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DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS IN THIS TIME OF GREAT CRISIS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 17, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image CC-BY Salva Barbera 2010

A holiday message

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, assist, Boston, Christmas, Column, Democracy, donation, friend, Give, global, Hanukkah, help, holiday, holidays, Homeless, hunger, international, Jason Pramas, Kwanzaa, love donate, Massachusetts, neighbor, Ōmisoka, poverty, usa, volunteer, world

STATE WIRE: MASS SEES MAJOR CUTS TO LOW-INCOME HEATING ASSISTANCE

Written by LAURA ROSBROW-TELEM Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Public utilities, while they can’t be shut off in the middle of the winter, they run up bills and debts such that when the winter’s over and utility companies are in a position to seek payment, they might take steps to shut people off."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: cold, Gov Charlie Baker, Heat, heating, LIHEAP, Massachusetts, poverty, winter

SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART VI

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted July 4, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS

Residents vent on issues related to arts, artists, and artisans

Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS Tagged With: affordable housing, artisan's asylum, artists, arts, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Brickbottom, Community Action Agency of Somerville, Elaine Koury, Gilman Square, Housing, Matt Lavallee, news garden, poverty, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Arts, Somerville City Council, Somerville Community Corporation, Somerville Free Press, Somerville Media Center, Somerville News Garden, Suzanne Bremer, Union Square Neighborhood Council, Videos, winter hill

THE SUMMIT: PART V

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted May 29, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Residents vent on issues related to trees and the environment

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: affordable housing, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Climate Coalition of Somerville, Community Action Agency of Somerville, Elaine Koury, Gilman Square, Housing, Matt Lavallee, news garden, poverty, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Council, Somerville Climate Action, Somerville Community Corporation, Somerville Free Press, Somerville Media Center, Somerville News Garden, Suzanne Bremer, Union Square Neighborhood Council, Videos, winter hill

SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART IV

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted May 20, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Residents vent on issues related to immigrant communities

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: affordable housing, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Community Action Agency of Somerville, Elaine Koury, Gilman Square, Housing, Matt Lavallee, news garden, poverty, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Council, Somerville Community Corporation, Somerville Free Press, Somerville Media Center, Somerville News Garden, Suzanne Bremer, Union Square Neighborhood Council, Videos, winter hill

SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART III

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted May 7, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Residents vent on issues related to poverty and affordable housing

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: affordable housing, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Community Action Agency of Somerville, Elaine Koury, Gilman Square, Housing, Matt Lavallee, news garden, poverty, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Council, Somerville Community Corporation, Somerville Free Press, Somerville Media Center, Somerville News Garden, Suzanne Bremer, Union Square Neighborhood Council, Videos, winter hill

IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 27, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bill, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, capitalism, Column, corruption, Democracy, economy, greed, Housing, Jason Pramas, labor, legislation, Massachusetts, neoliberal, Politics, poverty, Real Estate, referendum, rent control, Rep. Mike Connolly, socialism, SOMERVILLE, state government

GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 7, 2018 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

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, economy, encampment, Greenfield, Health, Healthcare, Homeless, homelessness, Housing, Jason Pramas, jobs, Mayor William Martin, news, opiates, policy, Politics, poor, poverty, public, Western Massachusetts

POPULAR NOT POPULIST: GOV BAKER CONTINUES TO POLL WELL WITH PEOPLE HE’S SCREWING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 31, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

There is no area of Massachusetts politics where it is more baffling to contemplate Gov. Charlie Baker’s ongoing popularity in the polls than the annual state budget debate. One can only draw two conclusions from such musing: either people don’t get the budget ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, budget, children, Column, corporation, cuts, Democracy, economy, general court, Gov Charlie Baker, Jason Pramas, legislature, Massachusetts, news, Politics, poor, poverty, public, rich, SSI, veto, wealthy, welfare

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie

former GM Framingham plant

 

Or how tax breaks for fat cats relate to a defeat for Harvard management rats

 

“Opportunity” for the few

Gov. Charlie Baker submitted paperwork to the US Department of Treasury last week, according ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Townie Tagged With: Column, economy, framingham, Gov Charlie Baker, graduate assistant, harvard, Jason Pramas, labor, news, opportunity zones, Politics, poverty, tax breaks, Townie, Trump administration, UAW, union, victory

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