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Biden’s Student Loan Debt Cancellation Is a Real Victory for Working Families

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 25, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Image by Jason Pramas

Now we need to debunk Republican propaganda claiming the opposite and move on to win real higher-education reform

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: America, analysis, Apparent Horizon, Column, corporation, debt cancellation, Democracy, Democrat, federal, government, higher education, Jason Pramas, President Joe Biden, public, reform, Republican, strategy, student loan, taxes, US, usa, working class, working families

Opinion: It’s Time for Massachusetts to Get Real About Investing in Public Transportation

Written by CARLENE PAVLOS Posted July 19, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics, The T

Transit justice advocates in Worcester demand fair funding for RTAs. Credit: Andrea Freeman.

Inflation, economic instability, and the climate crisis affect all areas of the Commonwealth and require statewide solutions. One of the most effective solutions to address all three of these issues is one often missing from policymaker proposals: meaningful and equitable investments in public transportation.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics, The T Tagged With: budget, climate, equity, global warming, government, Massachusetts, MBTA, opinion, policy, Politics, public, Regional Transit Authorities, RTA, transit, transportation

ALERT: Mass. Legislature Needs to Extend Tax Rebate to the Working Poor

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 12, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Collage by Jason Pramas. CC-BY-SA 2022 Jason Pramas. Image "MASS state house" by christopdesoto is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The proposed $38,000 income floor for $250 checks is unfair during the ongoing economic crisis, contact your legislators today to demand they vote to eliminate it

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, fairness, government, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, rebate, Rep. Mike Connolly, Rep. Ronald Mariano, Rep. Tami Gouveia, Sen. Karen Spilka, tax, working families, working poor

‘Cloudy With a Chance of Fascists’: Boston needs a hard right alert system

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 8, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Collage by Jason Pramas, CC-BY 2.0. "Alarm Clock 2" image by Alan Cleaver is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. "File:Map of Boston and Cambridge.png" image by OpenStreetMap contributors is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

And people ready to nonviolently counterdemonstrate at a moment’s notice

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: alarm, alert, analysis, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, counterdemonstrate, counterdemonstration, criticism, Democracy, early warning, fascism, fascist, hard right, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Protest, ultra right, US, usa

Lack of Debate Most Disturbing Aspect of Mass Congressional Delegation’s Ukraine Vote

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 8, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

United States House of Representatives chamber at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. 27 February 2017. Photo by United States House of Representatives. Public Domain.

Bay State reps and senators support providing $40 billion in mostly military aid on the quiet, risking nuclear war alongside accelerating economic crises at home and abroad

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: $40 billion, aid, analysis, Apparent Horizon, Column, Congress, criticism, delegation, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, humanitarian, intelligence, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, military, Pres. Joe Biden, Rep Stephen Lynch, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Bill Keating, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Rep. Jim McGovern, Rep. Katherine Clark, Rep. Richard Neal, Rep. Seth Moulton, Russia, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ukraine, vote, weapons

Every Mass Congressperson Voted in Favor of $40 Billion for Ukraine, We Asked Them Why

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 8, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fires the Army's new guided Multiple Launch Rocket System during testing at White Sands Missile Range. 11 January 2005. US Army photo. Public Domain.

All 11 Bay State representatives and senators explain their support for the huge supplemental foreign aid package in a time of domestic crisis

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: $40 billion, aid, Congress, delegation, Democratic Party, Democrats, humanitarian, intelligence, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, military, Pres. Joe Biden, Rep Stephen Lynch, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Bill Keating, Rep. Jake Auchincloss, Rep. Jim McGovern, Rep. Katherine Clark, Rep. Richard Neal, Rep. Seth Moulton, Russia, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Ukraine, vote, weapons

Opinion: Defending the Right to Abortion

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted May 9, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Photo by Mike Connolly

We had been warned this moment was probably coming, but it still feels like a punch to the gut.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: abortion, choice, human rights, Massachusetts, opinion, pro-choice, Rep. Mike Connolly

OPINION: R.I.P. ROE?

Written by PAT JEHLEN Posted May 4, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Freedom is a constant struggle

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: abortion, analysis, commentary, criticism, federal, law, Massachusetts, Roe, Roe v. Wade, SOMERVILLE, Supreme Court

OPINION: WAR IN UKRAINE—CONTRIBUTOR TO, AND SYMPTOM OF, THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Written by JASON VELÁZQUEZ Posted March 14, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Russia invaded Ukraine with the express intent of disrupting the global food supply. And securing the best arable land in the region for itself in order to mitigate the nutritional shortages to come will do a fine job of destabilization.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: Environment, Greylock Glass, international, opinion, Ukraine

OPINION: BOSTON RALLY TO STOP THE WAR IN UKRAINE, 3/6, 1 P.M.

Written by MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION Posted March 4, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

As part of a Global Day of Action to stop the war in Ukraine, Massachusetts activists will hold a rally to call for an end to war in Ukraine, the immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops, and an end to NATO expansion

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: action, Boston, demonstration, Massachusetts Peace Action, Peace, Politics, rally, Ukraine, usa, war

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