In the Media
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House Republicans Assault Social Security
The latest House Republican budget plan asks low-income and middle-class Americans to shoulder the entire burden of deficit reduction while simultaneously delivering massive tax breaks to the richest 1 percent and preserving huge giveaways to Big Oil. It’s a recipe for repeating the mistakes of the Bush administration, during which middle-class incomes stagnated and only the privileged few enjoyed enormous gains.Each component of the new House Republican budget threatens the middle class while ... -
Wexford tenor: Kennedy a ‘beacon of light’ for Irish
Article on Irish singer Anthony Kearns, who is performing a special concert at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, co-sponsored by UMass Boston, on March 27. -
Milton woman reports back from trip to Israel
Article on Milton resident and Wheelock College administrator Ceronne Daly, who documented her recent trip to Israel as part of the Boston-Haifa Learning Exchange program, which was developed by the Center for Social Policy and other community organizations. -
Oil and Gas Mean Misery and Forced Labor- Not Jobs- in Developing Countries
Darren Kew, associate professor of conflict resolution, human security, and global governance, and executive director of the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development, is quoted in this article on how oil has helped Nigeria become a wealthy and fast growing country but also caused corruption and violence. -
Take Back the Debate
In recent weeks, two articles about sex have been widely read on campus. One, by Michael F. Cotter ’14, described that the social epidemic of rape goes underappreciated. The other, by Nathalie R. Miraval ’14, reported that there is a previously unnoticed group of undergraduates who like kinky sex. These articles are totally different, and the contrast expresses the central dilemma of sex at college. While many young Americans have a sexual coming-of-age in their early twenties, in the social ... -
Committee expects to recommend finalists for Framingham town manager Tuesday
After an international search, the committee charged with finding Framingham's next town manager plans to recommend finalists to the Board of Selectmen Tuesday.
Selectmen have asked for at least three to five finalists. Search committee spokeswoman Audrey Hall declined to say how many candidates the committee will present.
The selectmen voted 4-1 last March to let Town Manager Julian Suso go after his contract expired, and later hired consultant Richard Kobayashi to guide the search ... -
Committee expects to recommend finalists for Framingham town manage…
The selectmen voted 4-1 last March to let Town Manager Julian Suso go after his contract expired, and later hired consultant Richard Kobayashi to guide the search process. Kobayashi posted the job two separate times with the Massachusetts Municipal Association and the International City/County Management Association. -
Peace Abbey put up for sale again
University Librarian Daniel Ortiz is quoted in this article on the Peace Abbey, a property in the center of Sherborn that was recently put up for sale for $999,900. The library will provide space for artifacts from the abbey as well as a peacemakers table that will be kept on the fifth floor. -
South Hadley seeks to change some elective positions to appointive
Article on South Hadley’s plans to change the town administrator’s position and to go from electing financial officials to hiring them mentions that the town would like Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management to help rewrite the town bylaws. -
Mayoral Control of Schools: A Mixed Record
By Kenneth J. Cooper Giving the mayor control of a city’s public schools, once touted as a promising education reform, has not delivered on its promises of improving student achievement and eliminating politics from school decisions. Several years ago, researchers at Rutgers University examined nine major cities with mayoral control of schools, including New York, Boston and Washington, D.C., and concluded there was no demonstrable evidence that the “reform” structure was responsible for any ...
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