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CITY ON A HILL

Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester? Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The

JASON PRAMAS May 23, 2018

URBAN MISSION

The solution to UMass Boston’s woes could start with a city-run college There was an interesting conversation recently between two people who I often criticize for being… um… insufficiently public spirited. The Boston Globe’s Shirley Leung asked Boston mayor Marty Walsh a great question: “What if the city took

JASON PRAMAS May 9, 2018

BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS

If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular May 1, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, according to polls. Because

JASON PRAMAS May 1, 2018

JAMMED UP

Is Boston cycle infrastructure getting better faster than congestion gets worse? Matt bikes daily. He says that one of those days last summer, while biking past the Harvard Coop in Cambridge, he saw a car with an Uber sign parked in the bike lane. When he began to steer around

OLIVIA DENG May 1, 2018

FULL SWING

Photos by Lehigh Photo Service Playing hardball in Florida with Lil Papi and the other stars of Red Sox Nation’s one-of-a-kind women’s fantasy camp The sun is overhead, so bright it’s easy to lose a baseball popped high into the sky. It’s January, but Florida January, which means I’m comfortable

BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ April 4, 2018

THERE WILL BE NO OUTSIDE WORLD TO HELP US

Boston’s global warming plans must prepare region for worst case scenarios March 28, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS In a couple of recent columns—and several others over the years—I’ve looked at some of the specific threats that scientists expect Boston will be facing from global warming-induced climate

JASON PRAMAS March 28, 2018

THE PULL UP

Photos by John Brewer “We try to position each artist on the lineup as their own thing, and try to promote them as a star. … We aren’t just trying to put people on a bill and have a show.” “It was [Jay-Z’s] Hard Knock Life Tour.” DJ Real P,

G. VALENTINO BALL March 28, 2018

CAUGHT ON CAM-SHARE

BPD seeks access to private security cameras, experiments with new surveillance network The Boston Police Department wants to deputize your surveillance system. After a crime, police canvass for private security cameras. Sometimes, they obtain a warrant for the tapes or data, or simply ask for the owner’s consent to access

DANIEL DEFRAIA March 21, 2018

TERROR AT 50 FEET

Acrimony over Seaport gondola plan speaks to need for expanded MBTA service March 13, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Much ink has been spilled in the Boston press over a plan by luxury developer Millennium Partners and its subsidiary Cargo Ventures to spend $100 million to build

JASON PRAMAS March 13, 2018

YOUR MOVE, BOSTON

Only a massive protest movement can stop government giveaways to megacorps March, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put

JASON PRAMAS March 7, 2018