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The world is turning on Israel. Will Katherine Clark listen?

August 13, 2025 Sam Levine

We seem to be at a critical point in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The TV screens, newspapers, and social media screens around the world are being flooded with the images of starving men, women, and children. Recently two Israeli organizations, B’tselem and Physicians for Human […]

Trump’s Immigration Policy Will Backfire on the Economy

August 4, 2025 Aidan Panotes-Bengzon

by Aidan Panotes-Bengzon In Donald Trump’s second presidency, protecting the American economy from the supposed immigrant “threat” has been a major justification for his aggressive anti-immigration policy. With his “Big Beautiful Bill” formally signed into law on July 4th – a legislation seeking to deport […]

Why Is the Media Normalizing Nuclear War and Its Effects on US Populations?

July 30, 2025 Tom Valovic

by Tom Valovic Originally published in Common Dreams. The meme-contour of recent articles seems to invite a casual shoulder shrug with respect to the dark road that we’re now heading down and to minimize the powder keg of conflict looming in the Middle East. As […]

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 […]

Paper cranes in the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima.

Approaching 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki

July 22, 2025 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Over many years, I have had the extraordinary privilege of working with Japanese atomic and hydrogen bomb survivors. These are people who have endured and transformed the worst imaginable physical and emotional traumas into the most influential force for nuclear weapons abolition. […]

South Korea and Japan: Trump’s Tariffs and What It Means for Their Economies

July 17, 2025 Aidan Panotes-Bengzon

by Aidan Panotes-Bengzon President Trump’s seemingly endless aggressive tariff campaign wages on with the sending of letters via Truth Social to the leaders of Japan and South Korea,notifying the nations of a newly-imposed 25% tariff on all their imported goods effective August 1, 2025. “If […]

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 […]