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C-CHANGE: IF THERE WAS EVER A CHANCE FOR BPD REFORM, IT IS NOW

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 20, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

With follow-through, Boston could have a BPD that resembles the force that officials have always pretended we have.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Police Department, Boston Police Reform Task Force, mayor Marty Walsh, transparency

FATE OF THE CITY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 14, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

What Mayor Walsh’s annual address didn’t say about global warming

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACEEE, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Climate Change, Climate Ready Boston, Column, criticism, Democracy, economics, energy efficiency, Eversource, global warming, GoBoston 2030, IPCC, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, National Grid, Politics, speech, State of the City, UN

UMASS BOSTON DISPATCH

Written by JOE RAMSEY Posted October 21, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Photo of Mayor Walsh speaking at UMass Boston by Joe Ramsey

 

The mayor, the music, and a mission under threat

 

At this year’s UMass Boston Convocation ceremony, special guest Mayor Marty Walsh was greeted by a multimedia musical performance that captured both what is so precious about UMB and what is now under threat.  

 

First came the music: The UMB Chamber ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: higher education, justice, mayor Marty Walsh, opinion, UMASS-Boston

TOO MANY COPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 3, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

BPD officers at 2017 counterprotest against the ultra right. Photo by Dan McCarthy. Modified by Jason Pramas.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anarchist, antifa, antifascist, Apparent Horizon, Black Lives Matter, Boston, BPD, BPPA, Column, cops, counterprotest, criticism, Democracy, fascist, First Amendment, free speech, Jason Pramas, justice, left wing, liberty, mayor Marty Walsh, nazi, Occupy, parade, Police, Protest, ultra right, white supremacist

DISPATCH FROM THE MARCH AGAINST CAGES

Written by GINO CANELLA Posted August 7, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

ACA Rally. Photo by Gino Canella.

 

Prison reformers protest Baker and Walsh-endorsed corrections conference

 

Activists from 19 grassroots organizations marched through downtown Boston Sunday afternoon to protest the American Correctional Association (ACA), which was holding its annual conference at the Hynes Convention Center.

 

The ACA is one of the largest ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACA, Black Lives Matter, Boston, children, Deeper Than Water, Gov Charlie Baker, immigrant, immigration, March Against Cages, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, prison, Protest, rally, SURJ

RECYCLING FOLLOW-UP: THE ROAD TO ZERO

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Despite a relative win for recycling workers, living wage advocates pledge to keep on fighting

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

WILL BOSTON SET A NEW REGIONAL PRECEDENT AND FINALLY PAY RECYCLING WORKERS A LIVING WAGE?

Written by COLE ROSENGREN Posted April 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

For the first time in the city’s history, Boston’s living wage ordinance might finally get applied to low-paid workers sorting the city’s recycling ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: ACE, ACORN, Activism, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge, casella, charlestown, curbside recycling, Dorothy Kelly Gay, Fight For 15, Fighting for a Living Wage, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Joe Curtatone, KTI Recycling, labor, living wage, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, MassCOSH, mayor curtatone, mayor Marty Walsh, menino, New York, OSHA, recology, recyclable, recycling, Seattle, SOMERVILLE, Stephanie Luce, Teamsters, union, wages, workplace safety, zero waste

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

BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

City government continues issuing reports while UN calls for immediate action

 

When writing about human-induced global warming on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to pace oneself. Because it’s such a relentlessly depressing topic that highlighting it too often can backfire. Faced with an existential threat of such magnitude that ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, carbon dioxide, chelsea, Climate Change, coal, Columbia Gas, Column, east boston, ecology, economy, electricity, Environment, Eversource Energy, fossil fuel, global warming, greenhouse gas, GreenRoots, IPCC, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, National Grid, natural gas, news, NiSource, oil, Politics, regulation, united nations, utility

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