We’re not just going to ask for your support as the year comes to a close. We’re also going to show you why it’s so important to back local independent reporting.
SPECIAL FOLLOW-UP FEATURE: NUCLEAR FAMILY
For some with personal connections to past mistakes, the consequences of unfettered ingenuity are no more easily ignored than mushroom clouds on the horizon
FRAN SWEENEY’S FIGHT AGAINST FASCISTS IN THE 1940S MIRRORS TODAY’S BATTLE AGAINST BIGOTRY
“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.”
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HAKIM JAMAL
Hakim Jamal was a Boston original—an engaging author and activist who identified as a recovering alcoholic and addict. He founded the group that created Kwanzaa. His controversial romances with movie stars and models inspired movies decades later.
STILL SPINNING
Hub vinyl icon Skippy White and the tunes Boston has hummed since the ’60s
