Tonight, after many hours of floor maneuvering, the House passed (by a vote of 123-24) a bill that would raise the minimum wage in Massachusetts to $10.50 by 2016. That's the good news. The bad news is that the House bill, as reported … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2, 2014
Red Sox Owners Get Paid By Samsung for Pimping Big Papi at White House Yesterday
So according to Samsung they worked with the Red Sox and Big Papi in getting that selfi with the President for a Samsung marketing deal. That means John, Tom, and Larry got paid to set-up Obama. Now that's class. Real class. These … [Read more...]
Graphics at Fox News are simply: A Major Fail and Laughable
The graphic above was used by Fox "News" to show the "vast" discrepancy between the March 27 Enrollment and the target for March 31st. Please note that in order for the left bar chart to represent 6 million, then each of the white … [Read more...]
‘Arts for All’ Initiative Seeks Arts Education Requirement for Entry to MA State Universities
We hand delivered this report earlier today and just issued the following release: Seeking to better prepare students for academic and professional success, MASSCreative and Arts|Learning have launched Arts for All, an … [Read more...]
Another win for the 1%
Today, in the much-anticipated case of McCutcheon v. FEC, the Supreme Court threw out aggregate limits on campaign contributions. In a nutshell, what this means is that you still can only donate $2,600 to any particular candidate, but the … [Read more...]
Berwick: The Progressive Choice
For anyone out there who is still undecided for this fall's gubernatorial race, I would highly recommend this excellent piece written by Clifford Marks in The Harvard Crimson. Here's an excerpt: All this is well and good—and Berwick is … [Read more...]
Let’s change the way we view addiction
The following op-ed was co-written with Steve Tolman, President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, and appeared in the Boston Globe. Catherine was a 13-year-old in a middle class family, when she used Oxycontin for the first time at a party. … [Read more...]