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THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART I
The official narrative and the real story
Readers might feel that this should be a time for me to take a victory lap. The GE Boston deal that I criticized from the moment it was made public in January 2016 ...
A WINDOW INTO THE STATE HOUSE
Rep. Mike Connolly’s blog offers a critical look behind the curtain of Mass politics
The Massachusetts State House is not a bastion of democracy. I think a growing number of people in the Commonwealth are pretty clear on that fact. Dominated for decades by a series of imperial House speakers, and to a lesser extent by its Senate presidents, ...
EDITORIAL: SAVE COMMUNITY MEDIA
PIZZA BARONS LAY OFF 1,100: PAPA GINO’S & D’ANGELO WORKERS NEED TO ORGANIZE FOR JUSTICE
POPULAR NOT POPULIST: GOV BAKER CONTINUES TO POLL WELL WITH PEOPLE HE’S SCREWING
‘DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE!’
Why Janus might actually be good for the American labor movement
The Supreme Court issued a decision last week that will have profound consequences for American working people. In Janus v. AFSCME ...
GRAND SCHEME
Mass legislature helps, harms workers in “deal” with labor and business lobbies
No sooner did the Supreme Judicial Court shoot down the “millionaires’ tax” referendum question last week than the Mass ...
CAPITALIST VETO
EDITORIAL: MEDIUM WELL
Democracy requires public control of social media giants
In this edition of DigBoston, our Editor-in-Chief Chris Faraone has already written ...