by Robert B. Reich | Jun 10, 2010 | News
We’re falling into a double-dip recession. The Labor Department reports that the private sector added a measly 41,000 net new jobs in May. (The vast bulk of new jobs in May were for temporary government census workers.) But at least 100,000 new jobs are needed...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 10, 2010 | News
Efforts to make inmates in county jails pay room-and-board and other fees continue to march forward in the state budget—but not without considerable resistance from activists and criticism from some Valley sheriffs. In late May, the state Senate approved a...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 15, 2010 | News
Last weekend, it was the cops who hit the streets in Springfield, as about 100 local, state and federal law enforcement officers were deployed over a period of about 12 hours in “Operation Blue Knight,” described by officials as an effort both to deter...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 15, 2010 | News
In recent months, both the Massachusetts House and Senate have passed bills that would ban texting while driving. Those bills, however, have languished in a conference committee ever since—prompting some communities to pass their own local texting bans,...
by Our Readers | Jun 17, 2010 | News
Environmental Disasters: Following Fast and Following Faster The crisis in the Gulf shows a lack of responsibility for the?natural world?and a lack of laws in place to protect it. For 30 years BP has funded research for drilling further and deeper offshore but has not...
