July 30, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Blue and Red stalwarts should stop attacking minor party supporters for remaining independent—and start debating ideas The quadrennial whinefest has already begun. The RNC and DNC pageants are barely over, the presidential election is still over three months off, and yet major party stalwarts are already trying to […]
MASSROOTS
Photos via Boston For Bernie unless otherwise noted | Graphic by Kent Buckley The relatively short but nonetheless inspirational history of Boston for Bernie Ed. note: I commissioned this recorded narrative, compiled by a journalist-supporter of Bernie Sanders who peripherally volunteered for Boston For Bernie, not out of political motivation (obviously, since Bernie Sanders is […]
MEDICINE FOR A MENDICANT MEDIA: Government support can revive American journalism
July 25, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS [Note: This is the full version of this article. A shorter version ran in the print edition of DigBoston— also dated July 25, 2016.] Journalism is in a tough spot. There are tens of thousands of trained journalists in the United States, but a dearth of funding and the rolling […]
KILL SHOT 2: MASS PUBLIC HIGHER ED STILL ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
UMass President’s Office at One Beacon Street in Boston Overlooking the Massachusetts State House July 12, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Will campus advocates spark a rebellion for proper funding or cling to failed politics as usual? Hot on the heels of the UMass Boston administration issuing pink slips to 400 Boston non-tenure track faculty […]
AND THEN THERE WERE FIVE
This originally appeared as a two-part story centering around police officers injured and allegedly injured during the shootout with Boston Marathon bombers in Watertown on April 19, 2013. It was published in multiple newspapers around Massachusetts including the Brockton Enterprise, the Quincy Patriot Ledger, and the Watertown Tab. On April 10, 2014, Dennis O. Simmonds, […]