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The slow death of Boston’s mass transit system
March 22, 2017Despite the Boston area’s growing population, America’s first mass transit system is beleaguered by debt, antiquated infrastructure, and privatization attempts.
Read moreThe grand erasure of older LGBTQIA America
April 06, 2017By removing sexual orientation and gender identity questions from policy surveys, the administration will erase essential data on thousands of older LGBTQIA adults.
Read moreThe great awakening of New England labor
July 18, 2017The outcome of these struggles heavily depends on labor’s ability to organize effective workplace and political action.
Read moreLabor defense committee: Release Palestinian researcher Salah Hamouri
September 01, 2017The human rights researcher was arrested Aug. 16 during a pre-dawn raid of his home by the Israeli military.
Read moreMassachusetts gas explosions reveal infrastructure decay and negligence
September 18, 2018The continued decay of U.S. infrastructure and society will require a lot more than new pipes to fix.
Read moreFrance’s “Yellow Vests”: Anatomy of a rebellion
December 12, 2018The media says the protests are spontaneous, but the real story of inequality, austerity, and lowering taxes on the super-rich began years ago—in 1983 to be exact.
Read more‘The Putney Debates’: Let the good of the people be the supreme law
August 27, 2019It was clear from the beginning of the English Civil Wars that some revolutionaries—on both sides of the pond—had even more radical ideas than championing Parliament’s authority over the monarchy.
Read moreBig pharma’s new opium war: Exporting the addiction crisis to China
November 22, 2019Millions of working-class American lives have been ruined by addiction to opioids. But in China, big pharmaceutical conglomerates are just getting started.
Read moreGreen public housing: Sanders-AOC proposal targets social and ecological needs
December 02, 2019Market forces in housing have been encouraged by political leaders to run roughshod over the needs of working-class America.
Read moreWinning the Green New Deal on the road toward socialism
December 13, 2019Working people cannot avoid participating in the political struggle for the Green New Deal because the survival of our species depends on quick and unprecedented action.
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