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The War From Without and Within: Help Stop Maura Healey’s $360 Million Dollar Plan

July 28, 2025 Edward Mukalazi

By Eddie Mukalazi On the last day of June, the Healey-Driscoll administration shocked community leaders, stakeholders, and residents across the Commonwealth with their announcement of their $360 million dollar proposal to build upon the MCI-Framingham prison site. This came as a surprise to many politicians […]

Letter to the Mass. Republican Party: Stop the Cuts!

July 9, 2025 Brian Garvey

This letter will be delivered to Massachusetts Republican Party Headquarters in Boston on Friday July 11th by the Just Budget and Tax Coalition after a rally outside the office. To join the rally, click here. Ms. Amy Carnavale, Chair Massachusetts Republican Party July 11, 2025 […]

Mass-Care Conference Marks 30 Years of Campaigning

June 24, 2025 Colleen Kelley

By Colleen Kelley On Saturday, June 21st, Mass-Care held its Medicare for All Conference at Clark University in Worcester. This conference marked the 30th anniversary of the Mass-Care coalition, and 30 years of commitment, hard work, and dedication for many of the coalition’s members. Myself, […]

Standout at MIT Conference: No Genocide in Healthcare

June 18, 2025 Addelyne Lilley

By Addey Lilley Yesterday, June 17th, while the MIT CEO conference was being held inside of the Koch Institute, the voices and chants of protestors outside could be heard from blocks away. The “not-to-be missed” networking event at the Koch Institute was co-hosted by MIT […]

A Call to Conscience: Stand Together Against Militarism and Authoritarianism

June 3, 2025 Lewis Randa

by Lewis M. Randa Fellow Conscientious Objectors, Whether you voiced your opposition to war before draft boards, stood your ground before military tribunals, or declared your conscientious objection to war in the face of societal pressure, your courage and conviction have shaped the moral fabric […]

An Intrinsic Convergence of Justice, Peace and the Environment

May 14, 2025 Harris Gruman

by Harris Gruman The following is a transcription of the Keynote Presentation to the MAPA annual meeting by Harris Gruman on May 10, 2025. Ten years ago, Paul Shannon and Cole Harrison invited me to participate in a conference on building a convergence of the […]

The New Sentinel Intercontinental Missile: Dangerous, Costly and Unnecessary

April 8, 2025 Nancy Goldner

By Nancy Goldner, Jonathan King, and Richard Krushnic The world is awash in nuclear weapons with an astonishing overkill capacity. Just in the US, there are 400 land-based intercontinental missiles, hundreds of nuclear bombs mounted on B52 and B2 bombers, and 14 nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines, […]