by On Springfield | Jun 29, 2010 | On Springfield
Local labor activists and their allies are planning a two-day picket this week of training sessions held by the Springfield law firm Skoler, Abbott & Presser. Skoler, Abbott—which also has offices in Worcester and Meriden, Conn.—specializes in...
by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Jun 29, 2010 | Masculinity and Its Discontents
Scam isn’t exactly the word I’m looking for, really. Con? Not that either. . . Racket! That’s the Word I’m looking for. The Advanced Placement system, at least when it comes to English language and literature, is a big racket. Okay,...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 29, 2010 | News
The old stereotype has hardly changed. It wasn’t three white men in front of the microphones during the gubernatorial debate at WRKO in Boston last week. It was two white men, Tim Cahill and Charlie Baker, and one black man—Gov. Deval Patrick—in the...
by Maureen Turner | Jun 29, 2010 | News
An effort to allow county sheriffs to charge fees to inmates has failed, after fierce opposition from critics who say the policy would end up hurting inmates’ families and make it that much harder for people to re-enter society after their sentences end. In...