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TOM MEYERS

Opinion: Teachers Shouldn’t Fund Genocide With Our Pensions

As a Massachusetts educator and proud member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, I am heartened that our union recently voted to support Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven’s (D-Somerville) bill, H.2984: An Act Relative to Pension Divestment from Companies Providing Military Equipment to the State of Israel. This bill represents a simple but

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TOM MEYERS January 14, 2026
TOM MEYERS

Opinion: The Commodification Of Public Education

A cornerstone of any strong educational system is the recognition that teaching is a profession, not a set of tasks. Educators earn licenses through years of training, experience, and ongoing ethical responsibility—just as electricians, accountants, or attorneys do. Their professional judgment is not a luxury; it is the foundation that

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TOM MEYERS December 9, 2025
Graphic courtesy of the Somerville Educators Union.
JAMAL HALAWA

Opinion: Palestinian-American Teacher Thanks SEU For Endorsing Question 3

“I want to say thank you to my Somerville Educators Union, who endorsed Question 3, because we teachers know that the children of Palestine are our children, too”

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JAMAL HALAWA October 31, 2025
Photo taken at the Labor Day Parade in Boston, September 1, 2025. Courtesy MTA Rank and File for Palestine.
SUE DOHERTY

Opinion: Teaching Critical Thinking Is Not Antisemitic

“I cannot imagine teaching … in 2025 without being able to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza”

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SUE DOHERTY October 2, 2025
MTA Rank and File for Palestine protests on Boston Common on October 6, 2024. Photo by Sue Doherty, used with permission.
JEN MEAGHER

MTA Board Votes Overwhelmingly To Divest From Weapons Manufacturers

“The bumper sticker on my car announces ‘I am a proud union member of the MTA.’ That has never been more true.”

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JEN MEAGHER August 14, 2025
SUZANNE PRESTON BLIER

Opinion: Who Owns The City?

Reclaiming civic power from outside developers

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SUZANNE PRESTON BLIER July 3, 2025
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TRAVIS SNOW

Why American Foreign Aid Matters

Perspectives from an American aid worker in Guatemala

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TRAVIS SNOW February 19, 2025
CHRISTINE P. BARBER

OPINION: GLX IS HERE! CELEBRATING AND LOOKING AHEAD

After decades of advocacy, I was thrilled to celebrate the opening of the Green Line Extension through my district in Somerville and Medford last week. This public works project is the result of years of hard work from countless community members, laborers, activists, and colleagues at all levels of government.

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CHRISTINE P. BARBER December 28, 2022
PAT JEHLEN

OPINION: TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T

People are furious at the state of the MBTA: the fatality, the fire, the explosion, the derailments, the injuries, the delays, the actual and proposed cuts in service, the month-long closure of the Orange and Green Line. In 2009, two reports looked at Gov. Cellucci’s 1999 Forward Funding plan, which was developed

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PAT JEHLEN September 6, 2022
Somerville City Councilor-at-Large Willie Burnley, Jr. Courtesy photo.
WILLIE BURNLEY JR

OPINION: MY PRIDE IS A RIOT AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY

“As a Black and queer person, I know that when a person’s very existence is criminalized it inevitably results in fear, hate crimes, and death.” The rain poured down on me and a cadre of queer and trans youth in front of the bricked facade of Somerville’s City Hall. The

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WILLIE BURNLEY JR June 7, 2022
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