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For the Latest Pandemic Info, Check Out the ‘People’s CDC’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 23, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"No, the pandemic is not over." Collage by Jason Pramas, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0.--using "Joe Biden" by Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grassroots network of researchers and frontline medical workers publicizes hard data on the ongoing coronavirus crisis; encourages political activism for science-based public health policy

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, America, Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, COVID, Democracy, grassroots, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, medicine, pandemic, People's CDC, public health, research, science, United States, vaccination, vaccine

THE OTTAWA FREEDOM CONVOY OCCUPATION: A LOCAL ANARCHIST PERSPECTIVE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 24, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, International, Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Protestors at the Ottawa Freedom Convoy Occupation. Photo by Ana Krach, Ottawa Graphics via Pixabay. Standard Pixabay License. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.

Interview with the Punch Up Collective

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, International, Interviews, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: anarchism, anarchist, Apparent Horizon, blockade, Canada, Column, convoy, Democracy, Democratic Party, Emergencies Act, far-right, fascism, Freedom Convoy, hard right, insurrection, international, Interview, Jan 6, Jason Pramas, left wing, Liberal Party, military, occupation, Ottawa, Police, Politics, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Protest, Punch Up Collective, racism, racist, right wing, truck, trucker, United States, usa, white supremacy

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

A 700-WORD ANALYSIS OF THE COP 26 AGREEMENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 14, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Read on ...

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: 2021 Climate Change Conference, agreement, Apparent Horizon, carbon, china, Climate Change, coal, Column, COP 25, corporations, Democracy, Doom, EU, European Union, Failure, france, gas, Germany, global warming, India!, Italy, Jason Pramas, oil, Saudi Arabia, UK, UN, United Kingdom, united nations, United States, US

APPOINTED SOMERVILLE OFFICIAL SPURS OUTRAGE WITH TWEETS FROM DC MOB SCENE

Written by MARC LEVY Posted January 9, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Mayor Curtatone says “We’re taking it seriously and doing our due diligence”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: attack, Capitol, Congress, DC, House of Representatives, insurrection, MAGA, Massachusetts, mob, official, President Donald Trump, Protest, rally, Riot, senate, SOMERVILLE, United States, US, Washington

DEATH THREAT AGAINST MASS POLITICIAN IS A BAD SIGN

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 20, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized

flowers in gun white on black

Should violence replace political debate, democracy could end

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, death threat, Debate, Democracy, dialogue, extremism, extremist, guns, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, Rep. Mike Connolly, slider, United States, violence

RECLOSE AMERICA: DON’T FOLLOW FASCISTS IN THE SERVICE OF WALL ST TO YOUR GRAVES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 29, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

image with President Trump surrounded by quotes about right-wing protests to end coronavirus stay at home orders

Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, DigBoston, fascist, hard right, Health, Jason Pramas, Koch, labor, Medicare for All, middle class, nazi, news analysis, pandemic, Paycheck Security Act, Protest, public health, Reopen America, right wing, slider, stay at home, United States, Wall St, white supremacist, worker, working class

RESPONSES TO OUR “CULTURAL REHASH” EDITORIAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS, Editorial

Practice Space's closing message. Photo courtesy Practice Space and Boston Hassle.

A range of views from readers

Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Art, arts, Boston, community, critique, culture, Dance, David Shaughnessy, DigBoston, Don DiVecchio, economy, editorial response, Emily Bass, engagement, feature, feedback, Film, global, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, readers, theater, Tim Devin, United States, visual art, world

EDITORIAL: WHY SO MUCH CULTURAL REHASH?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 12, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Is the decades-long economic crisis for working people leading to less relevant art?

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Art, arts, Boston, critique, culture, Dance, DigBoston, economy, editorial, Film, global, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, theater, United States, visual art, world

THANKSGIVING FICTION: WE LIVE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE THE BAD GUYS WON

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

National Day of Mourning Plaque. Photo by Melissa Doroquez, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://flickr.com/photos/merelymel/3119433076/.

"Americans today live in a very real universe where the functional equivalent of Nazis—European colonists—committed genocide against Native American peoples..."

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: african american, alternate history, America, Apparent Horizon, Book, Column, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, genocide, holiday, Jason Pramas, Journalism, native american, nazi, Philip K. Dick, racism, review, science fiction, slavery, television, thanksgiving, The Man in the High Castle, United States

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