The plan seeks to put Massachusetts in a nation-leading position when it comes to clean sources of energy and reducing pollution. Come learn what you can do to help make sure we implement the plan and make the transition to a clean energy … [Read more...]
Green Future 2020: The Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan Event-March 29th
The plan seeks to put Massachusetts in a nation-leading position when it comes to clean sources of energy and reducing pollution. Come learn what you can do to help make sure we implement the plan and make the transition to a clean energy … [Read more...]
Happy Election Day from Cambridge Somerville for Change
Happy voting everyone! And if you have some time to help out, please come to one of the following locations to help make sure we can deliver those crucial votes for Governor Deval Patrick and against all 3 ballot questions. Cambridge 45 Mt. … [Read more...]
GOTV Events in Cambridge and Somerville!
Cambridge There are three meet-up locations for all activities on all four days: 45 Mt. Auburn St., The Democracy Center, Harvard Square 563 Mass. Ave., Central Square (next to the old Blockbuster) 2285 Mass. Ave., the Coordinated … [Read more...]
Lawrence Lessig and the Change Congress Movement
I stumbled on an article in this week's The Nation about Lawrence Lessig's new "Change Congress" campaign that's worth checking out. Professor Lessig, famous for taking on corporate-friendly copyright laws, is trying to start a new … [Read more...]
Memorial Day and the New GI BIll
The New York Times editorial, however, notes that George Bush and John McCain opposed the bill: President Bush opposes a new G.I. Bill of Rights. He worries that if the traditional path to college for service members since World War … [Read more...]
Celebrating Robert Kennedy
I found Clinton's comments about Kennedy's death to be offensive, while I understand that she was not hoping for Senator Barack Obama to be hurt. The more important point is to remember that Kennedy, for a short time, managed to … [Read more...]
Race and Gender Diversions
1) The mortgage crisis The crisis in home foreclosure and subprime mortgages continues to plague families across the country and harm economic growth. The New York Times noted the damage on Monday: The housing bust is in the downward spiral … [Read more...]
Can Obama Create a Progressive Majority?
Conservatism and the Republicans were steered into the rocks President Bush's reckless tenure in office and by the Republican Congress inability to respond effectively (or at all) to any of the major economic and environmental problems … [Read more...]
Obama, Starvation, and a New Foreign Policy
In the United States, the Bush administration and the pseudo-military group in Lebanon, Hezbollah, put "old" foreign policy goals onto the front pages. Bush went before the Israeli Knesset and appallingly condemned Obama in front of a … [Read more...]