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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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MASS COVID-19 SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM EXAMPLE OF LARGER PROBLEM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 19, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon

Government bailouts for the wealthy and crumbs for the masses aren’t going to save our society

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, economy, epidemic, justice, Massachusetts, Politics, slider

MASS: EXPAND PAID SICK TIME & START MEDICAL LEAVE NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 10, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

President Trump tours viral pathogenesis lab at National Institutes of Health. Photo by Shealah Craighead.

More state support needed to help stem the coronavirus tide

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, paid family and medical leave, pandemic, policy, Politics, public health, quarantine, sick time

BLATHER REPORT: GLOBE COVERAGE OF JANUARY ‘WARM PATCH’ INAPPROPRIATELY OPTIMISTIC

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 6, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

[T]here was no mention of global warming or climate change anywhere in the article. An unconscionable omission by the Globe at the start of a new geological age experts are now calling the Anthropocene... whether it was the fault of the reporters or their editors.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston Globe, Climate Change, Column, criticism, Democracy, global warming, Jason Pramas, Journalism, news, weather

THERE IS NOTHING ‘VOLUNTARY’ ABOUT WORKING BAD JOBS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

A brief defense of AOC’s critique of billionaires

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Apparent Horizon, Ben Shapiro, Bernie Sanders, Boston Herald, co-operative, Column, contingent work, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, Elections, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Mondragon, policy, Politics, propaganda, social democracy, socialism, worker

SINS OF OMISSION: MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA MUST END ITS ANTI-SOCIALIST BIAS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 22, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the media organizations I help run, at least, we allow people with socialist positions a fair hearing. Understanding that socialism is supported by major political parties and movements the world over, has much to recommend it, and offers tried and true solutions to problems that capitalism can’t fix—because capitalism has caused most of the problems in question.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anarchism, Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, capitalism, Column, criticism, Democracy, Donald Trump, Green Party, Greens, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Libertarian, Marxism, media, news, Politics, socialism

FATE OF THE CITY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 14, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

What Mayor Walsh’s annual address didn’t say about global warming

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACEEE, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Climate Change, Climate Ready Boston, Column, criticism, Democracy, economics, energy efficiency, Eversource, global warming, GoBoston 2030, IPCC, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, National Grid, Politics, speech, State of the City, UN

A NOTE ON THE CURRENT ANTI-WAR PROTESTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 8, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Photo by Jonathan McIntosh, CC-BY-3.0

Following the US assassination of a high-ranking Iranian commander

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, Democracy, iran, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Peace, Politics, Protest, Qassem Suleimani, Trump, war

BOSTON: IT SUCKS LESS THAN DETROIT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 2, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

A look at the Hub’s points of relative pride

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, criticism, Democracy, economy, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics

BOSTONIANS NEED TO STEP UP

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

As the old saying goes, democracy is not a spectator sport

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, Democracy, Jason Pramas, Politics

DON’T FALL FOR PROPAGANDA, VOTE BASED ON FACTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 18, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the 2020 election, working voters need to focus on candidates’ platforms… and actions

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, Elections, guide, Jason Pramas, platform, policy, Politics, propaganda, usa, voting

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