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MATT KONA ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
What’s your latest experience bargaining on the behalf of other people? I don’t have a car, so sometimes when I do shows out of town I bargain with promoters on behalf of the people driving me for...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: ROBIN HOOD: OUTLAW OF THE 21ST CENTURY WITH MATT DURSIN
Matt Dursin is a comic book writer as well as the founder of the League of Ordinary Gentlemen Comic Book Podcast (LeaguePodcast). Dursin has written comics before, but taking the knowledge of his...
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#WWWTF: UNCLE SAM, OB/GYN
So ICYMI, conservatives generally aren’t fans of ObamaCare. If you maybe had forgotten that, here’s a creeptastic new political ad by purported “nonpartisan” organization Generation Opportunity urging...
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WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? MAYO CLINIC
www.whats4breakfast.com www.pattkelley.com Own this original strip (watercolor and ink painting) Comes with the book WFB The First Forty, only $25/shipping included. Buy it HERE
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UTTER INSANITY: BOSTON REJECTS DISPENSARIES, MAY CLOSE LAST PUBLIC METHADONE...
There’s not a lot for pot advocates to celebrate in Boston this 4.20. Though the opening of local medical cannabis dispensaries is somewhere in sight, it is increasingly clear that municipal officials...
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MEDIA FARM: KEANE ON WEED, GRAHAM CAN’T READ
COME KEANE It’s impossible to altogether cease from hammering the Boston Globe and others for their awful marijuana coverage. It’s not necessarily all negative, or ignorant, or prohibitionist–at least...
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DIGFOGRAPHIC: YOUR #MAGOV14 MATRIX
Images by Scott Murry | @hotdogtaco There are still nearly two whole seasons between now and the statewide gubernatorial primaries in September, and even longer until the general election on November...
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#MAGOV Q&A: SCOTT LIVELY IS … THE 10TH MAN
Image by Scott Murry. Intro by Haley Hamilton & Chris Faraone. Two weeks ago, we ran a feature titled “9 Candidates For Governor Walk Into A Bar …” The headline reflected the number of hopefuls...
View ArticleOH SNAP THAT’S RIGHT – WE GOT EARNED SICK TIME TOO!
“When we were out collecting signatures, you’d run into people who’d be like, ‘I have earned sick time … doesn’t everybody?”
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AUSTERITY BUDGET: BAKER HITS STUDENTS, HOMELESS, POOR, EVERYBODY BUT THE RICH...
If you’re a working person, and you want to understand the annual Massachusetts state budget process, the best resource to consult is the Mass Budget and Policy Center (MBPC). It issues timely...
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ECONOMIC VIOLENCE: VERIZON CUTS OFF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS TO STRIKERS AND...
As the Verizon strike enters its fourth week, the 39,000 union members on picket lines up and down the East Coast—and now taking their campaign nationwide—are continuing to hold fast for a better...
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DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: OUTRAGE & ECSTASY
Photos by Baynard Woods Queer dance party descends on McConnell’s house in anger over health care repeal A swanky stretch of C Street near the Capitol in Washington, DC is blocked by a raucous...
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NATIONAL WIRE: HOUSE CHIP RENEWAL UNLIKELY TO PASS SENATE
Photo by Olivia Falcigno The United States House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill to refinance the Children’s Health Insurance Program, but the funding is still in doubt. Nationwide, 9...
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STATE WIRE: MASS TAKES STEP TOWARD SINGLE PAYER
BOSTON – State senators have approved an amendment to a bill that could help pave the way to a single-payer health-care system in Massachusetts. The amendment, now attached to a larger health-care...
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NATIONAL WIRE: HEALTHCARE ADVOCATES SLAM PROPOSED INSURANCE RULE
The federal Department of Labor is proposing a rule that critics say would allow the sale of what some call “junk” health insurance. Published in the Federal Register last week, the rule would...
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NATIONAL WIRE: STUDY SAYS FOOD ASSISTANCE IMPROVES HEALTH
BOSTON – A new report links access to SNAP benefits to improved health and lower health care costs. The paper, published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, compiles studies of the...
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BAKER’S MASS MEDICAID PURGE
The envelope arrived in my mailbox a couple of weeks before Christmas. It had a green stripe at the top and in big bold letters alerted me that I needed to open it immediately. Inside the envelope,...
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GREENFIELD BLUES: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST A BIG-CITY PROBLEM IN MASS
Greenfield City Hall by ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0] from Wikimedia Commons We don’t get much news about Western Mass in Boston. And since the population is relatively small in the...
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OPINION: THE HOT HATCHET IN MY FATHER’S CHEST (YES ON QUESTION 1)
Kitchen hatchet, sharpened for wood working (bowsmith use). Modified by Jason Pramas. Original image by Simon A. Eugster. Creative Commons BY-SA. It’s been over a decade now, but still my dad says it...
View ArticleNATIONAL WIRE: HOUSE CHIP RENEWAL UNLIKELY TO PASS SENATE
The Republican bill that passed the House would balance increased costs by slashing funding for vital public health services and denying healthcare to pregnant women and children while billing issues...
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