Calls for undermining the rising statewide minimum wage with a subminimum wage for teens
BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS
City government continues issuing reports while UN calls for immediate action
THE MERRIMACK VALLEY DISASTER: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT OLD PIPES
The magnitude of the disaster is just starting to sink in. About 8,500 homes were affected, and its occupants are being told that it will take months to replace the cast iron gas pipes under city streets and restore service.
VOTING AS A SOCIALIST IS STILL HARD (IN THE MASSACHUSETTS OF 2018)
The received political wisdom is that the major parties have set up so many structural roadblocks over their many decades in power that it’s impossible for any of the smaller so-called third parties to achieve major party status. And from my experience that received wisdom has been correct. So far.
GREENFIELD BLUES
Homelessness is not just a big-city problem in Mass
POPULAR NOT POPULIST
Governor Baker continues to poll well with people he’s screwing
STOP BAKER’S ‘MORE SCHOOL COPS AND SURVEILLANCE’ PLAN
Why the Mass budget surplus is better spent on infrastructure needs
‘DON’T MOURN, ORGANIZE!’
Why Janus might actually be good for the American labor movement
GRAND SCHEME
Mass legislature helps, harms workers in “deal” with labor and business lobbies
CAPITALIST VETO
Popular “millionaires’ tax” referendum question blocked by a pro-business SJC