by Maureen Turner | Nov 13, 2013 | News
The Big Gamble Will casino election results shift the odds against gaming development? With two more communities rejecting casino plans on Election Day, it’s hard not to ask the question: Did Massachusetts lawmakers think to check with their constituents...
by Advocate staff | Dec 17, 2013 | News
Revolution Catching Fire? T he Hunger Games: Catching Fire may be a big-budget film that made over $670 million in its first two weeks at the box office, but that hasn’t stopped economic justice activists from using its story to highlight their inequality...
by by Advocate staff | Nov 19, 2013 | News
By the Numbers That’s the length of the newly installed bike lane on Plumtree Road in Springfield. The result of a collaboration between the non-profit MassBike, City Hall, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and Partners for a Healthier Community,...
by Jo Comerford | Dec 17, 2013 | News
In the spirit of the holiday season, Congress should set aside dysfunction and the austerity mindset and give the American people a reason to be thankful: a federal spending and revenue plan that takes our best interests to heart. In late November, House...
by Ira Helfand | Nov 19, 2013 | News
In the 1980s, there was a general understanding that a large-scale nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union would be a disaster for the whole world. Recent research has shown that even a limited nuclear war, as might happen between India and Pakistan, would...