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KEN BROCINER

OPINION: SOMERVILLE’S DSA CANDIDATES AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE

“The last thing we need in the fight against the far-right’s attacks against everything we hold dear is for our fellow progressives to use the kind of rhetoric (like “defund the police”) that reinforces negative stereotypes about Democrats and plays right into the hands of the Republican Party.”

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KEN BROCINER June 24, 2021
KEN BROCINER

Q & A ABOUT DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM IN SOMERVILLE

Ken Brociner responds to Politico headline referring to “socialist takeover”

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KEN BROCINER April 6, 2021
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ERIC TWARDZIK

MASS CRAFT DISTILLERS PETITION FOR “FIGHTING CHANCE” IN COVID ECONOMY

The petition asks officials to consider: excise tax relief for the alcohol used to make hand sanitizer; the ability to sell and ship products directly to consumers within the state; and the ability for bars and restaurants to sell cocktails with takeout food orders. 

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ERIC TWARDZIK April 25, 2020
JASON PRAMAS

PUBLIC BAD. PRIVATE GOOD?

Boston Herald’s attack on MassHousing highlights double standard in American journalism

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JASON PRAMAS February 6, 2019
Tufts students march against tiered housing policy. Photo by Amira Al-Subaey, Tufts class of 2019.
JASON PRAMAS

FAIR HOUSING WHACKED: TUFTS STUDENTS FIGHT ADMIN PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH “CLASSIST” DORM SYSTEM

  More than 200 Tufts University students, faculty, and allies from surrounding communities held a march and demonstration last week to protest a new campus housing policy, according to the Boston Herald. Over the summer, the Tufts administration announced that its annual lottery system for on-campus housing during each academic

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JASON PRAMAS December 5, 2018
JASON PRAMAS

‘WALK THE TALK’

Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats

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JASON PRAMAS June 13, 2018
JASON PRAMAS

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

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JASON PRAMAS May 23, 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

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JASON PRAMAS March 28, 2018

TOWNIE: TAX DELINQUENT, TAX GIVEAWAY

  Crutchfield sues Mass over online taxes, unions protest Siemens   Online retailer tries to duck sales taxes For a long time, the internet was like the Wild West for online sales. Companies sold products to consumers all over the US, and the feds and many states were slow to

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JASON PRAMAS November 2, 2017

TOWNIE: A WORM’S EYE VIEW OF THE MASS POWER STRUCTURE+

Students at rally at Boston City Hall by NewtonCourt (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons From the guy that brings you Apparent Horizon October 18, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   The rich and powerful interests that control Massachusetts politics and the state economy have their fingers in

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JASON PRAMAS October 18, 2017
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