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HOW TO DEFEAT THE HARD RIGHT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 12, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, Democracy in Crisis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Hard right wingers casually tour the Capitol during last week's attack. Via C-SPAN.

Some thoughts on the Capitol attack and building a more democratic nation

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DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS IN THIS TIME OF GREAT CRISIS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 17, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image CC-BY Salva Barbera 2010

A holiday message

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STOP COMCAST DATA CAPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 1, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Heavy pressure will have to be put on the Biden administration to regulate broadband providers

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Ajit Pai, Apparent Horizon, cable, Column, Comcast, coronavirus, COVID19, crime, criminal, Democracy, extortion, FCC, federal, fee, Jason Pramas, Joe Biden, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, profiteering, Xfinity

THANKS, SOCIOPATHS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

More Mass residents have died from COVID-19 than all the Mass soldiers killed in WWII, but let’s “get back to normal,” right?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bob DeLeo, Charlie Baker, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, MBTA, policy, Politics, public health, social distancing, tax, taxation, transportation, usa

ELECTIONS DON’T SOLVE EVERYTHING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 2, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

nuclear explosion

Push the US govt. to sign the nuclear weapons ban treaty. No matter which party wins this week.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, ban, Column, Democracy, Honduras, ICANW, international, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Jamaica, Jason Pramas, military, Nauru, news, nuclear weapon, nuke, policy, Politics, treaty, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, UN, united nations, usa

TOWARD A SHORTER WORK WEEK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 8, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

ILGWU Local 62 marches in a Labor Day parade - photo courtesy of the Kheel Center.

Finland may get it soon, Americans need it, too

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Employment, epidemic, Finland, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, Prime Minister Sanna Marin, quarantine, shorter work week, social democrat, Social Democratic Party, socialist, unemployment

CLOSE ALL THE SCHOOLS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 24, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Illustration by Scott Brundage

Act today to prevent a coronavirus explosion

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MORE TIPS FOR MASKHOLES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 21, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Masked for Adventure" by wickenden is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Always keep masks on in public… even when you think no one else is around

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PART OF THE PROBLEM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 13, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

From racist real estate practices to bigoted laws, the Boston suburbs are largely white for a reason

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Column, Democracy, economy, gentrification, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, racism, slider, suburbs

MASK UP: THE PANDEMIC IS FAR FROM OVER

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 25, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

coronacovermask#4 by 2C2KPhotography is licensed under CC BY 2.0

I don’t care what your politics are, covering your face when outside your home is the easiest way to help protect your fellow Americans and Americans-to-be from the spread of a deadly virus—which is unthinking, and therefore doesn’t care whether it infects people who believe it is dangerous or not.

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