by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 18, 2010 | News
Bernie Sanders, the Independent (and self-styled socialist) U.S. senator from Vermont, has given the country a present. It was planned as a Fourth of July present, but it’s ready ahead of schedule. It seems that last Christmas, Sanders was doing some Christmas...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 18, 2010 | News
The most progressive elements of the Massachusetts Democratic party chalked up some satisfying victories at the recent state party convention. Among the items added to the party’s “action agenda”—which the party calls its “road map to...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 18, 2010 | News
So Anthony Weiner becomes the latest politico to jeopardize his career by making a fool of himself on the sexual front. A man with an informed, detailed familiarity with issues surrounding health care reform, who so humanely advocated for medical aid for the 9/11...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 18, 2010 | News
In May of 2010, six ships carrying humanitarian aid left port in Turkey and sailed across the Mediterranean Sea to the Gaza Strip. Organized by the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Foundation for Human Rights, Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, the “Gaza...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 18, 2010 | News
This spring Tim Purington, city councilor for Holyoke’s Ward 4, raised the idea of allowing city residents to keep a small number of chickens in their yards, with an OK from the Board of Health. The idea would have put Holyoke smack in the middle of a trend;...
