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A NOTE TO WEALTHY SOCIALISTS: DON’T LIE ABOUT YOUR CLASS BACKGROUND

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 31, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Look familiar? You're a townie." Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2021 Jason Pramas.

[T]he arrival on the scene of tens of thousands of young socialists has understandably resulted in some growing pains for the American socialist movement of today.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, criticism, Democracy, ethics, Honesty, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, morals, policy, Politics, socialism, socialist

HOW TO FIND NEWS YOU CAN TRUST

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 13, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Some thoughts from a working journalist

 

A few days ago I was at a local hospital for a routine test, and I got to talking to the tech administering it. She asked what I did. I said that I’m a journalist. And her reaction was very much of this era. She started talking about how she didn’t know ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, DigBoston, ethics, fact check, global warming, Jason Pramas, Journalism, news, Society of Professional Journalism, trust

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

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

A NOTE OF APPRECIATION TO OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES…

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 28, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The New York Times” by aldwinumali is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0,

 

The timing couldn’t have been better. No sooner did this publication release last week’s editorial announcing our “unnaming” policy ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criticism, DigBoston, editorial, ethics, fascist, Jason Pramas, Journalism, nazi, New York Times, policy, ultra right, unnaming, white supremacy

ANNOUNCING THE DIGBOSTON  ‘UNNAMING’ POLICY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 21, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Doing our part to shut down the ultra right

 

As journalists, my DigBoston colleagues and I have a responsibility to do our best to cover news of the day fairly and accurately. And that’s based on our abiding belief in ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, ethics, fascist, freedom, human rights, Jason Pramas, Journalism, nazi, news, policy, press, reactionary, rights, social justice, ultra right, unnaming, white supremacy

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