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February 21, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: MASS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES FACE MAJOR BUDGET CRISIS

  Gov. Baker’s proposed cuts throw gasoline on raging policy fire   February 21, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   A quarter-century ago, I lived in Lawrence for a few months. Because it was the closest place to Boston that I could find a cheap apartment on short notice. Unfortunately, I had a low-paying job […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: Austerity, Budget, Charlie Baker, Column, cuts, economy, immigrant, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, Massachusetts, MVRTA, news, politics, privatization, protest, public, PVTA, race to the bottom, Springfield, TOWNIE, transportation, Worcester, WRTA

February 14, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

CRISIS AVERTED

  MBTA bus mechanics beat back privatization… at a cost   February 14, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   Unionized bus mechanics represented by the International Association of Machinists Local 264 won an important victory last week when they agreed to a four-year contract with the MBTA—effectively ending a two-year effort by the transportation authority’s […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Carmen's Union, Charlie Baker, Column, contract, District 15, economy, Fiscal and Management Control Board, IAM, International Association of Machinists, Jason Pramas, labor, Local 264, Massachusetts, MBTA, news, politics, privatization, protest, transportation, union, worker

July 7, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

REAL RIDESHARING

  Evolving the way the world moves … beyond Uber (and Lyft) July 7, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS The following column was written as commentary for the July 2017 episode of the Beyond Boston monthly video news digest — produced by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and several area public access television stations. It’s aimed at suburbanites, but […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Fasten, ffordable, government, Jason Pramas, labor, living wage, Lyft, Mass, Massachusetts, MBTA, municipal, public, ridesharing, transit, transportation, Uber, work, working class

March 21, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

ACTION CALL: SAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH INVEST NOW MASS

Photo of giant Charlie by Chris Faraone    March 21, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Over the long four months since the election of President Donald Trump, this column has focused more on national politics than usual — with special attention to the promising wave of broadly progressive grassroots activism that has resulted. However, it’s important that […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Donald Trump, forward funding, Invest Now Mass, John Doherty, Massachusetts, MBTA, privatization, T, transit, transportation

September 29, 2016 By JASON PRAMAS

PLAY TO WIN: UK LABOUR PARTY LEADER SHOWS THE AMERICAN LEFT HOW TO MOVE BEYOND SYMBOLIC POLITICS

September 29, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Last week—as is the case many weeks every fall and spring in Boston—notices of small scripted protests by an array of area progressive nonprofits, unions, and student groups got me thinking about the rut the anti-corporate American left has been stuck in for decades. Most especially about the […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Activism, bernie sanders, corporations, culture, democracy, economy, education, elections, Environment, government, history, How-to, international, Jason Pramas, Jeremy Corbyn, journalism, justice, labor, Labour Party, media, Military, Momentum, national, Our Revolution, politics, taxation, transportation

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