I will comment on racism, though. And on the courage it takes to stand up to the mobs still among us who reject multiculturalism and denigrate those who don’t look and act like them.
NEWS+OPINIONS
NATIONAL WIRE: MASS REACTS TO TRUMP ADMIN SPOILING ANOTHER OBAMA ERA ANNIVERSARY
Bay State Pushes Back on Efforts to Curtail Consumer Protections
SUBSIDIZING GIANTS
Charlie Baker’s $4.1 million gift to the cable industry On July 12, the Internet-Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality, millions of Americans sent comments to the Federal Communications Commission urging that body to keep the internet open and fair. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration chose a different approach. It gave a gift […]
ICE COLD: AS NONCRIMINAL DETAINMENTS RISE IN MASS, THIS CASE STANDS OUT
Despite having the ticket, ICE holds that Rodriguez did not comply with their orders—even though he was not given a date to exit the country.
LABOR PAINS: A WEEK AFTER THE TUFTS LOCKOUT, PENSIONS KEEP NURSES AND HOSPITAL AT ODDS AS BARBS CONTINUE TO FLY
“Management’s goal was clearly to carve off a bigger segment of nurses, but they failed to do so. In the end, it really only made the union stronger.”
ON WHY MOST OUTLETS AREN’T EQUIPPED TO COVER THE POTUS
Mainstream journalists have seen some ugly shit. From shootings to bombings, even the most superficial morons on the evening news may need some therapy. At the same time, while they are often numb to conventional horrors, many have reactionary impulses that result in the wrong kind of attention being given to countless issues.
STRIKE. IRON. HOT.
You don’t need a union to take action for justice on the job
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: RECAP OF A CRITICAL DAY IN MASS CANNABIS HISTORY
A legislative compromise on cannabis plus a legal win for patients
THE SOMERVILLE LANE … AND THE LONG ROAD TO A BIKEABLE BEACON STREET
“The Beacon-Hampshire corridor is the single busiest bike corridor in Massachusetts, and that’s why Somerville is building a protected bike like along a stretch of Beacon Street. That’s where the bike lane is raised a few inches off the street and separated from vehicles by a curb.”
NATIONAL WIRE: CAPE DOWNWINDERS OPPOSE HOUSE PLAN TO REVIVE NUKE DUMP PLAN
New England groups are concerned about how Congress is dealing with nuclear waste. Currently, highly radioactive fuel rods are stored on site in spent fuel pools or dry cask storage.
