Massachusetts Needs to Take Over North Adams Regional Hospital
Jason PramasIf you need a current nearby example of why our healthcare system is still broken, look no further than the precipitous closure of the 100 bed, 129 year old North Adams Regional Hospital...
View ArticleDottie Stevens, Presente
Jason PramasThe anti-poverty movement lost one of its great warriors last week when Dottie Stevens of Mattapan passed away after a tough fight with cancer. So I thought I'd say a few words in her memory.
View ArticleOff This Week ... Back Next Week ...
Jason PramasJust a note to say that I'm taking this week off from editorial writing to prepare for the Boston Strong? art show - which opens this Tuesday (April 15th). I'll be back next week with some...
View ArticleBoston Strong? Artist Statement: Jason Pramas
Jason PramasThis site was down yesterday with a technical issue; so I couldn't post this editorial on our normal editorial day. But the site is obviously back up now (phew!). Here for your...
View ArticleSome Options for Fighting the Federal Shutdown of TOUCH 106.1 FM
Jason PramasSeveral days ago, the federal government shut down TOUCH 106.1 FM - an unlicensed low power radio station serving Boston's African-American community - and two other unlicensed immigrant...
View ArticleBoston's May Day Event Needs to Move Back Downtown
Jason PramasThis week I have basically one point to make. I think it's time for the organizers of Boston's main May Day march and rally to bring the event back to downtown Boston. When the holiday...
View ArticleWalsh Administration Should Act on Councilor Yancey's Proposal to Build a New...
Jason PramasDistrict 4 Councilor Charles Yancey's office put out an interesting bulletin a few days ago on his recent attempt to revive his decade and a half old proposal for the city to build a 14...
View ArticleSupport Open Media Boston at Our June 1st Benefit!
Jason PramasFolks who like what we do here at Open Media Boston, and have a few bucks to toss in the proverbial kitty, should come on down to our upcoming fundraiser “THE WORLD ACCORDING TO David...
View ArticleVacation Time
Jason PramasRegular viewers should take note that I'll be away on vacation for the next couple of weeks. In my absence, Open Media Boston will be in the capable hands of Associate Editor Jonathan...
View ArticleOpen Media Boston Editors Go Volunteer, Seek Paid Freelance News Reporters
Jason PramasOver dinner last night, Open Media Boston associate editor Jonny Adams and I celebrated the end of an era. As of today, both of us have moved on to other jobs and will run OMB on a...
View ArticleOpen Media Boston: Puttering Along With Few Resources
Jason PramasJust a note to say that, as promised, Open Media Boston is still puttering along without a paid editorial staff. Jonny Adams and I are both working our new full-time jobs - in the corporate...
View ArticleAre Mass Arrests the New Normal in Boston?
Jason PramasFor many of the last 30 years, I have been in leadership of various movements for democracy and social justice in and around my hometown of Boston. In that capacity, I have helped organize...
View ArticleOne Lesson from the Boston Highway Blockades: Progressives Must Organize the...
Jason PramasLast Thursday, a bunch of local activists blocked two major highways on the outskirts of Boston for hours in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Whatever one wants to say about...
View ArticleOpen Media Boston Celebrates Seventh Anniversary, Plans Fall Relaunch
Jason PramasMarch 20 was the seventh anniversary of more-or-less continuous publication of Open Media Boston. I say "more or less" because we have had a number of periods where our publication of metro...
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Open Media Boston's Jason Pramas Joins BINJ Leadership Team
Jason PramasAfter some preliminary discussions with Chris Faraone and John Loftus, I am pleased to announce that I will be joining the leadership team of the new Boston Institute for Nonprofit...
View ArticleMassachusetts Needs to Take Over North Adams Regional Hospital
Jason PramasIf you need a current nearby example of why our healthcare system is still broken, look no further than the precipitous closure of the 100 bed, 129 year old North Adams Regional Hospital...
View ArticleDottie Stevens, Presente
Jason PramasThe anti-poverty movement lost one of its great warriors last week when Dottie Stevens of Mattapan passed away after a tough fight with cancer. So I thought I'd say a few words in her memory.
View ArticleOff This Week ... Back Next Week ...
Jason PramasJust a note to say that I'm taking this week off from editorial writing to prepare for the Boston Strong? art show - which opens this Tuesday (April 15th). I'll be back next week with some...
View ArticleBoston Strong? Artist Statement: Jason Pramas
Jason PramasThis site was down yesterday with a technical issue; so I couldn't post this editorial on our normal editorial day. But the site is obviously back up now (phew!). Here for your...
View ArticleSome Options for Fighting the Federal Shutdown of TOUCH 106.1 FM
Jason PramasSeveral days ago, the federal government shut down TOUCH 106.1 FM - an unlicensed low power radio station serving Boston's African-American community - and two other unlicensed immigrant...
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