Springfield One year ago a tornado cut a 6 mile swatch of destruction through Springfield, Massachusetts, and I was meeting with labor leaders and other activists at the Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO offices to discuss the comparisons between New Orleans and Springfield in the rebuilding. It was depressing in many ways because even after 7 ½ years …
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Massachusetts Sounds Warning
Houston A new Paul Revere streaked across Massachusetts and many heard different warnings. Here’s what I took away: Fifty-nine (59) seats in the Senate is still a majority, but it’s a signal that we need to get busy. We should not accept 59 as a rationale to step back or tone down the demand for …
Mischief in Massachusetts
New Orleans A suddenly close Senate election in Massachusetts is bringing out the full rightwing arsenal. Wildly, a fixed page in the Republican playbook has now come to egg on heavy breather get-out-the-vote efforts by claiming that ACORN is massing from city to city in the Bay State to steal votes and mess with the …