The Massachusetts public pension system -- with $61 billion -- has been refusing for years to look at the question of fossil fuel divestment on the grounds that selling fossil fuel stock would be a violation of fiduciary duty. Now it turns … [Read more...]
Withdrawing from the US Senate Race
Today I am withdrawing from the race for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. I am doing so because the momentum of the race has shifted so profoundly that I can no longer see a path for me to win the primary and defeat … [Read more...]
A Challenge to the President: Investment in Jobs Must Shape Our Destiny
Mr. President, next week you are going to lay out a plan that to improve our economy and create jobs. In this moment of national need, and on behalf of the mute millions who continue to suffer because of our past mistakes, I ask you to … [Read more...]
Restoring Our Commitment to Democracy
by Bob Massie, Democratic Candidate for the United States Senate “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the … [Read more...]
“Bad Blood” Tells My Story and That of Thousands, June 2
On Thursday, June 2nd, PBS will broadcast a powerful documentary that covers an important piece of my personal experience. Bad Blood, which airs on WGBH on Thursday, June 2, at 6:00 and 11:00 PM, is the story of how a miracle cure … [Read more...]
Let’s Take the Three Part Pledge
An Open Appeal to the Democratic Candidates for US Senate in 2012 by Bob Massie The Democratic field for Massachusetts’ next United States Senate election has largely taken shape. We must now take time to discuss what kind of … [Read more...]
Massie Wins North Andover Straw Poll with 41%
Massie's strong call for Massachusetts to return to the national leadership offered by the late Senator Eward M. Kennedy received a vigorous vote of confidence, since Massie received almost twice as many votes as the next two … [Read more...]
Bob Massie Calls on Scott Brown to Repudiate David Koch
A recent video reported in The Boston Globe shows Scott Brown thanking billionaire right-wing radical David Koch for critical 2010 campaign donations and asking for more support in 2012. David Koch and his brother Charles are infamous for … [Read more...]
Defending the American Dream in Wisconsin
Those public servants assembled in Madison, and everyone gathered at our State House, deserve better than this. We must not allow them to be made scapegoats in an agenda to hobble America's labor movement. State governments will … [Read more...]
A New Song of Sorrow
Kathy Myers is a sign of our failure to care for one another. A resident of Indiana, Myers badly injured her shoulder, had no health insurance and no money, and believed that the only way she could be treated was to take a pistol … [Read more...]