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Immigration: What Barbara Jordan Could Teach Donald Trump
By Rich Barlow

Trump could learn a lot from the late congresswoman’s reasoned, respectful thinking on this combustible issue.
- Thu, Jun 09, 2016
Beacon Hill
Massachusetts’ Potholes, And The Pitfalls Of A Proposed Tax On Millionaires
By Tim Snyder

A proposed tax on incomes over $1 million will fund Massachusetts schools and infrastructure. Unless, of course, it won’t.
- Thu, Jun 09, 2016
Life
Our Goldfish Looks Depressed
By Rich Barlow

How animal cognition science shattered my no-new-pets edict.
- Thu, Jun 09, 2016
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James Green is emeritus professor of history and labor studies at University of Massachusetts, Boston and the author of “The Devil Is Here in these Hills,” a history of West Virginia’s coal miners.

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Labor

Solidarity Forever! When Labor Had Its Day, And Why Its Time Has Come Again

By James Green

In this new Gilded Age, it’s time to reclaim the dignity of work.

Mon, Sep 07, 2015

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