The working class is politically homeless, refugees from factional wars they don’t identify with. This is true even in solid blue Massachusetts.
Democratic civil war has working-class casualties
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AI invented part of my campaign platform
Meta AI recently told me about my own campaign, and used a Mississippi state senate voter guide as a source. The problem is that I'm running in Massachusetts.
Political notes: Voting record evidence answers allegations; Barber’s big endorsements; Lander flips three (updated)
MacKay voting record evidence answers allegations, a Decker birthday party fundraiser, three officials flip to Lander and Barber scores an endorsement from the state senator she seeks to replace.
In stating cases for election, 27th Middlesex candidates have parallel experiences and a working-class divide
One candidate cited extensive experience getting things done in public processes. The other mirrored that experience from behind the scenes.
We deserve a state representative who works for us
I share a lot in common with my current state representative, Marjorie Decker, but feel more represented by her opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary.
Candidates for 34th Middlesex take big swings for an $8.7B millionaire’s tax and lower barriers to homebuilding
A three-way race for a state House of Representatives seat serving Somerville and Medford got its first and only stage time at a Saturday forum.
Three neighborhoods, rent aid and immigrant support are identified as priorities by Somerville human rights board
Immigrants, older adults and people in East Somerville, West Somerville and Winter Hill are identified as being in need by Somerville’s Human Rights Commission.
Political notes: Three debates on one day, housing town hall and a candidate withdrawal (updated)
Nine candidates running to represent Somerville, Cambridge, Medford and Winchester gather under roof, Hopcroft withdraws and more from the campaign trail.
Barber’s abortion care bill heads to the Senate for women still being denied treatment
My bill replaces a narrow checklist of pregnancy health care exceptions with a single standard: a physician’s professional judgment.
Haitians and Syrians sheltered in U.S. brace for disaster from change of status, with consequences for economy
Protections for 45,000 Haitians and almost 300 Syrians across Massachusetts are set to expire as soon as Monday after a second short delay by a judge.