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John Harvard statue at Harvard University.
LIAM RUE

Opinion: Endowment Taxes Are A Good Idea, The Republicans’ Version Is Terrible

“Such a tax on the wealth of America’s richest universities could create huge benefits for our society (at least if the revenue is spent properly)”

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LIAM RUE June 12, 2025
Photo of an Emerson College building entrance.
MADISON LUCCHESI

Emerson Students, Staff, And Faculty Face Restrictive New Policies Born From Gaza Protests

The Emerson College administration put rules in place in response to last year’s campus unrest that some community members say violate their First Amendment rights

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MADISON LUCCHESI January 23, 2025
The map you got in your college welcome packet. Collage by Jason Pramas. "Boston ONS Neighborhoods" map by Goran tek-en, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.
JASON PRAMAS

WELCOME TO BOSTON, NEW COLLEGE STUDENTS!

(Run.)

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JASON PRAMAS September 5, 2024
Williams College, whose endowment of $4.23 billion serves approximately 2000 students. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
LIAM RUE

OPINION: IN SUPPORT OF THE ENDOWMENT TAX ACT (PART 2)

No, Taxing Massachusetts’ Richest Colleges Will Not Bankrupt Them. Here’s Why.

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LIAM RUE July 25, 2024
"MIT Dome night1 Edit" by Fcb981, this edited version by Thermos. CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported.
LIAM RUE

OPINION: IN SUPPORT OF THE ENDOWMENT TAX ACT

Billions of “nonprofit” colleges’ wealth comes from speculation on Wall Street. Why not tax them for it?

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LIAM RUE July 11, 2024
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

STOP BAKER’S ‘MORE SCHOOL COPS AND SURVEILLANCE’ PLAN

Why the Mass budget surplus is better spent on infrastructure needs

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JASON PRAMAS July 17, 2018
JASON PRAMAS

GRAND SCHEME

Mass legislature helps, harms workers in “deal” with labor and business lobbies

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JASON PRAMAS June 26, 2018
JASON PRAMAS

CAPITALIST VETO

Popular “millionaires’ tax” referendum question blocked by a pro-business SJC

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JASON PRAMAS June 19, 2018
JASON PRAMAS

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

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JASON PRAMAS May 9, 2018
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