Kinder Morgan's proposed Northeast Energy Direct fracked gas pipeline has hit all kinds of trouble, with nearby residents saying it's not worth the risk, and folks all over Massachusetts saying its $2.7 billion cost is far too high and that … [Read more...]
Archives for April 22, 2015
The Strange Death of Burrell Ramsey-White
Given everything we've seen in recent months about police killing black men and then lying about it, I thought I would revisit an event in Boston that caught my eye a few years ago: the killing of Burrell Ramsey-White. At the time, … [Read more...]
Happy Earth Day! (*not actually about Earth)
[subhed: "Why my climate-blogging sucks"] Today President Obama makes a speech in the Everglades talking about the effects of climate change on things that we value. The Everglades -- like the entire state of Florida are susceptible to … [Read more...]
The “Blacuna” – not sure I want credit for coining the phrase
I keep thinking about the demographics in this article in Tuesday's NY Times. "Perhaps the starkest description of the situation is this: More than one out of every six black men who today should be between 25 and 54 years old have … [Read more...]