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TIBISAY ZEA

AGING IN THE SHADOWS

Without income or access to benefits, getting old as an undocumented is a daunting challenge It’s December, and Pedro, 78, still heads downtown to work during the day. He sings Mexican boleros and rancheras, accompanying himself with a guitar. He seems to camouflage himself under the foliage; countless Bostonians have

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TIBISAY ZEA January 17, 2018
JOE RAMSEY

UMASS BOSTON’S LAST REMAINING PAINTER

A ‘Save UMB’ profile We sit in the Ryan Lounge, a capacious, high-ceilinged hall with a harbor view. It’s a favorite hang-out for UMass Boston students, as well as one of the most popular spaces on campus for conferences and special events. The podium at the front of the lounge

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JOE RAMSEY January 7, 2018
EOIN HIGGINS

MACRO AGGRESSIONS

Trump flags, right-wing memes line walls at Boston company, workers be damned Incendiary Pepe the Frog memes, printed out and hung around the office. A Trump Make America Great Again flag covering a large portion of a workspace wall. An image of Bernie Sanders with the word “Cuck” printed over

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EOIN HIGGINS December 20, 2017

ON MAKERSPACES AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

  Making can be cool, but conscious making is cooler   December 19, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   For many of us living in and around Boston in recent years, it has become common to see lots of communications from makerspaces around holiday time. Which is totally understandable. Such

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JASON PRAMAS December 19, 2017
KATELYN BURNS

LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY

Boston native skates across country for trans rights and awareness On a Sunday earlier this month, Calleigh Little was making her way down Boylston Street toward the Marathon finish line, weaving her way through pedestrians and parked cars. To those who noticed her, she looked like any other skateboarder; apart

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KATELYN BURNS December 13, 2017

TOWNIE: CORPORATE TAX FABLES AND COMMUNITARIAN KIDDIE TABLES

  December 12, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   Big local corps quiet about huge profits to come from Repub tax scheme… except GE An interesting WBUR article, “Largest Mass. Companies Are Mostly Silent On GOP Tax Plans,” asked the top 12 corporations in the Commonwealth to comment on the

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JASON PRAMAS December 12, 2017

EVERSOURCE SCREWS MASS CONSUMERS

  With a little help from its friends, the “regulators” at the Department of Public Utilities   December 5, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   It is perhaps understandable that one of the most important Massachusetts news stories of the year was buried in the avalanche of reports coming out

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JASON PRAMAS December 5, 2017

TOWNIE: UMB DRUBBING, PAWSOX GRUBBING

  University cuts and a (possible) corporate scam just in time for the holidays   November 27, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   UMass Boston admin lays off more staff, unions push back The neoliberal war on public higher education continues unabated in Massachusetts as the UMass Boston administration announced

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JASON PRAMAS November 27, 2017

GENERAL ELECTRIC FAIL

  Conglomerate’s woes throw Boston HQ deal contradictions into bold relief   November 15, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if

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JASON PRAMAS November 15, 2017

THE VERTEX SHELL GAME

Vertex Headquarters. Photo ©2015 Derek Kouyoumjian Pharma’s Donation to Boston, Other Cities Converts Public Funds to PR Gold October 24, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does

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JASON PRAMAS October 24, 2017
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