Congratulations to the organizations - Neighbor to Neighbor, Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and others - that helped successfully close some big loopholes for corporations in the state tax system this week.

A new report released this week by Community Labor United - a coalition of labor and community organizations whose mission is to "protect and promote the interests of working class communities in the

In this week's editorial, we'd like to praise a great new documentary by a group of young community leaders in the Health Careers Ambassadors Program of the Hyde Square Task Force in Jamaica Plain (in

This coming Monday, Governor Deval Patrick will put ink to paper on a 10 year $1 billion deal that can justifiably be called a giveaway to the biotechnology industry - right before jetting off to a hu

Teenagers don't need good paying jobs. That's the word from the Retailers Association of Massachusetts this week.

We've been a bit puzzled this week at the spectacle of progressive Boston City Councilor Sam Yoon crusading against alleged abuse of sick-day buybacks by numerous city workers.

It is unfortunate, to say the least, that Gov.

While the Massachusetts state budget process for Fiscal Year 2009 is by no means the worst we've ever seen, we cannot help but muse about lost opportunities this week as the Senate Ways and Means Comm

Kudos are certainly in order for Massachusetts legislators led by State Representative Paul Kujawski (D-Webster) that are finally calling to pierce the non-profit fig leaf draped over the vast multina

Today is May Day. There are many Americans, including many on the American left, who have a somewhat skewed view of the history of May 1st as a workers' holiday.