Thankfully, our late September heat wave is finally ending. I woke up at 5:45am today and it was still 73 degrees and humid. Just miserable. Check out these incredible September temperatures compared to normal at stations across New England (through September 27): Bangor, ME: +7.0 Concord, NH: +6.0 Burlington, VT:...
The locations and the countless names of victims change, but senseless gun violence in our country remains a constant problem. When will enough be enough? Here are two tangible steps forward to help you make sense of the tragedy in Las Vegas. 1. Sign the Everytown condolence card...
Film by The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights CHIRLA The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), presents its second Know Your Rights film; "America; I Too", starring Academy Award nominee Barkhad Abdi. Closed captioning available in Spanish, Korean, and simple Chinese....
Article: EarthDay.org. Photo: Grand Canyon National Park/flickr President Trump’s continues his attack on environmental progress by reversing the Obama administration’s ban on sale of disposable plastic water bottles at National Parks. Two dozen national parks had adopted the policy, or were in the process of doing so, including Grand...
By Jack W. Dean, June 23, 2017 A national movement to amend the U.S. Constitution called “Move To Amend” came together in 2010 to stem what was seen as a growing issue of income inequality in the United States. Since the beginning of 2010, decisions by...
The MattDems marched on Washington and Boston to show resistance. [gallery link="none" ids="15809,15810,15816,15815"]...
By Sarah Whinnem, Vice Chair of Mattapoisett Democratic Town Committee On June 3rd, 5,000 Democrats from around Massachusetts gathered in Worcester to review the future of the Democratic party and to vote on new policy platform. I was among a group of 1,500 first-time delegates that...