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"Stop Abortion Bans Now" by Fibonacci Blue. CC-BY 2.0. Original photo cropped for the Somerville Wire by Jason Pramas.
PAT JEHLEN

OPINION: R.I.P. ROE?

Freedom is a constant struggle When my family moved to Massachusetts, my mother couldn’t legally get birth control or even learn about it. By the time I was in college, the Supreme Court had ensured that married women could get birth control, though unmarried women couldn’t. By the time our daughter was born, the

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PAT JEHLEN May 4, 2022
Screenshot of the original ad version of this opinion article in the Somerville Times. Courtesy of Joe Lynch.
JOE LYNCH

OPINION: ON SOMERVILLE’S NOVEMBER 2ND BALLOT, ABOLISH THE SOMERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT – YES OR NO?

“[T]he repeated message from the Democratic Socialists of America-Boston candidates for office in Somerville is clear: the outright abolition of the Somerville Police Department.”

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JOE LYNCH October 22, 2021

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

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JASON PRAMAS March 13, 2018

SEA LEVEL RISE IS JUST ONE OF BOSTON’S WORRIES

As Earth approaches several catastrophic global warming “tipping points”   January 24, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   Before writing more columns examining Boston city government’s emerging plans to cope with the effects of global warming, I think a quick review of what area residents are likely to face in

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JASON PRAMAS January 24, 2018

THE SEAPORT FLOOD IS JUST THE BEGINNING

  Unless Boston builds proper defenses against global warming-driven sea level rise   January 17, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   So, Boston’s Seaport District flooded early this month during a bad snowstorm in the midst of several days of arctic temperatures. And nobody could be less surprised than me.

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JASON PRAMAS January 17, 2018

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

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

AMAZON OCTAGON

Mass pols stand ready to fight each other for the right to bribe a multinational October 10, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   At least 17 Massachusetts cities and towns are now preparing to do battle with each other—and hundreds more municipalities nationwide—for the dubious “honor” of “winning” the right to

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JASON PRAMAS October 10, 2017

AN AMAZON NORTH ANDOVER DEAL?

Sketch of the Merrimack Valley Works plant at North Andover while under construction in 1955 Merrimack Valley pols courting the tech behemoth have forgotten recent history Sept 26, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS A couple of weeks ago, I criticized the possibility of an Amazon Boston deal—on the grounds that most

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JASON PRAMAS September 26, 2017

STOP THE AMAZON BOSTON DEAL

  Locals have until Oct 19 to say ‘No Public Bribes to Corporate Scofflaws’ Sept. 12, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Fresh off of throwing tens of millions of dollars at General Electric, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker are now planning to enter the international horse race to convince

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JASON PRAMAS September 12, 2017
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