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Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
"The worst thing that can happen is for a youngster to finish high school, barely pass MCAS, and have no skills."
Written by ED GASKIN Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Many in government wrongly believe Boston can’t become a manufacturing hub
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS
Finland may get it soon, Americans need it, too
Written by UMASS UNIONS UNITED Filed Under: COVID, Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS
Demands job protections, engagement with students, staff, and faculty on reopening campuses
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
A brief defense of AOC’s critique of billionaires
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS
At DigBoston, we like to have a lot of interns working for us at all times. Particularly college journalism students who will soon be seeking jobs as full-time newspaper ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Mainstream press coverage of mass layoffs like Sunday’s shutdown of almost 100 Papa Gino’s and D’Angelo fast food restaurants generally looks upon such tragic events through a glass, darkly. Because journalism in the service of the rich and powerful is a ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie
We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the largely rural western counties of the Commonwealth, it can be easy to miss significant stories. Because the scale of noteworthy happenings is naturally smaller ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if that once-secret deal cut by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh in January 2016 goes south? Potentially ... read more