An exploration into the sordid history of Boston’s modern prohibition PART I: Boston’s liquor licensing quota was born out of elitism and has fostered a poisonous disparity over the past century. Can lifting the cap break the … [Read more...]
STOP THE ICE RAIDS: FIGHT FOR THE ‘RIGHT TO THE WORLD’
Image by Kent Buckley January 13, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Over 100,000 undocumented immigrants from Central America have entered the US since 2014—seeking to escape what the mainstream media like to vaguely call “violence and political … [Read more...]
THE BARBARISM OF CHARTERISM
New year, new theater in the war over corporate ed reform Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson was smiling. Not the ordinary cheery ear-to-ear look his constituents have come to expect from the ebullient official, but rather a modest show of … [Read more...]
BARGAINING AGAINST OURSELVES: MEANS TESTING MBTA FARES WILL DECREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR MASS TRANSIT
Image by Kent Buckley November 30, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS As the latest round of the ongoing neoliberal campaign to shift the cost of mass transit in Massachusetts from state government to individual riders gets in gear—a necessary step … [Read more...]
BETWEEN THE BALLOT BOX AND BOGOTA
Part I in ‘A Higher Allegiance: The Rise of a Transnational Identity in Boston’s Immigrant Communities,’ a BINJ series (Click Here For Spanish Version) Ona recent cold Sunday evening in mid-November, Oscar Gutierrez landed at … [Read more...]