AltWeeklies Wire
License to Connivenew
Boston still tracks vehicles, lies about it, and leaves sensitive resident data exposed online.
Dig Boston |
Kenneth Lipp |
09-10-2015 |
Features
Tags: Boston surveillance
The Only Color That Matters Is Greennew
Hip-hop and hummus with bestest leftist POTUS candidate Jill Stein.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-06-2015 |
Elections
Tags: Jill Stein
You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Record The Policenew
Meet the crusaders battling for everyone's right to record cops in Massachusetts.
Dig Boston |
Andrew Quemere |
04-10-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Get Witch or Die Tryin'new
Surveying Salem's crass and surreal tourism gauntlet.
Dig Boston |
Ryan Walsh |
10-29-2014 |
Culture
Tags: Salem Massachusetts
Bring the Caucusnew
On the third anniversary of Occupy Boston, a movement alumna gives party politics a try.
Dig Boston |
Robin Jacks |
09-04-2014 |
Politics
Tags: Occupy Boston, Occupy
Smarter City or City Under Surveillancenew
Last week the Dig alerted readers to a secret experiment carried out by the City of Boston during the Boston Calling concerts that took place in May and September of last year. Among the revelations therein: Outside contractors helped municipal authorities deploy resources designed to analyze body and facial patterns of “every person who approaches the door” in order to gauge panic levels and crowd sentiment. In this follow-up, again relying in part on privileged documents that were left exposed online, we examine the communications leading up to these surveillance trials in the days, months, and even decade prior to the first Boston Calling.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Kenneth Lipp and Jonathan Riley |
08-15-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Boston Surveillance
City of Boston Testing Facial Recognition Software at Concertsnew
You partied hard at Boston Calling and now there's facial recognition data to prove it.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Kenneth Lipp and Jonathan Riley |
08-08-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Twisted Medalnew
With Boston on the short list to host the 2024 Summer Games, we tour Atlanta's broken Olympic promises.
Dig Boston |
John Ruch |
07-23-2014 |
Features
The Cheese Issuenew
Cheese means never having to explain your love. And love means never having to say you’re sorry. And you should never feel sorry loving cheese. We don’t. Cheese.
Dig Boston |
Dig Staff |
01-17-2014 |
Food+Drink
Dig Boston Only Paper to Endorse New Mayor Marty Walshnew
As a rule, in 15 years of existence, Dig Boston has stayed out of the business of endorsing candidates. But last week for the first time, Dig Boston endorsed Marty Walsh for mayor of Boston.
Dig Boston |
Dig Staff |
11-06-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Marty Walsh
The Somerville Files: A Four Part Investigative Seriesnew
For 10 months, three reporters dug into the unseemly political underbelly of the City of Somerville, where the power and privilege of an elite few has dominated and perverted municipal progress for decades. The Somerville Files is the culmination of their work, which pulls back the hip urban Somerville facade to reveal a shadow government amidst both turmoil and transition.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
08-15-2013 |
Housing & Development
Kissing Oscar Wildenew
Jade Sylvan is an award-winning poet, author, performance artist, yoga teacher, and bon vivant based in Cambridge. Or as she puts it: “Troubadour, Eschatologist, Bum.” Her latest book, Kissing Oscar Wilde: A Love Story in the City of Light is out October 3—here’s a sneak peek at the first few chapters.
Dig Boston |
Jade Sylvan |
08-14-2013 |
Excerpts
Adventure Starts Herenew
Summer’s lush tail-end is here. The season has been stewed to perfection, and now it’s time to surround yourself in nature. Time to climb a mountain and scream with the eagles. Time for a hike.
Dig Boston |
Scott Murry |
08-13-2013 |
Recreation
The Somerville Files Part 4: The Man in the Mayor Suitnew
A look at the machine's once—and future?—king, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
07-31-2013 |
Features
Creative Destructionnew
The rise and (imminent) fall of Boston's only graffiti park.
Dig Boston |
Dan Schneider |
07-26-2013 |
Housing & Development
