Ai-Jen Poo, a gifted community organizer recently honored by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, will speak at the Greater Boston Care Congress on June 16th. The Congress will launch the Massachusetts … [Read more...]
Report From the MA-05 AFL-CIO Debate
It's late, I'm beat as hell, but I managed to finish fixing up my notes from tonight's AFL-CIO debate in Lowell with the MA-05 candidates, including independent candidate Patrick Murphy. Lowell Telecom. taped the event, I'll find out if … [Read more...]
Mass. Election: Hidden Winners & Losers
Loser: The Anti-Marriage CrowdLegislative shenanigans aside, the folks who are against marriage for some of us had another bad election night as their pet issue stayed off the electoral map.The ranks of anti-marriage legislators continue to … [Read more...]
One more for the tool box
Prior to running for City Council, I served as founding chair of MassVOTE Γ’ΒΒ because I know we must reform the electoral process to bring new people into the fold. And this November we will have the opportunity to vote for an … [Read more...]
New Working Families Party has first organizational meeting
About 50 organizers gathered on Sat. May 13 for the first meeting of a new Working Families organization. There was good turnout from labor (CWA, IBT, SEIU, UFCW, UAW, MTA, IBEW, and IUOE), community groups (Mass Senior Action, ACORN, City … [Read more...]