rodrigues (D - Somerset), and Patrick O'Connor (D - Weymouth), who are on the conference committee, to keep… → Read More
HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS! ASK YOUR MA STATE REP TO BACK AMENDMENT #40 TODAY!
e’re asking all readers who are concerned about the collapse of local news media to contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor Amendment #40 of H. 4879. The more cosponsors the amendment has, the more likely House Ways and Means will pass it. If that happens it has a good chance of making it through the full legislative process for this session. And becoming a law. Which would… → Read More
INTERVIEW: SUREN MOODLIAR ON A PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO GREATER BOSTON
DigBoston executive editor Jason Pramas interviews Suren Moodliar, co-author of the new book “A People’s Guide to Greater Boston.” Book available at . Find out more about the encuentro 5 movement space in Boston at . → Read More