This story has been updated to reflect that Bijan Rafiekian’s conviction was recently overturned. ENES KANTER was just trying to pray, but supporters of Turkey’s authoritarian leader found him on a […]
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Celtics star hounded by Erdogan fans
This story has been updated to reflect that Bijan Rafiekian’s conviction was recently overturned. Enes Kanter was just trying to pray, but supporters of Turkey’s authoritarian leader found him on […]
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Kennedy bid is not what Dems need right now
CONGRESSMAN JOE KENNEDY recently formally announced his candidacy for the US Senate, challenging Senator Ed Markey’s bid for reelection. When speculation about the challenge came out a few weeks ago, […]
Posted inEconomy
Gloucester lobsters caught in trade war
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN CANADA NEGOTIATED a new trade agreement with Europe several years ago, Vince Mortillaro, the owner of Mortillaro Lobster in Gloucester, made a business decision. No […]
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Trump says windmills aren’t working too well
AT THE END of a long press conference after the Group of 7 summit in Biarritz, France, President Trump responded to a question about his climate change skepticism in a […]
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Trump says windmills aren’t working too well
At the end of a long press conference after the Group of 7 summit in Biarritz, France, President Trump responded to a question about his climate change skepticism in a […]
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Stop beating up Seth Moulton
LONG BEFORE Ayanna (Change can’t wait) Pressley defeated incumbent Mike Capuano and long before Joseph (I can’t wait) Kennedy III began ruminating about a run against US Sen. Edward Markey, […]
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Stop beating up Seth Moulton
Long before Ayanna (Change can’t wait) Pressley defeated incumbent Mike Capuano and long before Joseph (I can’t wait) Kennedy III began ruminating about a run against US Sen. Edward Markey, […]
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Moulton soldiers on despite lack of traction
US REPRESENTATIVE SETH MOULTON is one of 24 Democratic candidates running to challenge President Donald Trump, but hasn’t even been able to qualify for the first two rounds of debates. The […]
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Moulton soldiers on despite lack of traction
US Representative Seth Moulton is one of 24 Democratic candidates running to challenge President Donald Trump, but hasn’t even been able to qualify for the first two rounds of debates. […]
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Cutting against the grain
ORDINARILY, THE FEDERAL RESERVE doesn’t cut interest rates when the economy is going gangbusters, but that’s what happened yesterday. The cut, which brings the rate to between 2 and 2.25 percent, […]
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Cutting against the grain
Ordinarily, the Federal Reserve doesn’t cut interest rates when the economy is going gangbusters, but that’s what happened yesterday. The cut, which brings the rate to between 2 and 2.25 […]
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Pelosi shocked by Trump’s attack on Mass. DAs
US REPS. KATHERINE CLARK AND AYANNA PRESSLEY voiced support Friday for state prosecutors suing to block authorities from making immigration arrests at courthouses, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed shock at […]
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Trump: Ryan, Rollins ‘don’t mind crime’
PRESIDENT TRUMP on Wednesday called for the resignation of Sen. Elizabeth Warren over her claims of Native American ancestry and described a lawsuit filed by two Massachusetts district attorneys to […]
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Bill Weld’s longshot candidacy begins
THE PUBLIC MARVELED when Bill Weld dove into the Charles River in the summer of 1996. Now the two-time Massachusetts governor and former US attorney is plunging into an even […]
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As mayors, we need Warren’s housing bill
AFFORDABLE HOUSING and access to home ownership are cornerstones of a strong middle class. For generations, affordable rental housing was the first step in the American Dream. For generations, homeownership […]
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Veep’s Massachusetts connection
SEN. ERIC LESSER of Longmeadow knows what’s going to happen this season on Veep, but he’s keeping it to himself. Lesser has been working since 2011 as a consultant for […]
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Don’t ‘fly-over’ Mayor Pete
IF YOU THOUGHT you could get through the 2020 election cycle without needing to learn the proper pronunciation of “Buttigieg,” guess again. On Friday, March 8, the three of us […]
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Trump wall contract doesn’t exist
PRESIDENT TRUMP tweeted in December that he had just given out “a 115-mile-long contract for another large section of the Wall in Texas,” but a government attorney said this week […]
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Warren launches ‘fight’ for presidency
SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN launched her presidential campaign on Saturday surrounded by the brick and stone structures of a bygone era and a crowd of supporters hoping her more liberal vision […]
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Shutdown sending Trump poll numbers down
“IF WE DON’T GET what we want … I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck.” That, of course, was President Donald Trump in an unexpectedly […]
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Tsongas and the dying art of bipartisanship
ACCORDING TO A REPORT published by Pew Research in October 2017, the divide between Republicans and Democrats is the widest it’s been in the last 23 years, reflecting a sharp […]
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Census politics
THE LATEST CENSUS population figures are out, and Massachusetts is keeping pace with national population growth. The state’s population grew to nearly 7 million people at a rate of 0.6 […]
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Globe to Warren: Just say no
IF ELIZABETH WARREN wants some encouragement for what has seemed a likely presidential run, she’ll have to look beyond the dominant paper in her home state. The Boston Globe runs out […]