The issue is a lot more complicated than the singular incident of EMF evictions: Gentrification and displacement have long since transformed formerly working class neighborhoods like Cambridgeport to upper-middle enclaves.
NEWS+OPINIONS
CAPITALIST VETO
Popular “millionaires’ tax” referendum question blocked by a pro-business SJC The Fair Share Amendment—better known as the “millionaires’ tax”—that would have gone before voters this November as a statewide referendum question was shot down this week by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). So the effort to increase taxes on people making $1 […]
THE UNPOPULAR FIGHT AGAINST FAMILY SEPARATION IN MASS
“We are not revisionists or caught in some anti-feminist fantasy, where all men are without blame. There are men who shirk their duties, are abusive and all the rest. What we are saying is that the court must take everything on a case by case basis.”
GUEST OPINION: BOSTON MUST REJECT AN AMAZON HEADQUARTERS FOR THE SAKE OF SMALL BUSINESSES
Overall, rather than creating countless exemptions worth billions in corporate welfare to the third richest company in the world, lawmakers should focus on supporting the growth of local small businesses, which pay their fair share in taxes without asking for special treatment.
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: 500 DAYS IN HELL
Reminding you of some of the absurdities of our world that you may have mercifully forgotten
GUEST OPINION: COLORADO CAKE WALK
While the justices did not blatantly grant a license to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans, I, like so many in our community, was hoping the case would render once and for all a cease-and-desist order, thus resolving the God-versus-gay rights dispute for those who want to codify discrimination against us under the guise of religious freedom.
‘WALK THE TALK’
Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats Environmental groups protested Mayor Marty Walsh last week during the International Mayors Climate Summit and subsequent US Conference of Mayors meeting—demanding fast action to make Boston carbon neutral (achieving net zero CO2 emissions) and better prepare the city for the many […]
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: THE BRADY BUNCH
Prosecutors in the J20 case sanctioned for failing to inform defense about evidence
MEMORIAL DAY NOTES
Peace actions, Harvest Co-op needs help So I’m writing on a holiday weekend that began with my joining DigBoston and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleague Chris Faraone in having some fairly nasty dental work. What better excuse, then, for doing some brief dispatches this time out instead of the single topic I […]
SPECIAL FEATURE: MORE POTENT THAN RODENTS
Poisons meant for pests are killing animals and impacting humans in Mass
