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Grokipedia And Me

Like many journalists, I have alerts set up on major search engines watching for any mention of my name on the Internet—to keep track of who might be trying to sue me or have me fed to sharks at any particular moment. A system that used to work better when

JASON PRAMAS January 15, 2026

On Venezuela, On Minneapolis, Protest Matters … Keep It Up

Running a news weekly as I do, it’s always interesting to watch the narrative around developing stories that I might comment on as a journalist change quickly over days or even hours. Such is the case with two big national and international stories of great interest to Massachusetts residents this

JASON PRAMAS January 8, 2026

A Few Points On Strategy For Left Activists At Boston University

Last week, when I suggested that the best way for anyone appalled by the actions of the conservative Boston University student I dubbed “the BU Snitch” to combat right-wing anti-immigrant views is to help organize a strong left wing, I was encouraging people to work hard to win political battles

JASON PRAMAS November 20, 2025

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Appalled By The “BU Snitch?” Organize!

If you live in the Boston area, you’ve probably heard today’s news that a Boston University student bragged on social media that he had essentially gotten ICE to raid a local car wash. The human toll was predictable. Nine people’s lives, and the lives of their families, will be badly

JASON PRAMAS November 13, 2025

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All Out For The Boston ‘No Kings’ Rally This Saturday

Numbers in America’s streets, on the regular, are what’s needed to defeat Trump’s “Antifa” nonsense … and drive the hard right out of government

JASON PRAMAS October 16, 2025

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Publicly Funding Grocery Stores Doesn’t Make Them Socialist

Dog whistle Herald banner headline is a classic example of the kind of news practice that has divided our nation

JASON PRAMAS October 9, 2025

Photograph of the protest in front of City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles, California at 10:20 a.m. PST (June 14, 2025). Image by ItalianAce. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International ItalianAce.

Keep Protesting For Democracy

Three recent high-level orders make it clear that the Trump administration is feeling the pressure from grassroots activists and the free press

JASON PRAMAS October 2, 2025

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How Reddit Mods Are Hurting Indy News Outlets

Arbitrary and capricious rules created on too many subreddits by volunteer moderators make it virtually impossible for independent journalists to use the supposedly open and democratic platform to help build our audiences in a period when we have few other options

JASON PRAMAS September 25, 2025

Bust of Hannah Arendt by Attila Diénes, Budapest 2016. Photo by Globetrotter19 via Wikimedia Commons. This reproduction is permitted under article 68 of the Hungarian copyright law (1999/LXXVI).

Why This Political Moment Is Particularly Dangerous For The American Left

A point by philosopher Hannah Arendt makes it plain that de-escalation should be our watchword at present

JASON PRAMAS September 11, 2025

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Labor Day Should Remind Bostonians Why Trump Is Threatening To Send In The Troops

And what we can do about it

JASON PRAMAS August 28, 2025