“Our workers and staff deserve a living wage with benefits.”
GUEST OPINION: CONTRACT STRUGGLE CONTINUES AT EMERSON
Emerson
GUEST OPINION ON EMERSON CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS: WE ARE NOT ALL IN THE SAME BOAT
Without a contract, we’d have no negotiating power. Without a union, we’d have no seat at the table.
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.
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.
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)
Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality
GUEST OPINION: COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY
Addressing the US’s complicitness in maintaining the nuclear status quo
GUEST OPINION: IT’S TIME TO CONFRONT THE POWER IMBALANCE AT EMERSON
"Emerson has an opportunity to lead on issues of gender equity through a good first contract. Unfortunately, the administration is insisting on a compensation plan that still includes merit pay as a significant portion of possible raises, doled out at the discretion of a supervisor."
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: AN OCTOROON
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon arrives in Boston
SUMMER READING: SECRETS OF THE SUN
I would not miss my father, I told myself at the memorial, nor would I wish him back.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: BEHIND THE SCENES WITH BOSTON’S FILM PROGRAMMERS
Images by Scott Murry unless otherwise noted
One hour before a midnight screening, Mark Anastasio, program manager at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre, is firming up his pre-show introduction. Tonight’s film is John Carpenter’s classic They Live, the satirical tale of a ...
