Category: Democracy

War Crimes in an Age of Impunity

April 29, 2026 Abigail Greenblatt

Last week, on Wednesday, April 22, Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist, was targeted and killed by Israeli forces while reporting on an earlier Israeli attack with her colleague Zeinab Faraj. Khalil and Faraj took shelter in a building, where rescue workers tried to reach the […]

A Brief History of May Day

April 22, 2026 Jeanne Trubek

by Jeanne Trubek Why did May 1st become International Workers Day throughout the world? It began with a general strike in the United States. The country was experiencing a long economic depression that started in 1873 and continued for 5½ years. The Great Upheaval – […]

Maura Healey Embraces both War and Democracy on No King’s Day

April 8, 2026 Marty Blatt

On Saturday morning, March 28, 2026, MA Governor Maura Healey addressed a cheering crowd of thousands in South Boston at the christening of the nuclear powered, attack submarine, USS Massachusetts, which carries Tomahawk cruise missiles and torpedoes. “This is one heck of a boat,” Healey […]

Trump’s Iran War: And the Big Fool Says Push On

April 8, 2026 Joseph Gerson

Fact-checking the bald-face lies in a morally obscene address by the most criminally corrupt and morally bankrupt US president in the history of the nation. We were waist deep in the Big Muddy The big fool said to push on —Pete Seeger On April Fool’s […]

No Kings, No War: Massachusetts Raises Its Voice Against Illegal Wars

March 31, 2026 Brian Garvey

On March 28, 2026, thousands of people took to the streets across Massachusetts and the nation for the third No Kings demonstration, demanding an end to the Trump administration’s escalating wars abroad and its assault on democracy at home. Across more than 3,300 events in […]

Stop the MAGA Tech Bro Takeover of Our Commonwealth!

March 31, 2026 Harris Gruman

With the support of wealthy investors and CEOs, the Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC) is attempting to qualify two questions for the November 2026 ballot. Together these questions, if voted on affirmatively, will strip billions in funding from classrooms, hospitals, and research centers, while locking the […]

Governor Healey Set Limits on ICE — The PROTECT Act Would Make Those Limits Law

February 11, 2026 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey Governor Maura Healey has taken meaningful steps to limit the role of federal immigration enforcement in Massachusetts. Through executive orders and administrative guidance, her administration has drawn clearer lines between state institutions and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland […]