PHOTOS BY BY ERIN NOLAN As students and recent grads displace longtime East Bostonians, a community welcomes newcomers but not without some concerns Mireya, an immigrant from Colombia, loves living in East Boston, her home of more than 20 … [Read more...]
WHY WE’RE HELPING BUILD JOURNALISM NONPROFITS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Though we are usually busy telling readers in Mass about all the journalism and media ecosystem building we do in our home state, we wanted to briefly acknowledge yet another function we have been serving for the past few … [Read more...]
WHY ARE SO FEW ‘HIGH SCHOOL QUIZ SHOW’ CONTESTANTS BLACK?
Image via High School Quiz Show / YouTube March 29, 2106 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Structural racism is the problem … now what’s the solution? WGBH’s “High School Quiz Show” is great. So great that adults like me watch it on purpose regularly. And … [Read more...]
BPS STUDENTS TAKE TO THE STREETS, MAYOR WALSH FEELING THE HEAT
Photos by Chris Faraone March 10, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS With their schools facing up to a $50 million deficit next year, over 2,000 Boston Public School students from all over the city marched on the Massachusetts State House and Boston … [Read more...]
THE BARBARISM OF CHARTERISM
New year, new theater in the war over corporate ed reform Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson was smiling. Not the ordinary cheery ear-to-ear look his constituents have come to expect from the ebullient official, but rather a modest show of … [Read more...]