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Opinion: Act Now to Keep Masks in Healthcare, Virtual Phone Bank Slated for April 20

Written by MARY JIRMANUS SABA Posted April 19, 2023 Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed

A collection of medical masks. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

On Thursday April 20, 1-2 p.m. MACHE will host a phone bank via Zoom: Together participants will call healthcare companies and elected officials, to keep masks in MA healthcare—with the message that masks are a cornerstone of infection control, and that equitable access to all healthcare settings for all residents must be maintained.

Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed Tagged With: Activism, advocacy, call to action, coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Healthcare, Mary Jirmanus Saba, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity, opinion

HONK! For Rent Control This Weekend

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 4, 2022 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

“We must use all the tools like music and protest to promote an equitable housing recovery and prevent people from being priced out of their neighborhoods.”

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Activism, festivals, Housing, Music, SOMERVILLE

For the Latest Pandemic Info, Check Out the ‘People’s CDC’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 23, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"No, the pandemic is not over." Collage by Jason Pramas, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0.--using "Joe Biden" by Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grassroots network of researchers and frontline medical workers publicizes hard data on the ongoing coronavirus crisis; encourages political activism for science-based public health policy

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, America, Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, COVID, Democracy, grassroots, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, medicine, pandemic, People's CDC, public health, research, science, United States, vaccination, vaccine

CIVICALLY SPEAKING: A YOUTH CLIMATE ACTIVIST ROUNDTABLE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 24, 2022 Filed Under: Performing Arts

A discussion hosted by American Repertory Theater

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: Activism, Environment, theater, Youth

ART AS ACTIVISM: A CONVERSATION WITH NELSON MAKAMO

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted December 4, 2021 Filed Under: A+E

"Art is one of the things that doesn’t choose the audience: the audience chooses it."

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: Activism, African studies, Art, discussion, Harvard University

CAN A LANDLORD-LOVING GOV STAND IN THE WAY OF RENT CONTROL?

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted November 30, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

As state and city-level moratoriums expire, there has been an increased push among housing activists to bring back rent control. But what can be done?

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Housing, moratorium, Politics, rent control

POOR PROTEST COVERAGE SHOWS NEED FOR MASS JOURNALISM COMMISSION

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 4, 2021 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image courtesy of Extinction Rebellion Boston

Environmental zap action in front of Gov. Baker’s Swampscott home gets lots of attention with little useful context due to shrinking local press corps

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, analysis, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Climate Change, Column, communication, criticism, Democracy, Extinction Rebellion, global warming, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, legislation, legislature, Massachusetts, media, news, press, Protest, reform, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, reporting, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Sunrise Movement, Swampscott, transparency, website

DID YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN 250 ACTIVISTS RALLIED IN JP LAST WEEK?

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 30, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Unofficial coalition of Mass organizers and water protectors protested tar sands pipeline

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Jamaica Plain, Minnesota, Pipeline!, rally, water protector

MASS ACTIVISTS RAMP UP FIGHT TO DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS

Written by JULIET ISSELBACHER Posted June 8, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Groups cite massive racial disparities in arrest numbers, extremely damning data from past three years

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, arrest, drug, Politics, psychedlic

MA GROUP URGES STEPS TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE

Written by LILY BOHLKE Posted June 5, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Way more now than 100 people are getting killed every day by gun violence in the United States."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, gun safety, Massachusetts, news, news to us, violence

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