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The Trials of Nadia Naffe

She could have been the Republican party’s future. Instead, she was abandoned, insulted, abused, and ridiculed by the GOP and its partisans
Young, attractive, ambitious, conservative, and black, Nadia Naffe should have been a right-wing operative’s dream.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | March 04, 2013

Hip-Hop Trivia grows up

Who Shot Ya?
In their fourth year of operation, the Hip-Hop Trivia squad is finally taking the night (somewhat) seriously.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | February 26, 2013

Occupy Denied Day In Court

Scream On
It took more than a year for Suffolk County prosecutors to come to their senses.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | February 22, 2013

Czarface soars above the clouds

Hip-hop
This week 7LES and Inspectah Deck drop Czarface , a full-length work of adventurous genius revolving around a metal-clad protagonist who feeds on destruction.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | February 11, 2013

The BPD adds insult to injury

Scream On
At times, this kind of decision makes you wonder whether the BPD is saving its best awards for officers who've been involved in the death of civilians.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | February 05, 2013

Dispatch & Pics: Anonymous Rallies for Aaron Swartz in Boston, Declares War on Department of Justice

Outraged and sympathetic members of Anonymous demonstrated for Aaron Swartz.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | January 26, 2013

The Westborough 8 vs. TransCanada: Anatomy of a peaceful protest

Running with the chain gang
Nobody notices the three young women sitting in the idling green Explorer.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | January 25, 2013

The glue-in

Scene from a Pipeline Protest
It takes less than two minutes for the squad to fully lock into formation in the TransCanada office in Westborough, Massachusetts.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | January 23, 2013

You Are Not Alone: The fight for electronic privacy reaches Beacon Hill

Your tinfoil-hat fears about Big Brother might be justified.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | January 15, 2013

Education reform: The battle ahead

Scream On
Five years ago, as George W. Bush was pushing No Child Left Behind, his younger, even sleazier sibling Neil was picking the initiative's pockets.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | December 26, 2012

It’s Adam And Eve, Not Adam And Scumbag Steve

The Year In Christian Memes
In 2012, Christians manifested a wholly new phenomenon by creating their own memeosphere, and by flipping Scumbag Steve and his other advice animal ilk into pro-gospel statements.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | December 20, 2012

Newtown and The Media's Delusional Narrative on Caucasian Mayhem

It wasn't too long into fall semester before white kids from cozy towns resumed brutally slaughtering innocent school children.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | December 19, 2012

Banger style: Hip-hop ringers of 2012

In recapping 2012, I embraced the chance to parade some recent unsung hip-hop ringers.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | December 18, 2012

Still battling the BPPA

Scream On
The last time that the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association dropped an issue of its official newsletter, the Pax Centurion , the outcry was immense: Mayor Tom Menino called the publication "garbage," advertisers fled, and a subsequent dust-up revealed that most of the publication's revenue passed through a company run by felons.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | December 14, 2012