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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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STATE WIRE: MASS GROUPS CALL OUT ROLE OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE

Written by LILY BOHLKE Posted December 13, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"The one-third of voters in our state that voted for Donald Trump, those votes didn't count at all."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Elections, news, voting

REFERENDUM ROUNDUP

Written by TADHG LARABEE, POLINA WHITEHOUSE, AND MARIE UNGAR Posted November 6, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Voters hurt prisoners and some workers, helped other workers, and legalized drugs and gambling

Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: cannabis, drug, gambler, gambling, labor, legalization, Marijuana, prison, prisoner, referendum, voters, voting, worker

VOTING BLOCK: IT’S LEGAL FOR NONCITIZENS TO VOTE. SO WHAT’S STOPPING THEM?

Written by ANNIE BENNETT Posted November 1, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“This happens quite often, especially on controversial issues, so then the state doesn’t even have to deal with it."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Election, immigrants, news to us, voting

GUEST OPINION: VOTE GREEN

Written by MATTHEW ANDREWS Posted October 28, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Angela Walker and Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidates for vice president and president

Hawkins-Walker 2020

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: Angela Walker, Election, Election 2020, Green Party, Howie Hawkins, Op-Ed, opinion, Politics, president, presidential, third party, usa, vice president, vote, voting

EDITORIAL: FAKE LEFT AND BREAK RIGHT

Written by JASON PRAMAS and CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 17, 2020 Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Clothes Pins on a White Background" by wuestenigel is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

[W]hen you vote for Biden—whether you “hold your nose” or not when doing it—remember what you’re going to get with the next Democratic administration: a nicer Trump administration.

Filed Under: Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Chris Faraone, criticism, Democracy, Democrat, DigBoston, Donald Trump, editorial, Jason Pramas, Joe Biden, neoliberal, Politics, presidential election, Republican, vote, voting

STATE WIRE: MASS VOTERS CAN REQUEST MAIL-IN BALLOTS ONLINE

Written by LAURA ROSBROW-TELEM Posted September 23, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

mail in ballot Massachusetts

"It's pretty astonishing the number of people that voted."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Elections, news, voting

HOW TO GET MY SUPPORT: THE SCRAMBLE FOR BLACK VOTES NEEDS TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MATTER TO US

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted February 19, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Although most African Americans are Democrats today, our disaffection from the GOP only led us to FDR’s Democratic party after Republicans reneged on their formerly strong civil rights plank.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Black vote, CNN, Manchester Divided, media, Politics, Primary, Sanders, Trump, Van Jones, voters, voting, Warren

DON’T FALL FOR PROPAGANDA, VOTE BASED ON FACTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 18, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the 2020 election, working voters need to focus on candidates’ platforms… and actions

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, Elections, guide, Jason Pramas, platform, policy, Politics, propaganda, usa, voting

A LOCAL VOTING PRIMER FOR WORKING PEOPLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 31, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Photo by Shannon McGee.

 

Democracy is for everybody, not just the rich. So get to the polls!

 

Local elections are far more important than Mass voters seem to think, given the historically low turnouts for most of them in recent decades. Especially during off-year contests like this year’s. So, for starters, I just want to encourage everyone who ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, Jason Pramas, justice, local government, Massachusetts, Politics, voting, working class, working people

MORE ACTIVISM NEEDED IN STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 8, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, advocacy, Apparent Horizon, Boston, Campaign, Column, Democracy, Elections, federal, government, Jason Pramas, legislature, local, Massachusetts, national, policy, Politics, presidential, state, voting

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