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Massachusetts progressives working, writing, blogging and speaking for social and political change.

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With 20 little kids shot dead, we'll push our way into the violence and guns debates. What's the role for the feds, states, cops, Congress, the Prez and others? Will the slippery-slope absolutist 2nd Amendment cliché forever... more

Strong against unfair foreclosures, MA Rep. Elizabeth (Liz) Malia fights her most frequent battles not in housing but as co-chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. With much to be done and quite literally lives to... more

Boston and MA are long used to their commanders in turmoil and change. Longest-serving, wildly popular Mayor Tom Menino is aging and ailing. Pundits have him out the door and not running for a sixth term next year. Then... more

The silly, inefficient and even paranoid US Senate filibuster rules have — depending on perspective — obstructed countless worthy appointments and bills or saved the nation from destrucive bills and appointments. Now... more

GOP leaders in both Houses seem confused going into the lame-duck Congress and beyond. Boehner and McConnell act like they won the elecfion. We consider the huge test for the POTUS and Dems in cajoling or badgering... more

About the only constant from all contenders and observers is that this election will determine the nation's direction short and mid-term. We'll look at the results from POTUS through US Senate from MA and more. We are guardedly optimistic... more

Maybe Mitt Romney could use another four years to prep, but everyone else seems ready for the elections to be done. We bring in two guests to talk to the races for POTUS and the US Senate from MA. Mat Helman from ProgressMass... more

You may have noticed that Presidential and Congressional elections are nigh. We are willing to comment (yet again) on what's up and who's doing what. Expect predictions! Our Boston-area Will Rogers character, John L. Galligan, joins us... more

Backed by another City Councilor and 4 MA State Reps, John Connolly blazed a specific path to fix Boston's ailing public schools. The head of the Council's Commttee on Education joins us. NOTE: Connection problems at the start... more

Monday it was Warren v. Brown for US Senate, version 2. Wednesday it was Obama v. Romney for POTUS, version 1. We talked up the first Warren/Brown tussle and the second is likewise remarkable. We do both of this week's debates.

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