The generational clash between the old guard and the new kids on the block could get ugly in the Bay State.
Massachusetts
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Another Senator Kennedy for Massachusetts?
Justice Democrats, the grassroots group that recruited AOC to successfully challenge Representative Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th Congressional District, has taken heat for breaking the unwritten rule that Democrats are not supposed to take down their own incumbents. So far, the group has endorsed six new challengers for 2020, generally progressives taking on centrists. […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Coming Primary Challenges to Corporate Democrats
Is the threat to senior House incumbents a risky distraction or a long overdue exercise of grassroots progressive power—or both?
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Boston’s Transportation Crisis: A Q&A with Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu
After recent subway derailments, Wu has taken up the banner that state political leaders have dropped, sounding the alarm that Massachusetts officials must develop comprehensive solutions to the beleaguered transit system before it’s too late.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Massachusetts Commuters at the Breaking Point
A statewide report on drivers and public-transportation users sheds light on the economic and emotional tolls of the crises posed by failing public infrastructure and skyrocketing housing costs.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Vape and Switch: How Martha Coakley Joined Up with Juul
The former Massachusetts attorney general’s new employer is an example of how former law enforcement officials are highly sought after by corporate America.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Charlie Baker Can’t Have It Both Ways
The Massachusetts Republican governor running for re-election sometimes criticizes President Trump, but he’s also helped fill Republican National Committee coffers for GOP heavy-hitters.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Linking Commuter Rail to Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity in Eastern Massachusetts
Developers have a laser-like focus on projects in Boston and its inner suburbs while ignoring the rich potential of smaller cities that have decades-old rail connections to the state capital.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Slip Sliding Away on Nantucket
Year-round residents and wealthy summer visitors lock horns over housing and fighting erosion on an island off the coast of Massachusetts.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Speaker Ryan, Adrift in Massachusetts
Paul Ryan talks trickle-down taxation with workers in one of the poorest cities in the state.