The New Bedford Standard Times today calls on Congress to extend incentives for wind energy: The tax credit works by giving wind farm owners 2.2 cents for every kilowatt-hour of power they produce. It is expected to cost the federal … [Read more...]
Connecting for Change Is Coming To New Bedford This Weekend.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead This weekend, inspiring leaders of social causes will descend upon New Bedford Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting For Change Community Input Meeting
Please join the Marion Institute this evening in New Bedford, MA to discuss the upcoming conference, Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting For Change. The event details are as follows: Date: April 28, 2009 Time: 6:00pm Location: New Bedford … [Read more...]
Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting For Change
Bioneers By The Bay: Connecting for Change, a solutions based conference put on annually by The Marion Institute, is hosting a community input session on April 28th at the Downtown Public Library in New Bedford, MA. At this meeting, we … [Read more...]
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The U.S. has supported the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so let's just see how many of these articles have been violated in the U.S. treatment of migrants. Article 1. All human beings are born … [Read more...]
Back on track: commuter rail Massachusetts
I urge you to read the details of the plan in articles today in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette or the New Bedford Standard Times or the Globe I've been working on rail issues for a long time, because I believe making better use of our … [Read more...]
Is the solution to the Cape’s labor problem the unemployed youth and young adults of Boston ?
In the "City and Region" Section of today's Boston Globe, side by side one article spoke of the Cape being so short of labor that many business owners are closing weeks early, waiting tables themselves, dropping lunch from their … [Read more...]
Stunning video of a high foreclosure neighborhood in New Bedford, MA
This puts into pictures what the phrase "high foreclosure neighborhood" means: I know that it is human nature to look at what has not been done, as in what the Democrats in Congress have not accomplished, but the Housing bill just passed … [Read more...]
New Bedford Detainee’s suit dismissed by US Court of Appeals for the First District
On the other hand, the whole concept of a "contemporary conscience" kind of bothers me. I guess the more callous and desensitized the so-called "contemporary conscience" becomes, the less over sight over a government action that … [Read more...]
“An epic tale of love and devotion”
The first time I learned about Garcia was a through a National Public Radio report on his family. The report inspired me to write a comprehensive post on the New Bedford Raid. I'm going to transcribe the NPR report below but … [Read more...]