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HOPING FOR A ‘HOT SPRING’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Hoping for a Hot Spring." Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: abortion, anti-racism, Apparent Horizon, Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Column, contingent work, coronavirus, COVID19, debt, Democracy, Democratic Party, DoorDash, evangelical, gig work, Healthcare, Instacart, Jason Pramas, loan, Lyft, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, middle class, military, Peace, Politics, President Joe Biden, Protest, public health, racism, Republican Party, Russia, student, Uber, Ukraine, United States, voting rights, war, Women, worker, working class

SENATOR WARREN WILL CALL ON BIG TECH CEOS TO DROP ANTI-WORKER, ANTI-CONSUMER BALLOT QUESTION

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted September 7, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Workers and allies join U.S. Senator Warren to fight for worker, consumer, and civil rights, demanding that Uber/Lyft drop their Proposition 22-copycat ballot measure and follow Mass law

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ballot, big tech, Civil Rights, Uber, worker

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

STRANDED: MBTA CUTS, PLUS CABBIES CALL IT QUITS FROM CAMBRIDGE TO CALI

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted November 17, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Transportation as we know it is going to be changing."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, MBTA, Pandemic Democracy Project, transit, transportation, Uber

A CHARLIE HORSE FROM BAKER DOWN IN WEYMOUTH

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It’s time to call the governor out for being a shameless business-assist monkey right now, because later’s always too damn late.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

PASSENGERS AT RISK ON GREYHOUND, OTHER BUS LINES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 21, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Ex-Greyhound Bus by Omar Omar is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Modified by Jason Pramas.

 

No way to contact management in the event of driver medical or psychiatric emergency

 

My wife had a meeting in New York City over the weekend, as is sometimes the case, and decided to take a bus back to Boston on Sunday evening. Over our many years together, we have found that buses are generally the best—and certainly most economical—way ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anniversary, Apparent Horizon, bus, celebration, Column, customer support, Democracy, DigBoston, driver, driving, Greyhound, Jason Pramas, Journalism, labor union, Lyft, panic button, passenger, safety, transportation, Uber

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE MOST DANGEROUS SQUARE MILE

Written by SUREN MOODLIAR Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The centuries-long relationship with Boston that made Chelsea a frontline community for environmental justice ...

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, chelsea, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, Encore Casino, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Everett, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Langone Park, LNG, LNG Plant, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, Most Dangerous Square Mile, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Revere, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

BOSTON’S CLIMATE STRIKE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Written by Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Gov Baker has failed to lead on climate change, so it’s time for him to come face to face with the climate catastrophes around the state he is ignoring.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Beacon Hill, Bill McKibben, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Charlie Baker, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Governor Baker, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, Massachusetts, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

WEYMOUTH ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Written by Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Against all odds, a dogged group of Fore River Basin residents decided to put up a fight, the ferocity of which Enbridge never saw coming.

Filed Under: Analysis, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, compressor station, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, energy, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, fracking, FRRACS, gas, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, natural gas, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, spectra, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis, Weymouth, Weymouth Compressor Station

INTRODUCTION: OUR SPECIAL CLIMATE CRISIS ISSUE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Covering Climate Now now ranks as one of the most ambitious efforts ever to organize the world’s media around a single coverage topic.

Filed Under: Dear Reader, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #CoveringClimateNow, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Bill McKibben, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, climate crisis, climate crisis issue, Columbia Journalism Review, Covering Climate Now, Democracy Denied, Environment, environmental reporting, Falter, global warming, Green New Deal, Jason Pramas, Koch brothers, Logan Airport, Lyft, Mass Department of Public Utilities, pollution, Red-Green Revolution, Special Climate Crisis Issue, The Nation, Uber, Victor Wallis

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