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It’s Time to Hold Big Banks Accountable in Boston

August 6, 2013 By robconsalvo 9 Comments

Neglected house owned by big bank

In every neighborhood of Boston there are abandoned, neglected homes that become eyesores, drag down property values and attract crime. Last week, I went to one of these disgraces in Hyde Park where piles of trashed ringed the perimeter, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-banks, Boston mayor, Rob Consalvo, tom-menino

Coakley to Big Banks: It’s On!

December 1, 2011 By massuniting 2 Comments

It's been three years since the big banks crashed our economy, costing millions of American families their homes, their jobs and their life savings. Their “punishment” to date: taxpayer bailouts and huge bonuses for bank executives. All … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: attorney-general, attorney-general-martha-coakley, bank-of-america, big-banks, foreclosures, jp-morgan, ma-ag, martha-coakley

The next fight to protect Main Street

March 16, 2011 By jack-yunits 31 Comments

When introducing his amendment, Senator Durbin highlighted how he first became aware of Visa and MasterCard's stranglehold on the credit card market when the owner of his favorite restaurant complained.  It's the same story you'll hear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-banks, credit, credit-card-companies, debit, dodd-frank, durbin-amendment, financial-reform, small-business, swipe-fees

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Woke up sick about the state, which has so badly mismanaged so much of the COVID-19 response for the entire year, insisting their judgment should be substituted for local districts when they have made it clear they both don’t know and don’t care about local conditions. #MAEdu

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My unsolicited environmental recommendation of the day: this episode of "Why Is This Happening?"

The conversation between @drvolts and @chrislhayes is accessible to those who know little about the power system, and it's smart, funny and quite profound. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/powering-the-grid-with-david-roberts/id1382983397?i=1000510291170

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#BREAKING: Mass. Aims To Take Remote Learning Option 'Off The Table,' Bring Students Back To Classrooms https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/02/23/massachusetts-covid-19-coronavirus-schools-in-person-learning-jeff-riley/

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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OPINION: Despite the governor's shortcomings -- most recently, the rollout of the COVID vaccine -- none of the state's Democrats show any interest in challenging him in 2022. https://wbur.fm/3k9W2nf

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