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DIGBOSTON JOINS MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 30, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

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News weekly feels the threat of cataclysmic war is grave enough to warrant direct action

 

DigBoston—and this should be obvious, but it bears stating plainly—is against the US or any nation, organization, or individual having nuclear weapons. Because the longer anyone has them, the more likely ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: abolish, arms control, Barack Obama, china, Democracy, DigBoston, disarmament, Donald Trump, editorial, ethics, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, nuclear weapon, Peace, Russia, treaty, United States, war

STATE OF UNCERTAINTY

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted June 27, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

When it comes to Puerto Rican statehood, what can Boston Boricuas expect?

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Arroyo, Barack Obama, Boricuas, Boston, Donald Trump, Partido Nuevo Progresista, PROMESA, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic Stability Act, statehood, vote

THE TIME MY EDITOR SNITCHED ON ME TO GOVERNOR PATRICK

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 23, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Caught on my heels, I clumsily explained to Patrick that I believed Obama was just kicking liberal cans along the road to mediocrity.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: 2012, Barack Obama, Deval Patrick, Donald Trump, Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, Women's March on Washington

SPECIAL FEATURE: HOW TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM ENVIRONMENTAL RUIN IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

Written by ALASTAIR BLAND Posted November 16, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“First we need a president who acknowledges that climate change exists.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: acidification, Barack Obama, china, Climate Change, climate change deniers, Environment, global warming, japan, Paris Climate Talks, Sabbatini, U.S. Department of Agriculture

SATIRICAL SATIVA SPECIAL: THE CANNHATTAN PROJECT

Written by JOHN DVORAK Posted March 26, 2016 Filed Under: Uncategorized

The White House, Office of the Press Secretary ... For Immediate Release ...

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Barack Obama, cannabis, Cannhattan Project, John Dvorak, satire, White House

MANCHESTER EXCITED: SCOUTING FOR SOME EPIC FIRST-IN-THE-NATION PRIMARY COVERAGE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 5, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After claiming a lack of interest in politics, within sips and seconds Oliver began naming the candidates and, along with another Rover regular approximately 10 years his junior, proceeded to analyze their positives and negatives as I scribbled and quibbled.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Barack Obama, BINJ, Chris Christie, Democrats, Donald Trump, First In The Nation, Granite State, Jeb Bush, Manchester Divided, New Hampshire, Politics, primaries, primary politics, Republicans, Shaskeen Pub

APPARENT HORIZON: LABOR BLUES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 10, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It has been decades since the Democratic Party has been reliably pro-labor—which means that neither major party genuinely supports American workers in this era.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Boston, Carmen's Union, Democrats, Governor Charlie Baker, labor, labor day, Protest, Republicans, Steve Tolman

NOTARIOS, THUGS: AN UNDERCOVER FEATURE INVESTIGATION

Written by BILL HAYDUKE Posted April 22, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

How bootleg attorneys prey on immigrants hoping to secure the American Dream

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, attorney general, Barack Obama, bill hayduke, Cynthia Creem, Deval Patrick, east boston, green card, Guatemala, immigration, Jamaica Plain, Latin America, Liz Cannon, Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Notarios, Notarios Publicos, scams, United States, VIGO

LOCAL NET NEUTRALITY ADVOCATES TELL CABLE PROVIDERS TO STAY OUT OF THEIR PACKETS

Written by KATHERINE TAMOLA Posted November 18, 2014 Filed Under: News

LOCAL NET NEUTRALITY ADVOCATES TELL CABLE PROVIDERS TO STAY OUT OF THEIR PACKETS

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Barack Obama, Evan Greer, FCC, internet advocacy, Katherine Tamola, Make Shift, MIT, net neutrality, Pirate Party, Republican idiocy, work space

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