Full Disclosure: This is my first post as the newly hired Field Director for the United Independent Party. While I will not be officially working there until the end of the month, I felt it was proper to disclose this now. Very excited to … [Read more...]
First Suffolk and Middlesex District Senate Special
Surprised we haven't heard much about this race. The bigger papers haven't covered it either. Locally in Cambridge, outgoing Vice Mayor Dennis Benzan has been mulling a run. He still has a lot of cash on hand from his city council race, … [Read more...]
The Constitution Has Aborted Effective Federal Gun Control-Let’s Focus on Reducing Gun Violence Instead
This was an incredibly tough piece to write. I never met my grandfather who was shot to death in his store on the corner of Rindge Avenue and Montgomery Street in the spring of 1975. My sister was 9, my brother was less than a year old. The … [Read more...]
Leaving no City Behind-starting with Lynn
An inconvenient reality for too many in Massachusetts is that many of our poorest and most vulnerable residents are clustered in post-industrial cities that have missed out on the tech boom, biotech, and gentrification fueled real estate … [Read more...]
Sen. Sanders Bold Address in Defense of Democratic Socialism
Via C-SPAN-live as on 3:13 est. So let me define for you, simply and straightforwardly, what democratic socialism means to me. It builds on what Franklin Delano Roosevelt said when he fought for guaranteed economic rights for all … [Read more...]
Fight Bigotry with Charity
Others have covered the reaction to the Syrian refugee crisis, and the bigotry it has sadly unleashed, even in Massachusetts. This is a link to proven charities working to help Syrian refugees in Syria or in refugee camps. This is the … [Read more...]
Thank you to all our Veterans
John McCrae wrote the best tribute I can think of over a century ago as a Canadian WWI Medic. It also reminds us that this holiday is an international observance commemorating the end to one of the worst wars in human history. In Flanders … [Read more...]
Marty Walsh has some ‘Splaining to do
Per Diane Ravitch's blog Boston Mayor Marty Walsh gave no indication in 2013 when he ran for office that he was a supporter of school privatization; his opponent John Connolly clearly was. Walsh accused Connolly–a charter school supporter … [Read more...]
Globe Profiles Rising Star Katherine Clark
The Globe had an informative piece highlighting the quick rise of Katherine Clark, who has gone from school committee to US Congress in under a decade, and the advantages she brings to the table as a bipartisan leader. It also chats her up … [Read more...]
The Sins of the Son
I find it intriguing that we are finally seeing President George H. W. Bush lash out against the legacy of his older son, and possibly admonishing his younger son mid campaign regarding the advice he is getting from largely the same … [Read more...]
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