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Did Misogyny Ruin the New York Times?
The short version? Yes. Yes, it did. On November 5th, the New York Times published an opinion piece entitled, “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” To publish such an article right now, while women’s rights are under attack, is appalling. That it came from so highly-regarded a source is alarming. And that this piece masquerades as a championing of women’s rights? Unforgivable. Let’s discuss the term “conservative feminism,” what real feminism looks like, and why intersectional feminism is so important.
The Right to Read
Book bans are a rampant problem in the U.S. According to PEN America, there were 6,870 book bans in the 2024–2025 school year. The American Library Association recorded challenges to almost 2,500 unique titles in the 2024 calendar year. These numbers show an alarming increase—more than eight times over—when compared with the prior two decades. Almost 23,000 books have been banned nationwide since 2021, and these bans disproportionately attack books with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC characters. The good news is, there are many ways that we can fight back!
About the Upcoming SNAP Cutoff in Massachusetts
If the federal government doesn’t reopen, SNAP benefits in Massachusetts are not slated to be distributed as usual in November. Read this piece for resources if you need help and groups you can support if you have resources you can offer.
True Life Shouldn’t Be Scarier than Fiction
As Trump continues to point fingers about who is to blame for the fractured state of our country, when it comes to the dismantling of public health policy, the call is definitely coming from inside the house. In honor of spooky season, click through for some talking points about some of the terrifying ways that RFK Jr. has undermined public health policy.
Perspectives Series: USAID Collapse
In this Perspectives Series, we redirect people to important narratives, directly hearing from everyday Americans about their struggles. This week, we hear from a local researcher whose longstanding work improving conditions in Guatemala was abruptly ended by the Trump administration during the forced shutdown of USAID.
350, No Kings, and the Climate
The truth, of course, is that people are part of nature, and that people require a livable climate. Without it, there is no food. With frequent extreme weather, farmers cannot grow crops, and harvests fail. Our oceans, which have been absorbing most of the carbon, are losing oxygen, endangering countless marine species, including those that at least a billion people depend on for food. Droughts also lead to dangerously low levels of drinking water in our freshwater reservoirs. In short, climate change is deadly.
Massachusetts Judge Upholds Free Speech Rights
“Each day, I recognize (to paraphrase Lincoln again) that the brave men and women, living and dead, who have struggled in our Nation's service have hallowed our Constitutional freedom far above my (or anyone’s) poor power to add or detract. The only Constitutional rights upon which we can depend are those we extend to the weakest and most reviled among us.”
Fact Check: Transgender Mass Shooters
Transgender individuals have long been targets of the right-wing propaganda machine. Even before the murder of Charlie Kirk, innocent people have been pinned as violent nihilistic terrorists who perpetrate mass shootings and gun violence.
Whose America? Domestic military occupation and a nation on the brink
At the core of the administration’s current and proposed domestic military occupations is one of our nation’s most enduring questions: whose America is this? As a despicable despot attempts to turn a say in our nation’s future into a favor to be withheld at his pleasure, now is the time to recommit to standing up for our liberties and resisting attempts to divide and conquer us.
Trump Dissolves Congress in Response to Epstein Inquiry
In the heat of August’s summer, we can only imagine where and when the descent to authoritarianism will come next as it approaches bottom. See our satirical dispatch of an article next month in the New York Times.
What’s going on in D.C.?
The administration frequently seeks to amass power by “flooding the zone” with a multitude of authoritarian measures in the hope of overwhelming those of us who stand together for liberty, and diverting attention from its own vulnerabilities. As we endeavor to protect the liberty of our communities, our first priority is following the lead of communities directly affected by the administration’s attempted authoritarian takeover.
The Time Has Come to Be Petty
We are the good guys but we should not refuse to use this tool on some high-minded principle. “When they go low, we go high” is no longer the rule. Instead we should meet them in the gutter and humiliate them at every opportunity.
ICE Raids Have Far-Reaching Effects on the Human Services Industry
The Trump regime has terminated the protected status of half a million immigrants from Haiti, many of whom serve essential roles in Boston’s Human Services industry, leaving the most vulnerable people in our communities at risk of neglect.
What does the Trump v. Casa decision actually do?
What this decision is: The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has made it more difficult to stop the Trump administration from committing illegal acts.
What this decision is not: SCOTUS has not eliminated birthright citizenship.
What you can do: Read our guide to this disastrous decision for full details and three ways you can help in this fight.
Hammer Fall
The power of the people is greater than any branch of government but it is a blunt and temperamental instrument. It cannot be fully mustered or deployed in a day. Movements are like a force of nature or the weather; a disturbance in the political atmosphere that we must be wise enough to navigate.
Trump Budget Bill Will Turbocharge Authoritarian Deportation Regime
This article is time-sensitive. The Senate is trying to vote on the Trump budget bill next week! Action items can be found at the end of the article.
Here To Stay
I breathe deep and tap into years of psychological training from the world’s best mental health professionals, living my best life in a warzone where anything with a Pride flag on it is a target for hateful bigots. I tell myself that we will always be out there, they’ll tear us up, mock my trans siblings when they jump to their deaths, and still it will not be enough to make me disappear. We will grow bolder and find ways to resist their totalitarian systems. This is what it means to me when I say we are here to stay.
Why should I join the 6/9 protest?
Know that we're in the same boat. We're struggling, too, and we struggled ourselves in deciding whether we should take the drastic step of skipping out on other obligations ourselves, much less ask it of you. Here's why we ultimately decided that things have gotten so dire that we're risking more than we ever have to attend this rally, and why we ask you to consider the same.
No ICE in my Backyard
I talked to my local police department about its non-cooperation policy with ICE, and you should too. Here’s how.
Let Them Eat Tariffs
Trump’s economic plan is here, and it’s bigly ridiculous. In this satire about economic policy, we trace how a glorified subtraction problem turned into a national strategy, why trade deficits aren’t actually scary, and what happens when historical ignorance meets Marie Antoinette and logic gets the guillotine.