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Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 1, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Heavy pressure will have to be put on the Biden administration to regulate broadband providers

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THANKS, SOCIOPATHS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

More Mass residents have died from COVID-19 than all the Mass soldiers killed in WWII, but let’s “get back to normal,” right?

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ELECTIONS DON’T SOLVE EVERYTHING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 2, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

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Push the US govt. to sign the nuclear weapons ban treaty. No matter which party wins this week.

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TOWARD A SHORTER WORK WEEK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 8, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

ILGWU Local 62 marches in a Labor Day parade - photo courtesy of the Kheel Center.

Finland may get it soon, Americans need it, too

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Employment, epidemic, Finland, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, Prime Minister Sanna Marin, quarantine, shorter work week, social democrat, Social Democratic Party, socialist, unemployment

CAMBRIDGE PLAN TO WAREHOUSE HOMELESS COULD SPARK COVID OUTBREAK

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 10, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

A Dorm on Harvard Yard. Photo by greger.ravik.

City Council, Gov. Baker have the power to force universities—Harvard, MIT, and Lesley—and hotels to provide better alternatives

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MASSACHUSETTS WAS NOT READY FOR THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 3, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

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But we can be ready for the next one

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MASS: EXPAND PAID SICK TIME & START MEDICAL LEAVE NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 10, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

President Trump tours viral pathogenesis lab at National Institutes of Health. Photo by Shealah Craighead.

More state support needed to help stem the coronavirus tide

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, paid family and medical leave, pandemic, policy, Politics, public health, quarantine, sick time

THERE IS NOTHING ‘VOLUNTARY’ ABOUT WORKING BAD JOBS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

A brief defense of AOC’s critique of billionaires

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Apparent Horizon, Ben Shapiro, Bernie Sanders, Boston Herald, co-operative, Column, contingent work, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, Elections, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Mondragon, policy, Politics, propaganda, social democracy, socialism, worker

DON’T FALL FOR PROPAGANDA, VOTE BASED ON FACTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 18, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the 2020 election, working voters need to focus on candidates’ platforms… and actions

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, Elections, guide, Jason Pramas, platform, policy, Politics, propaganda, usa, voting

DON’T BUY WHAT CAMBRIDGE MAYOR MCGOVERN IS SELLING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 30, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

East Cambridge courthouse photo by Jason Pramas

 

An East Cambridge courthouse update

 

It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Mayor Marc McGovern, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

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