“For a lot of communities this is an issue of life or death. We’ve had kids in cages, we’ve had a pandemic response that happened way too late, that has cost us lives, we have people that don’t have access to critical care that they need. I … [Read more...]
Easter in a Pandemic
I read a series of sermons in today’s Washington Post and was most struck by this one from the Rev. Otis Moss III at Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side of Chicago, world famous as the Obama’s family parish. It really captured … [Read more...]
Help Working Families Recover
My local the RTA is partnering with the Neighborhood Developers, a housing affordability non-profit I used to work for, to provide much needed assistance to working families in the Revere Public School. Our kickstarter began yesterday with … [Read more...]
Cancel MCAS for 2020
My union is wisely pushing for the state to cancel this year MCAS testing. You can call Commissioner Riley and your state legislators to make sure this happens. For those who do not know, the MCAS is a standardized test given every year … [Read more...]
In Honor of Opening Day
Take a deep breath. Picture yourself with a hot dog in one hand, a glove in the other, cramped into a tiny green seat. Fenway Park is open and baseball is coming back to Boston for another season. #50 is even there in his old red, white, … [Read more...]
Remove the Means Testing and Bailout Ordinary Americans
Cut checks into the hands of people now. Bailout small and medium businesses with one string attached: keep payroll going. It’s asinine that neither of these provisions were included in the last stimulus. We will need a second round and it … [Read more...]
Lessons from Churchill
Reading a timely book on Churchill’s leadership during the Blitz. Some qualities of leadership he demonstrated included honesty, thinking ahead, and asking for help. His speeches were always based on facts. When they were losing the war, he … [Read more...]
One of the last urban DINO’s goes down
Dan Lipinski lost the IL-3rd congressional primary to business consultant and non-profit executive Marie Newman. Despite gaining the support of the DCCC, which unjustly froze out experienced consultants from helping Newman, Newman won with … [Read more...]
If We Can Adapt to the Coronavirus We Can Adapt to Climate Change Too
There’s an instructive NY Times article on the amount of potential emissions reductions we may see in the weeks and months ahead of this global slowdown. Obviously, nobody wanted this virus which is easily communicable and deadly for … [Read more...]
The Chaos Presidency Needs to End
You do not need to like or agree with Hillary Clinton to recognize she would be handling this crisis a thousand times better than Donald Trump. Frankly the same can be said of Joe Biden. Competence and experience are not entertaining or … [Read more...]
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