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OPINION: R.I.P. ROE?

Written by PAT JEHLEN Posted May 4, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Freedom is a constant struggle

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: abortion, analysis, commentary, criticism, federal, law, Massachusetts, Roe, Roe v. Wade, SOMERVILLE, Supreme Court

A LOSS FOR ALL AMERICANS—EVEN THE ONES WHO DON’T REALIZE IT

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted September 29, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Ginsburg’s death comes as a crushing blow to those of us who believe in building a multicultural democracy and a participatory government."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: loss, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, women's rights

MASS IMPACT: THE POST-KAVANAUGH STENCH IN BAY STATE ELECTIONS

Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Posted October 9, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Both Diehl and Gonzalez trail the incumbents they’re chasing by significant margins. Democrats are hoping an anti-Trump wave can help sweep the latter into the corner office, while it appears the GOP’s leading priority is damaging the presidential prospects of Warren.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Charlie Baker, Diehl, Jay Gonzalez, Kavanaugh, Massachusetts, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, US Senate, Warren

‘DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE!’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 3, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

The Black Cat. Industrial Workers of the World symbol. Credited to Ralph Chaplin.

 

 

Why Janus might actually be good for the American labor movement

 

The Supreme Court issued a decision last week that will have profound consequences for American working people. In Janus v. AFSCME ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AFSCME, agency, Apparent Horizon, bureaucracy, Column, corporation, Democracy, economy, fair share, fee, Janus, Jason Pramas, Joe Hill, labor, militant, national, news, Politics, strike, Supreme Court, union, wildcat

SPECIAL FEATURE: PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND THE PATRIARCHY

Written by MAX L. CHAPNICK Posted June 28, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Brown is retiring this year, and the university she leaves is very different from the one of her tenure suit that began more than 30 years ago. But while much has changed, Brown’s story contains a certain timelessness, particularly in the current struggle by women against institutions traditionally dominated by men. Like an Austen novel, Brown’s battle forces a reckoning with the type of sexism society tries to hide from itself. As Brown says, “Making the people who had done this have to defend themselves and be accountable, that was worth it.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: academia, Boston, boston university, BU, Jane Austen, John Silber, Julia Brown, literature, metoo, SCOTUS, sexism, Supreme Court, tenure

FINALLY, THE FIGHT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS OVER

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted July 1, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical

When people say “love wins,” I hear something different ...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical Tagged With: challenge, LGBT youth, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: MEET THE SCARIEST STATE SENATE CANDIDATE IN MASSACHUSETTS

Written by TAK TOYOSHIMA Posted October 31, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the past, her concerns have included stopping abortions and gay marriage, getting government out of public education, and witchcraft.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beverly LaHaye, Boston Globe, Chelmsford, Chip Berlet, Christmas, Concerned Women for America, CWA, Halloween, Lowell Sun, midterm elections, Sandi Martinez, Supreme Court, Tea party, Third Middlesex

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