By Tom Valovic In John LeCarre’s novel, A Delicate Truth, we see the protagonist, an English civil servant, volunteering to take on an assignment for British intelligence. During his briefing, an intelligence officer makes the statement that “War has gone corporate”. Even as a novelist, […]
By Sandy Eaton “The market has spoken”. This could be an appropriate epitaph for Steward Health Care’s fourteen years of lies, corruption and greed. It could also be the motto of the Healey-Driscoll-Walsh Administration, as well as of House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President […]
by Silas Rutherford BIPOC medical and social workers are leading a project to expand accessible healthcare in Brockton, MA through a mobile clinic that serves historically marginalized groups disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis. This project, Community Care in Reach, was created to develop the […]
by H. Patricia Hynes This article was originally published in Informed Comment. Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – In June 2023 Amanda Jones, an African American who had recently given birth to her second daughter Miranda, died from pregnancy-related causes. Her state, Georgia, ranks among […]
by Hoffmann the Organizer In a recent lead editorial in the New York Times, Thomas Friedman boldly labels the governing philosophy of the era we’re living in: “The Biden Doctrine.” In that piece he limits the scope of this doctrine to the Middle East, hailing […]
by Jonathan King On March 2, hundreds of low-income residents, religious leaders and social justice advocates marched from the site of the Boston Massacre at the old State House to the 54th Regiment monument in front of the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill. The […]
by Jeanne Trubek On November 15, 2023, about 25 people from Watertown MA and surrounding suburbs attended the November monthly meeting of Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment. The Peace and Common Security Working Group, with cosponsors Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, Back […]
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