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January 9, 2021 By MARC LEVY

APPOINTED SOMERVILLE OFFICIAL SPURS OUTRAGE WITH TWEETS FROM DC MOB SCENE

Mayor Curtatone says “We’re taking it seriously and doing our due diligence”

Filed Under: Reporting, Somerville News Garden, Somerville Wire Tagged With: attack, Capitol, Congress, DC, House of Representatives, insurrection, MAGA, Massachusetts, mob, official, President Donald Trump, protest, rally, Riot, senate, Somerville, United States, US, Washington

December 26, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

“Sunset Koksijde” by fdecomite is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,”  I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following: The big question for Bostonians and anyone else reading this: How do we go from this grim state of affairs to sparking the […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: 2030, adaptation, Apparent Horizon, Boston, China, Climate Change, coal, Column, development, Fourth National Climate Assessment, france, gas, Germany, global warming, IPCC, japan, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, migration, new england, news, oil, Paris Agreement, politics, poor, survival, third world, UK, united nations, United States, US

December 13, 2017 By KATELYN BURNS

LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY

Boston native skates across country for trans rights and awareness On a Sunday earlier this month, Calleigh Little was making her way down Boylston Street toward the Marathon finish line, weaving her way through pedestrians and parked cars. To those who noticed her, she looked like any other skateboarder; apart from the huge pack on […]

Filed Under: Features, Sports Tagged With: bathroom bill, Bend, Boston, Calleigh Little, HB2, LGBTQ, Long Distance Pushing, nationwide, North Carolina, Oregon, skateboarding, trans, trans rights, US

November 9, 2015 By JASON PRAMAS

MASS BAIL REFORM NOW

November 9, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Lots of innocent people are spending time in jail in Massachusetts. And unsurprisingly many of those people are poor and a disproportionate number are people of color. But they are not convicted criminals. They are people who are charged with a crime—often a minor infraction—and can’t afford to […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Bail Reform, Boston, criminal justice, criticism, Jason Pramas, justice, Mass DOC, Massachusetts, police, politics, prison, prisons, US

November 2, 2015 By JASON PRAMAS

BOSTON ARTISTS UNITE

Kenmore image by Henry Han via Wikimedia Commons November 2, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS If you work in one of the creative professions, then you know how tough it has become to make a living in the Boston area in recent years. But there are a couple of upcoming events that are aiming to […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: art, arts, Boston, Creative Economy, criticism, engagement, Jason Pramas, labor, politics, union, US, workers

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