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November 20, 2019 By C. SHARDAE JOBSON

ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40

Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.

Filed Under: Arts, Oral Histories Tagged With: 1980s, 1984, bboys, bgirls, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston History, Boston rap, BPS, breakdancing, breaking, Dorchester, hip-hop, HONK, Madison Park, oral histories, oral history, race, racism, Rapperteers, Reebee Garofalo, Rock Against Racism, Roxbury, Spiun City Rockers, UMass, UMASS-Boston

April 11, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: AIRLINES SUING, UMASS SCREWING

  Corporate attack on workers rights and a corporate-style attack on UMB by UMA   April 11, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   If there’s one thing I think people should do every day, it’s read the business press. Because that’s where you see how the world runs. A world that naturally includes Massachusetts.   […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: airline, American Airlines, Budget, Column, corporation, economy, higher education, Jason Pramas, JetBlue Airways, Massachusetts, Maura Healey, Mount Ida College, news, politics, sick leave, TOWNIE, UMass Amherst, UMASS-Boston, United Airlines, veterans, William Joiner Institute

January 7, 2018 By JOE RAMSEY

UMASS BOSTON’S LAST REMAINING PAINTER

A ‘Save UMB’ profile We sit in the Ryan Lounge, a capacious, high-ceilinged hall with a harbor view. It’s a favorite hang-out for UMass Boston students, as well as one of the most popular spaces on campus for conferences and special events. The podium at the front of the lounge has hosted numerous internationally renowned […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Boston, colleges, labor, mapoli, Massachusetts, UMass, UMASS-Boston, union, universities

July 12, 2016 By JASON PRAMAS

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 […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Activism, democracy, economy, government, higher education, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, politics, taxation, UMASS-Boston

June 10, 2016 By JASON PRAMAS

KILL SHOT: YEARS OF STATE AUSTERITY BUDGETS PUT UMASS BOSTON IN JEOPARDY

June 10, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS  Community needs to join Faculty Staff Union movement for a return to full funding There is only one appropriate response to the looming layoff of 400 unionized non-tenure track faculty at UMass Boston. Rebellion. We are well past the era of shots across the budgetary bow of public […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Activism, democracy, economy, government, higher education, Jason Pramas, justice, Massachusetts, politics, taxation, UMASS-Boston

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