Local progressive groups rallied to show their commitment to fighting for workers’ rights, climate justice and racial equity long after ballots were counted. About 50 people showed up in the 30-degree weather, bundled in coats and masks and bumping elbows to greet one another.
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey faced off against Rep. Joe Kennedy III in their first televised primary debate Tuesday evening in the race for the U.S. Senate. Both candidates are competing for the Massachusetts seat.
While the speakers — one former federal legislator and two climate advocates — all agreed climate change is a major problem, they deliberated over how best to solve it.
The Road to a Green New Deal, an eight-city nationwide tour, launched Thursday as U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley and others addressed a 1,400-person audience at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester about the urgency of climate change and how the Green New Deal plans to address it.
Following the United Nations’ first climate change conference since the United States announced its slow withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, Bay Staters gathered before the State House Saturday...
