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Challenging the Military’s Recruitment in our Schools

November 21, 2023 Nancy Goldner

by Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean When the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2002, US military recruiters gained access to American high schools on a basis equivalent to recruiters for colleges and civilian employers. The Act also mandated that the contact information […]

When the Military Owns the Ocean

August 18, 2023 Leo Middleton

By Leo Middleton When the submersible vessel known as the Titan, owned by the Oceangate company, imploded with five people on board on its way to exploring the wreckage of the Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland in June, the deadly accident was met with […]

“Beyond Vietnam” Recitation Hosted by the New Democracy Coalition

May 2, 2023 Evelyn Miller

(Boston) May 2 – The New Democracy Coalition will host its annual public reading with a recitation of “Beyond Vietnam”, the historic speech in which Civil Rights Movement icon, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., declared his opposition to the Vietnam War in 1967. WHEN: Tuesday, […]

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Here Come the Militarized Robots (But There Go Our Civil Liberties)

April 14, 2023 Tom Valovic

By Tom Valovic Many decades ago, when science fiction was still whimsical and fun rather than dark and dystopian, we saw robots appear in popular culture that were benign and friendly. Some may recall Robbie the Robot from the movie “Forbidden Planet” and, of course, […]

Racism in Action: The January 6, 2021, Attack on the Capitol

August 9, 2022 Rosemary Kean

by Rosemary Kean In 2020, millions of Americans were involved in an antiracism protest sparked by the vicious police murder of George Floyd. This upsurge in antiracist awareness and action precipitated a predictable white supremacist backlash that BU Professor Philippe Copeland describes as a “racist […]

What I did at the Democratic State Convention

July 13, 2022 Louise Coleman

by Louise Coleman Recently, I was elected by the Sherborn Democratic Town Committee as an alternate for the upcoming state convention. Then, because of fears associated with COVID, only one of the delegates opted to attend the convention in person. Some delegates chose not to […]

Six Conservative Supreme Court Justices.

Right Wing Supreme Court Rulings Devastate Democracy

July 12, 2022 Mario Boozang

by Mario Boozang The past few weeks have shown the devastating impact and power of the Supreme Court. Recent decisions have overruled women’s rights to bodily autonomy, significantly reduced the EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions, allowed religious schools to receive state funding, expanded gun […]