Fall 2002

Fall 2002

The CALL doesnt stop at job placement

The CALL doesnt stop at job placement

For many years, Jewish Vocational Service of Greater Boston was a small agency that helped Jewish immigrants find jobs. The organization was founded in 1938 to accommodate the influx of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe. In 1981, it had about 10 employees and a budget of roughly $200,000. That was the year the agency hired(...)

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Contested legislative races

When they go to the polls this November, two-thirds of Massachusetts voters will see only one candidate for state representative on the ballot. Only South Carolina has less competition for seats in the lower legislativebody, the one designed to be closest to the people. Massachusetts also stands out in potential for a par-tisan reversal of(...)

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Dispelling the myths about Shays Rebellion

Dispelling the myths about Shays Rebellion

Shays’s Rebellion: The American Revolution’s Final BattleBy Leonard R. RichardsUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 216 pages. Residents of western Massachusetts find it difficult to avoid regular encounters with the legacy of Daniel Shays. When I drive my youngest son to school, we cut diagonally across South Amherst on Shays Street. When I take visitors on(...)

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Beacon ill

Beacon ill

  It’s a steamy afternoon in late July, and you might expect the temperature to be rising even higher beneath the golden dome of the Massachusetts State House. The state Senate is getting ready to vote on the biggest tax increase in state history, a $1.2 billion tax package designed to plug a gaping hole(...)

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Misdiagnosis

Misdiagnosis

Jennifer Stokes had a problem. Earlier in the day, a pediatrician outside Springfield called her child advocacy center about a 3-year-old girl in his office who had vaginal bruising and bleeding. The child’s caregivers claimed she fell on a piece of gym equipment; the girl said that wasn’t what happened, but would not say what(...)

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A top campaign stop in Codman Square

A top campaign stop in Codman Square

When gubernatorial candidate Steve Grossman needed a campaign backdrop to roll out his plan to save the state money on prescription drugs, the Codman Square Health Center seemed as logical a choice as any. That’s evidently what fellow Democrat Robert Reich figured as well when he announced his crime-fighting plan a few weeks later from(...)

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