Posted on May 27, 2009 by under-covered
Maybe not the large majority of Americans who do not support the use of torture, but the Central Intelligence Agency and the US government (especially abroad) has used morally and tactically questionable means to abstract confessions and just plain scare its captives long before the so-called War on Terror. A view from Cesar Chelala, published [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by under-covered
Boston blogging extraordinaire Adam Gaffin started the now-omnipresent Universal Hub as a way to connect the writers and photographers of the Hub. Now the project has grown into a regular source for news not covered by the big media of the area and a destination for many bloggers. Now he has about 3,500 to [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2008 by under-covered
As the New Americans’ Program suffers budget cuts, immigrants and refugees fear less support
CHELSEA, Mass. — Last week, in the darkened auditorium of Chelsea High School, just outside of Boston, there was an awkward collision of good intentions and the stinging reality of an economic crisis. The gathering, which drew about 200 people, was supposed [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by under-covered
By Candice Novak
The walls of the First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain at the corner of Centre and Myrtle streets are bolstered by metal rods and the roof is a crumbling assemblage of charred wood beams. Since the 149-year old church burned down in January 2005, the church has been filled with ice, snow, fallen [...]
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Posted on October 9, 2008 by under-covered
Robin Lubbock of WBUR came to shed some light on the future of the news and how new media will play a gigantic part. He works for Boston’s National Public Radio station — one of the “old media” — which has re-purposed itself as new media online.
The station’s site features an experimental interactive section that [...]
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