Tag: Issue 06-01-2013
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Carbon Divestment
Already, the California Teachers’ Pension Fund, the state of Vermont, the city of Seattle, and students across the nation are working on divestment campaigns that will speed the transition to renewable energy. President Barack Obama is on a rhetorical roll on the issue of climate change. “The 12 hottest years on record have all come…
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Is Boston Ready to Break the Mayor Mold?
The election of a new mayor of Boston has shaped up into a battle royal. Before Menino was mayor, there was Mayor Raymond Flynn. Menino’s predecessor won a hard-fought campaign against black candidate U.S. Rep. Melvin H. King in 1983. No stranger to politics, King’s near win came in a time of racial division and…
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Keeping the Faith: Massachusetts Has Become a Center of the Climate Movement
The end of March and the beginning of April saw a toxic mix of unrefined oil and heavy industrial chemicals bleed over lakes, wetlands, residential streets, and front yards in four separate spills across the United States and Canada. The first major spill occurred on March 26, when a train derailed near Parkers Prairie, Minnesota.…
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Making "Patient Protection" Essential in Obamacare
For decades, Americans have demanded a healthcare system that provides lifelong access to affordable care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act looked to be a huge step in that direction. However, recently issued regulations for implementing healthcare reform are threatening to undermine the Act’s fundamental goal of achieving health equity — especially for marginalized…
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A Dishonor to All of Us
Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer. A time for thinking of ice cream, school vacation, and so on. It’s also a time to honor our veterans, our heroes, those that made the ultimate sacrifice to keep us all free. But not all of our vets who survived the wars they fought are so honored;…