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Posts published in May 2020

How many times recently have you heard or said the following: I can’t wait to get back to normal!

Okay.  I get that.  In the past few months I’ve become nostalgic for simpler times, for the “good old days”—you know, days without masks, gloves, timed hand-washing, social distancing, or treating as divine revelation any pronouncement from elected officials, or from unelected officials, say, from  the Center for Disease Control…

“BENDING LINES: Maps and Data, from Deception to Distortion” Opens Online Today

The Leventhal Map and Education Center’s exhibition “BENDING LINES: Maps and Data from Deception to Distortion” opens today in its digital-first online format. The show covers 500 years of data manipulation used to influence public opinion — from benign applications in advertising and ephemera to more sinister deployment in propaganda…

Kennedy for Massachusetts Campaign Staff Unionize, Join IBEW Local 103

One hundred percent of Kennedy for MA staff vote for IBEW Local 103 representation DORCHESTER, MA  Staff members of Kennedy for Massachusetts, the campaign to elect Joe Kennedy III for U.S. Senate, have become the newest members of IBEW Local 103, one of Boston’s largest and most influential unions. One hundred percent of the staff…

AN ODE TO OUR FRIENDS – AND THE STORY OF SINATRA AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT A TIME WHEN IT TOOK COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR OTHERS

The ITALIAN           AMERICAN               ALLIANCE The Italian American ALLIANCE opposes discrimination against ALL people. We welcome people of all races, ethnic groups, and religious communities into our great ALLIANCE FAMILY which now includes two thousand and 18 Members. ITALIAN VALUESCommunity over individualBeauty over mass productionTime on earth over mere profitIn Venice these sentiments are…

RMV Announces Further Extensions to Expiring Licenses, Learner’s Permits, and Plate Registrations

Certain Expiring March, April and May Credentials Re-Extended; Extension to be Applied to Certain June, July and August Expirations  BOSTON – The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing today it will be implementing further extensions to the renewal timelines for expiring motor vehicle inspection stickers, passenger plate registrations, professional credentials,…

Why are Democrats ‘dreading’ an economic recovery from the COVID-19 depression?

May 26, 2020, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to a Politico story with a former Obama official saying “This is my big worry… It’s high — high, high, high, high” that the economy will begin a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 depression…

$6 MILLION IN NEW GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE SAFE AND HEALTHY REOPENING OF SMALL BUSINESSES

City has provided over $13.5 million in funding to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19 BOSTON – Tuesday, May 26, 2020 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced $6 million in new debt-free grants to support the safe and healthy reopening of small businesses in Boston, continuing the City of…