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AUSTERITY BUDGET, PART 3
May 24, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS The Worst of the House and the Senate Ways and Means Committee FY 2017 State Budget Proposals A
IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUP OF CAMBRIDGE PROVIDES MODEL FOR MUNICIPAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Joint Committee Meeting of the Cambridge City Council to Discuss Immigrant Representation and Resources, May 12, 2016. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2016 Jason Pramas.
OF BOLIVAR AND BOSTON
Social and economic insecurity in Caracas has a significant impact on Venezuelans in Massachusetts One late March morning, corridos — the socially conscious ballads popular throughout Central and
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 7
May 11, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS General Electric tries to cheap out on cleaning up its PCB apocalypse on the Housatonic River In 1929,
ECONOMIC VIOLENCE: VERIZON CUTS OFF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO STRIKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
May 6, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS As the Verizon strike enters its fourth week, the 39,000 union members on picket lines up and down
AUSTERITY BUDGET: PART 2
April 28, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS The lowlights of the Mass House Ways and Means Committee FY 2017 state budget proposal Time for a
STRIKE MATTERS: VERIZON’S UNION EMPLOYEES FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS
Photo by Jason Pramas April 22, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS BOSTON – From the St. James Avenue side of Copley Square on Thursday afternoon,
BOSTON’S MARATHON APOCALYPSE
In hashing out what happened on that dark day three years ago, it’s important to consider the Bay State’s history as an apocalyptic ground zero
LITTLE HOUSE EMISSARIES
From Martha’s Vineyard to Boston to Los Angeles, the small home movement struggles for acceptance at the end of the road “That’s definitely tiny.” Mike Mitchell
LIMITED DEBATE: BOSTON CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SOCIALISM AS CORPORATE MEDIA BLOCKS NEEDED DIALOGUE
Image by Tak Toyoshima April 13, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS There was an interesting exchange last week between Sen. Bernie Sanders and General Electric
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 6
Photo by Derek Kouyoumjian April 8, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS General Electric brass, pols celebrate government giveaway while public opposition grows While General Electric
THE DISAFFECTION OF TIBETAN ELECTIONS
‘I’m just trying to voice my support for all the 6 million [Tibetans inside Tibet] who can’t speak up for their basic human rights’ Lhadolma Sherpa