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Biden’s Student Loan Debt Cancellation Is a Real Victory for Working Families

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 25, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Image by Jason Pramas

Now we need to debunk Republican propaganda claiming the opposite and move on to win real higher-education reform

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: America, analysis, Apparent Horizon, Column, corporation, debt cancellation, Democracy, Democrat, federal, government, higher education, Jason Pramas, President Joe Biden, public, reform, Republican, strategy, student loan, taxes, US, usa, working class, working families

‘Cloudy With a Chance of Fascists’: Boston needs a hard right alert system

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 8, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Collage by Jason Pramas, CC-BY 2.0. "Alarm Clock 2" image by Alan Cleaver is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. "File:Map of Boston and Cambridge.png" image by OpenStreetMap contributors is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

And people ready to nonviolently counterdemonstrate at a moment’s notice

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: alarm, alert, analysis, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, counterdemonstrate, counterdemonstration, criticism, Democracy, early warning, fascism, fascist, hard right, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Protest, ultra right, US, usa

Diabetes Researcher Claims She Was Unlawfully Denied Entry To US

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted May 25, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I was hoping to utilize this opportunity upon my return to Canada and help diabetes patients in Canada.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, immigration, MIT, news, US

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

EZMERAI AHMADI: A PERSONAL UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN

Written by TRACY BINDEL Posted September 1, 2021 Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Photos

The coffins of Ezmerai Ahmadi and his family at their funeral. Photo by an Afghani present at the funeral.

An American mourns the life of a close friend taken by one of the final US drone strikes of a senseless 20-year war

Filed Under: Letters, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Photos Tagged With: afghanistan, America, attack, blessing, death, drone, eulogy, Family, friend, Innocent, Kabul, memorial, military, Peace, revolution, Taliban, US, victim, war

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

FUNDAMENTAL CIVICS: HOW A BOSTON TEEN CHANGED THE WAY TEACHERS APPROACH IMMIGRATION HISTORY

Written by Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“Our job as educators is to learn about our students and where they come from. We create lessons that will interest them, lessons about their life experiences."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: BLS, Boston Latin School, Boston Public Schools, BPS, education, El Salvador, history, immigration, Reagan, throwback, US

2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,”  I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following:

 

The big question for Bostonians and anyone ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2030, adaptation, Apparent Horizon, Boston, china, Climate Change, coal, Column, development, Fourth National Climate Assessment, france, gas, Germany, global warming, IPCC, japan, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, migration, new england, news, oil, Paris Agreement, Politics, poor, survival, third world, UK, united nations, United States, US

CITY VOWS TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS, BUT MAJOR HURDLES REMAIN

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted January 17, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Carolina Mata is a recipient of TPS and escaped El Salvador in 1998 after her father was assassinated. Protected status has made life easier for Mata. “I found a stable job, got my driver’s license, and was able to take care of my children,” she said. As a single mother, Mata supports 10-year-old daughter, Gabriella, and her son who attends Fitchburg State College, while working in a plastics factory.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, City Hall, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, FMLN, immigration, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, TPS, US

LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY: BOSTON NATIVE SKATES ACROSS COUNTRY FOR TRANS RIGHTS AND AWARENESS

Written by KATELYN BURNS Posted December 13, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Only two other people, both cisgender men, have ever successfully skateboarded across the country solo before. It’s a tremendous test of an endurance that requires meticulous planning and survival skills.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: bathroom bill, Bend, Boston, Calleigh Little, HB2, LGBTQ, Long Distance Pushing, nationwide, North Carolina, Oregon, skateboarding, trans, trans rights, US

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