FRANCES PERKINS, born in Boston in 1880 was, among other things, an architect of the New Deal, a series of programs, reforms, and laws that directly impact all Americans today. I have been thinking about her a lot lately because Senate President Karen Spilka recently asked us to think about women with ties to Massachusetts […]
Joyce Linehan
Posted inOpinion, Politics
Elizabeth Warren in my living room
Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren, who now looks likely to join the Democratic field of contenders for the US Senate seat held by Republican Scott Brown, began touring the state this week with stops at house parties where she introduced herself and her views to gatherings of Democratic activists. One of her first stops was […]