
What Mass lawmakers can learn about parole from the battle to end death by incarceration across the country. “To see the transformation of those who have caused harm is important for those who have been harmed.”
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Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Filed Under: FEATURES
What Mass lawmakers can learn about parole from the battle to end death by incarceration across the country. “To see the transformation of those who have caused harm is important for those who have been harmed.”
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: Dear Reader
Dear Reader,
In the process of editing this week’s cover feature by Jean Trounstine, a collaboration with the ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS
My point is to draw a comparison between the horse-race repetition and robotic uniformity of the kind of trash commercial bigs, from putrid right-wing radio to elitist broadsheets like the Post, reported out of New Hampshire this week, and the unique features that our squad produced.
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“Right now, we just don’t know what to do with nuclear waste. It lasts 100,000 years ... It’s shockingly toxic. We’re going to have to figure out what to do with that waste for sure. I mean, 100,000 years."
Written by LAURA KIESEL Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
I attended three carefully chosen events with three separate candidates over the course of 24 hours: Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. All three candidates stood out for me because they have been more actively courting the disability vote, as compared to their peers in the candidate pool.
Written by JORDAN FRIAS Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
“I know his polling numbers are low. My hope is as time goes on he’s able to build some momentum and potentially be a viable candidate."
Written by CLAIRE SADAR Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
“The biggest misconception about progressive people of faith is that not wearing religion on your sleeve means it’s not important to you. Westboro Baptist Church’s faith is not more real because they scream the loudest about it."
Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
“Check me out,” Biden told a crowd of near 150. “If you like what you see, help me out, if not, vote for the other guy.”
Written by NATE HOMAN Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
“I used to work for NASA, had a sweet job making $29.90 an hour. Then Obama come in and said, ‘We don’t need no space program no more.’”
Written by DAN MCCARTHY Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
“I’ve read and listened to so much stuff from the architects of the New Green Deal,” Jay said. “The number one thing I’d want Michael Bennet to say to someone like me is how his plan would be different [than Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’] plan.”