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Is Patrick O’Connor the Progressive State Senator We’ve Been Waiting For?

July 1, 2020 By Meg Wheeler 1 Comment

Editor's note: Meg Wheeler is running for State Senate in the Plymouth and Norfolk District. -- CB  When the world woke up on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, it felt as though there’d been a seismic shift. For too many of us, our belief … [Read more...]

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JALSA Leadership Transition Indicates Next Chapter in Jewish Social Justice Advocacy

July 10, 2017 By JALSA Leave a Comment

BOSTON, July 10, 2017- Sheila Decter, Founder and Executive Director of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (JALSA), and a tireless advocate for social and economic justice, civil rights and constitutional liberties in a career … [Read more...]

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Let’s end child poverty

March 24, 2014 By donberwick 36 Comments

We are a wealthy state in a wealthy nation, and yet one out of every seven people in Massachusetts lives in poverty.  And even that doesn’t tell the true story.  The number is 29% among African Americans here; 40% among Latinos.  … [Read more...]

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Pass Mass Amendment – Corporations are not People

October 26, 2013 By ykozlov 10 Comments

There have been posts here about the various petitions going around, but here is a very important one that hasn't been mentioned. There is a ballot initiative to amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth based on "Corporations are not … [Read more...]

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New Era of ‘Open Debates’ Begins In Elizabeth Warren’s Backyard

August 6, 2013 By boldprogressives 8 Comments

Hey BMGers! This was posted by Progressive Change Campaign Committee co-founder Adam Green on the PCCC's blog, The Daily Change, and is cross-posted here in hopes of great participation from the Blue Mass Group community! Also posted at The … [Read more...]

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This isn’t rocket science.

July 15, 2013 By robconsalvo 9 Comments

This isn’t rocket science. Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey and Steve Lynch proved that the People’s Pledge works. Yesterday I stood in front of City Hall to renew my call for all candidates running to replace Tom Menino to sign on to an … [Read more...]

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Your Ideas + My Ideas

May 1, 2013 By John Connolly 7 Comments

As many in the Blue Mass Group community know, I am a former school teacher, a current At-Large Boston City Councilor, and I'm running for Mayor of Boston. I've always believed that city government is at its best when it's inclusive and … [Read more...]

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Michelle Rhee Flunks Bill Maher’s Test

March 22, 2013 By angela 8 Comments

Too often Michelle Rhee does not get challenged when she pushes the corporate education agenda. And when she does, she never has any good answers. Here is a recent interview with Bill Maher that illustrates how Rhee has little substance … [Read more...]

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Essex County Sheriff’s Fundraising Questioned

February 17, 2012 By witchcitydem1 Leave a Comment

Republican Sheriff Frank Cousins is defending his fundraising from employees, their families as well as contractors/vendors utilized by the Sheriff's Department. Cousins is quite the slippery character and top notch with how he's spinning … [Read more...]

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“Just Politics” – Scott Brown’s Still Banking on Wall Street

December 22, 2011 By kevinf 12 Comments

Facing an increasingly long-shot reelection bid next year, Scott Brown has launched a Mitt Romney-style reinvention campaign, but his campaign coffers are still bursting with millions in Wall Street money from big bankers and financiers who … [Read more...]

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