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BOSTON WILL LIFT ITS INDOOR MASK MANDATE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 3, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Starting this weekend, masking will still be recommended but will no longer be required in indoor, public spaces

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Health, mandate, mask, pandemic, policy

CITY’S B TOGETHER POLICY LIFTED

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted February 21, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

An update to COVID-19 practices in Boston

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: COVID, government, policy, vaccine

MA SCHOOLS NEED FREE HIGH-QUALITY MASKS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 6, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"3M N95 Particulate Respirator.JPG" by Banej is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

And the federal government should start providing them for all US residents ASAP

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Cambridge, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, faculty, Family, FFP2, Health, Jason Pramas, KF94, KN95, MA, mask, Mass, Massachusetts, N95, pandemic, policy, public health, school, staff, student, teacher, usa

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

BEWARE ASTROTURF GROUPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 3, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Mass rideshare, delivery, and real estate industries gearing up propaganda campaigns to convince working people to vote against our own interests

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, astroturf, Boston, Column, corporation, Democracy, DoorDash, gig work, Housing, human rights, Instacart, Jason Pramas, labor, Lyft, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, propaganda, Real Estate, rent control, renter, Uber, worker

EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SEEKS CLIMATE IDEAS FOR MAYOR KIM JANEY

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 5, 2021 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Environmental organizations and individual activists invited to submit opinion articles for publication

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Boston, climate, Climate Change, Democracy, DigBoston, ecology, editorial, Environment, global warming, idea, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Massachusetts, Mayor Kim Janey, policy, Politics, Vision

THERE’S A CURE FOR AMAZON’S SNAP ABUSE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 23, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"amazon warehouse" by hnnbz is licensed under CC BY 2.0

The labor movement needs to fight harder for justice for gig workers

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: activist, Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Benefits, Column, contingent, contractor, day labor, Democracy, Employment, gig, independent contractor, Jason Pramas, job, labor, legislation, organize, part time, policy, precarious, PRO Act, reform, regulation, temp, union, wages, worker, working conditions

GUEST OPINION: ENACTING “MILLIONAIRES’ TAXES” WILL SET BACK STATE RECOVERIES

Written by CHARLES CHIEPPO AND JIM STERGIOS Posted March 10, 2021 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

"LC-USZ62-69050 African Amercian Newspaper Boy 1921" by Children's Bureau Centennial is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Connecticut’s travails in recent years, combined with the unprecedented mobility of wealth, makes it clear that millionaires’ taxes are a 20th-century solution to a 21st-century problem. Embracing them would only prolong states’ long-awaited recovery from the economic effects of COVID-19.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: conservative, criticism, Massachusetts, opinion, Pioneer Institute, policy, taxation, wealth tax

AS LABOR SECRETARY, WILL MARTY WALSH REPRESENT ALL WORKERS?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 2, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Miami protestors support the “Fight for 15,” a campaign for a higher minimum wage. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Or just unionized construction workers… and the corporations that fund the Democrats

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, building trades, Column, criticism, Democracy, Jason Pramas, labor, laborers, LIUNA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, mayor, policy, Politics, President Joe Biden, Secretary of Labor, union, worker

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING KEY TO PASSING JOURNALISM COMMISSION LAW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 7, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Laura Kiesel and Jordan Frias testify at the second journalism commission hearing, July 10, 2019. Photo courtesy of Sarah Betancourt.

Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Cambridge Day, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Free Press, grassroots, Jason Pramas, Journalism, journalism commission, journalist, law, legislature, lobbying, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, Rep. Ed Coppinger, Rep. Lori Ehrlich, Robert DeLeo, Sen. Brendan Crighton, Society of Professional Journalists

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