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Mitts mixed record
Boston -- Massachusetts voters expected an Olympic-level performance from Mitt Romney — the turnaround expert credited with saving the 2002 Winter Olympics. But he left after a single term, short of winning a gold medal.
Undoubtedly, his most daring accomplishment was tackling the vexing problem of a half-million uninsured residents of Massachusetts — which he won handily on Super Tuesday — by pushing through a pioneering health care law in 2006. Aided by an unlikely ally, liberal icon Sen. ... -
Tom Ferguson: AlterNet’s Key Expert in Fighting the Battle Against Citizens United and Obscene Money
A Q&A on money corrupting the political system with Tom Ferguson, considered by many to be America's leading expert in money and politics.
The Supreme Court's shocking decision in Citizens United gave corporations some of the same political rights as people. The decision gave corporations and the wealthy the ability to spend obscene amounts of money on supposedly independent campaigns, often without transparency, as a representation of their so called "free speech rights."
For people ... -
Student debt endangers education
UMass head says big loan burden means the system is ‘not working’
WORCESTER — University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret told business leaders yesterday that the state university system, for all its strengths, has a fundamental problem: it is leaving students saddled with debt.
“It may look like it’s working,” Mr. Caret said, “but it’s not working because (students) are leaving with huge debt, and at the moment, a lot of them can’t find jobs to pay off that debt.” ... -
Program will look at women, wages, work
CLINTON — The ClintonYouth Council on Aging is celebrating Women’s History Month at Clinton High School on Wednesday, March 21, at 3 p.m. with a program entitled, “Aging Women – Wages, Work Environments and Pensions.”
State Senator Harriette Chandler, former chairman of the Women’s Caucus, will open this event.
UMass Lowell Professor Robert Forrant will present a look at the Bread and Roses strike in honor of the 100-year anniversary of this important time in Massachusetts labor ... -
Planet Under Pressure 2012 Speakers and Panelists
Maria Ivanova, codirector of the Center for Governance and Sustainability, and her fellow panelists were highlighted here and on Facebook. -
Watertown reps getting ready for upcoming election
In Watertown, both Representatives Jonathan Hecht and John Lawn are facing fall reelection campaigns. Lawn is confronted with the same challenge Hecht was able to overcome two years ago: getting reelected after a special election.
Hecht ran unopposed in 2010, but took the seat in 2008 after a heated Democratic write-in primary to fill the seat Rachel Kaprielian left when she was tapped by Governor Deval Patrick to become the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. Lawn took office in May last year to ... -
ABOUT TOWN: Searching for an Interim Town Manager (And more…)
INTERVIEWING FOR AN INTERIM TOWN MANAGER: At their Tuesday meeting , the Stoughton Board of Selectmen left the door open for a possible stint as Interim Town Manager for Town Accountant Bill Rowe .
Selectmen Chairman John Stagnone said he would contact the Collins Center at UMass Boston for the names of some available interim candidates. He added that Acting Chief Procurement Officer Lindsay Pope is also working on getting additional names.
Three resumes arrived, and two are interested ... -
Five Things You Need to Know Today: March 7
Article on a presentation by Nancy Hurley of Think College, a project of UMass Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion, to the Stoughton Special Education Parent Advisory Council. -
Thua Thien-Hue to host Vietnam-US literature forum
(VOV) - A forum on Vietnam-US literature will be held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 9.
The event marks the 20th anniversary of the first post war meeting between Vietnamese and US veteran writers.
Participants discuss the translation and introduction of Vietnamese literature to US readers over the past two decades and in the future.
Vu Tu Nam, the forum’s initiator, said the affection between the two sides is of great importance.
US writers come to Vietnam ... -
Nigeria’s Rocky Effort to Wean Itself From Subsidized Fuel
Widespread protests gripped Nigeria when the government tried to eliminate subsidies that kept gasoline prices artificially low.
Photograph by Pius Utomi Ekpei, AFP/
Bolanle Omisore in Lagos
For National Geographic News
The fierce protests over fuel prices that rocked Nigeria in January have subsided, but the effects of a rollback in subsidies are still keenly felt, at the gas pump and beyond.
President Goodluck Jonathan delivered an unwelcome New Year's Day surprise to the ...
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