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August 21, 2020 By ZACK HUFFMAN

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

Fran Sweeney

“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.”

Filed Under: Features, Throwback Tagged With: anti-Semitism, Boston City Reporter, Boston Herald, Brighton, Dorchester, fascism, Father Coughlin, Fran Sweeney, Grove Hall, history, Nat Hentoff, Rumor Clinic, South Boston, throwback, throwbacks

June 23, 2020 By JANE REGAN

PROTESTERS DECRY NONPROFIT LAYOFFS; FOUNDERS RESPOND TO CLAIMS OF UNION-BUSTING, RACISM

“I don’t think we’re a racist organization. I just think the power structure, the culture, is made up of people who don’t look like me.”

Filed Under: Pandemic Democracy Project, Reports Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, College Bound, coronavirus, COVID, Dorchester, news, news to us, protest, unions

April 30, 2020 By IÑAKI ESTÍVALIZ

THE COUNCILOR WHO RESPONDED TO HATE WITH HOPE AND HELPED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC

Boston coronavirus

With her first 100 days in office coinciding with the COVID-19 crisis, Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia perseveres in the interest of most vulnerable, disconnected populations

Filed Under: Immigration, Pandemic Democracy Project, Reports Tagged With: Boston, Boston City Council, coronavirus, COVID, Dorchester, Julia Mejia, Latinx community, news, news to us, pandemic, response, slider

November 20, 2019 By C. SHARDAE JOBSON

ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40

Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.

Filed Under: Arts, Oral Histories Tagged With: 1980s, 1984, bboys, bgirls, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston History, Boston rap, BPS, breakdancing, breaking, Dorchester, hip-hop, HONK, Madison Park, oral histories, oral history, race, racism, Rapperteers, Reebee Garofalo, Rock Against Racism, Roxbury, Spiun City Rockers, UMass, UMASS-Boston

October 30, 2019 By DIEGO MARCANO

RETHINKING REENTRY

In a state that sets up former inmates for failure, this program offers hope through education and more 

Filed Under: Education, Features, Reporting Tagged With: Ashmont, College Bound Dorchester, criminal justice, Dorchester, engagement, jail, parole, prison, reentry, Roxbury

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