Markey responded to the recent invasion
SENATOR ED MARKEY SPEAKS OUT ON RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE
Ed Markey
OFFICIALS, ADVOCATES SPEAK ON IMMIGRATION REFORM AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY
At a virtual summit, leaders sought to educate and engage on the need for change.
STATE WIRE: PEACE ADVOCATES PRESENT HOPES FOR FUTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY
"The pandemic exposed the fissures of poverty, racism and how bad our public-health systems really are."
HOTEL WORKERS SHARE STORIES WITH ED MARKEY
Unfairly fired employees ask for “Right to Recall” measures.
INTERVIEW: CALLA WALSH, 16-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL ORGANIZER
“We didn’t reinvent Ed Markey, we told the truth about his record.”
CLIMATE CHANGE IS INTERSECTIONAL. THAT’S WHY BOSTONIANS NEED TO MOBILIZE AND VOTE
We are in the eighth month of COVID-19, but we have seen environmental racism harm our most vulnerable communities for years.
KENNEDY IS YOUNGER THAN MARKEY. WHAT ELSE?
The first debate, for me, didn’t demonstrate a compelling reason to replace Markey—to swap an older straight white male for a younger one.
CAMBRIDGE, SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS TALK ENVIRONMENT AT MARKEY TOWN HALL
“What we did in this resolution is to lay out what should happen … in every sector of the American economy. Because they can all be transformed with new technologies, with new strategies, new conservation techniques, and in a very brief period of time.”
CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.
From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.
REVISITING ‘PILGRIMS’: THE CLEANUP ON CAPE COD
To understand the current controversy over the decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, you have to understand its past
THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED
After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.
CT HIGH COURT RULING OPENS UP MASS GUN SELLER TO SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT
It could be years before the Newtown case works its way up through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is inevitably headed. In the meantime, DigBoston and BINJ will continue to report on the firearm economy in Mass and to identify the politicians, including Baker, who speak out against harm while accepting money from gun dealers and distributors.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE
Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: FIRE SALE PT. 1 1/2
In one moment of clarity, a state police spokesperson did confirm that there is zero outside oversight of millions of dollars in purchasing done by the department.
SPECIAL FEATURE: FIRE SALE PT. 1
"The participating state agencies sought proposals from makers and distributors of everything from practice ammo and targets, to handguns, silencers, tasers, tear gas, chemical munitions, pepperball launchers, dart guns, gas masks, and ballistic blankets."
GUEST OPINION: COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY
Addressing the US’s complicitness in maintaining the nuclear status quo
NUCLEAR DISASTER: WITH CONTROVERSIAL REACTOR DOWN SINCE STORMS, TENSIONS RUN EXTREMELY HIGH IN PLYMOUTH
This year’s meeting was particularly fraught because a series of strong winter storms forced the plant to shut down—or scram—twice in the last three months. Pilgrim remains offline as plant workers attempt to fix a transformer located between the electrical switchyard and the reactor.
ICE COLD: AS NONCRIMINAL DETAINMENTS RISE IN MASS, THIS CASE STANDS OUT
Despite having the ticket, ICE holds that Rodriguez did not comply with their orders—even though he was not given a date to exit the country.
HOW TO BUILD A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN MASS IN FOUR EASY STEPS
“The message is that—we have said [this] all along—the state of [Massachusetts] should be standing up for this land."
POWER STRUGGLE: REGULATORS INFURIATE ACTIVISTS WITH ANNOUNCEMENT THAT POWER PLANT WILL STAY OPEN
Why Mass residents are furious at regulators who say they won’t shut Pilgrim
THE BOSTON FRONT: FROM ACTIVISTS TO POLITICIANS, A HISTORIC SHOW OF SOLIDARITY
While differences in experience, race, gender, and class separated the speakers, as well as the people marching in Boston, the emerging call was for people to vault their differences and show up for each other.
THE MASS DELEGATION SURVEILLANCE SCORECARD: ASK NOT HOW YOUR COUNTRY CAN SPY ON YOU
Only a fool would get their news on these intensely granular issues from traditional news sources ...
