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SIDDIQUI TAKES A DIVE: JOINS MAYOR MCGOVERN, OTHER CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS IN GREENLIGHTING BACKROOM COURTHOUSE DEAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 25, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Cambridge City Hall by Vitor Pamplona CC-BY-2.0. Modified by Jason Pramas.

 

The fix was in.

 

While the world was gearing up for the global climate strike last week, the years-long fight over the future ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Anthony Galluccio, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Cambridge, Cambridge City Council, corruption, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui, Courthouse, Democracy, East Cambridge, economy, Election, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Mayor Marc McGovern, neoliberal, news, news to us, Our Revolution Cambridge, Politics, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

STATE WIRE: MIT STUDENTS DEMAND CHANGES AFTER EPSTEIN’S CLOSE TIES TO UNIVERSITY REVEALED

Written by NADIA RAMLAGAN Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Somebody said at the protest, ‘Money has memory.’ And, we have to think about where our money comes from, because money is not given to MIT with no strings attached, right?"

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BethAnn McLaughlin, capitalism, Center for Civic Media, Comparative Media Studies, corporation, corruption, criminal, Democracy, DigBoston, Ethan Zuckerman, George Church, higher education, Jeffery Epstein, John Brockman, Joi Ito, Kate Darling, LinkedIn, Martin Nowak, Marvin Minsky, MIT, MIT Media Lab, Nathan Matias, Op-Ed, Reid Hoffman, resignation, scandal, Seth Lloyd, sex offender, Sherry Marts, Tarana Burke

THE EPSTEIN STENCH

Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM Posted September 8, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

 

We can’t just hold our noses and look away from academia’s dirty money

 

The 2018 Disobedience Award ceremony was a full MIT Media Lab spectacle. Carefully produced, lavishly ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: BethAnn McLaughlin, capitalism, Center for Civic Media, Comparative Media Studies, corporation, corruption, criminal, Democracy, DigBoston, Ethan Zuckerman, George Church, higher education, Jeffery Epstein, John Brockman, Joi Ito, Kate Darling, LinkedIn, Martin Nowak, Marvin Minsky, MIT, MIT Media Lab, Nathan Matias, Op-Ed, Reid Hoffman, resignation, scandal, Seth Lloyd, sex offender, Sherry Marts, Tarana Burke

MORE REASONS TO RESIGN FROM THE MIT MEDIA LAB

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 27, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

MIT Media Lab image by ckelly, CC BY 2.0. Modified by Jason Pramas.

 

The connection to Jeffrey Epstein is just one of many questionable relationships

 

Recently, two scholars announced their plans to cut ties with the MIT Media Lab over its longstanding relationship with Jeffrey Epstein ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, BINJ, BP, British Petroleum, capitalism, Center for Civic Media, Citigroup, Column, Comparative Media Studies, corporation, corruption, criminal, Deloitte, Democracy, DigBoston, Erik W. Conway, Ethan Zuckerman, ExxonMobil, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Ford Motor Company, GE, General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, global warming, higher education, Honeywell SPS, Hyundai Motor Company, J. Nathan Matias, Jason Pramas, Jeffery Epstein, McKinsey & Company, Merchants of Doubt, MIT, MIT Media Lab, Naomi Oreskes, Novartis, resignation, Roche, scandal, sex offender, Takeda

IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 27, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, capitalism, Column, corruption, Democracy, economy, greed, Housing, Jason Pramas, labor, legislation, Massachusetts, neoliberal, Politics, poverty, Real Estate, referendum, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, socialism, SOMERVILLE, state government

THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART II

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 6, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Boston Globe, capitalism, Column, corporation, corruption, Democratic Socialists of America, DigBoston, DSA, economy, End Corporate Welfare Act, ethics, GE, General Electric, Governor Charlie Baker, Great Recession, independent commission, investigation, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Julia Salazar, labor, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, municipal bond, neoliberalism, Politics, scandal, Shaun Scott, subprime mortgage, tax, taxation

THE FALL OF THE GE BOSTON DEAL, PART I

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 28, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Globe, capitalism, Column, corporation, corruption, DigBoston, economy, ethics, GE, General Electric, Governor Charlie Baker, Great Recession, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor, malfeasance, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, municipal bond, neoliberalism, Politics, scandal, subprime mortgage, tax, taxation, Vertex

THE MERRIMACK VALLEY DISASTER: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT OLD PIPES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 18, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

The events of last week in the Merrimack Valley were unfortunate by any measure. Something bad happened to the natural gas distribution system in parts of Lawrence, North Andover, and Andover that resulted in dozens of homes being damaged or destroyed by explosions ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Andover, Apparent Horizon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Columbia Gas, Column, corruption, disaster, DPU, ecology, economy, Environment, Eversource Energy, explosion, fire, fossil fuel, global warming, Gov Charlie Baker, greenhouse gas, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, legislature, malfeasance, Massachusetts, methane, National Grid, natural gas, news, NiSource, North Andover, politician, Politics, regulation, utility

BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Charlie Baker

 

If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular

 

It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment,  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, biotechnology, boondoggle, Boston, Charlie Baker, Column, convention, corporate, corruption, economy, General Electric, Giveaway, higher education, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalist, Massachusetts, MBTA, media, news, Politics, public, public transportation, Republican Party, taxes

YOUR MOVE, BOSTON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 7, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston Women's March 2017. Photo by Ryan Dorsey, CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic.

 

Only a massive protest movement can stop government giveaways to megacorps

 

Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put on just for show. Perhaps ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, boondoggle, Boston, Charlie Baker, Column, corporate, corruption, Democracy, economy, fight, General Electric, Giveaway, Jason Pramas, Jeff Bezos, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, news, Politics, Protest, public, socialism, taxes

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