Guest Editorial: The Bank Loan That Could Break South Africa's Back
Patrick Bond (Advocate)Editor's Note: We inaugurate our five-week series of Open Media Boston guest editorials with Patrick Bond's timely discussion of the very direct connections between American...
View ArticleGuest Editorial: The Arizona Provocation
Suren MoodliarSergio Reyes is a serious person.* This May Day he is marching in support of workers and immigrants.Reyes brings a gravitas to the day that accompanies few. Neither a college lefty nor...
View ArticleGuest Editorial: Now That They've Come for the Muslims
Suren MoodliarTerror, successfully executed, requires two somewhat contradictory threats. First, nobody is exempt: You, yes, you are a target! Second, the idea that some people deserve what they get:...
View ArticleSecure Communities Undermines Us All
Suren Moodliar (Advocate)For a time, most Americans believed theirs to be a liberal democratic republic respectful of individual freedoms, and many including some with authority, behaved as if it were....
View ArticleMandela's Dilemmas Are Ours, But He Leaves His Example
Suren MoodliarSome years ago, at the heart of a South African region once aptly nicknamed the “generator of the revolution,” tourism boosters proposed the erection of a giant, Statue of Liberty-scale...
View ArticleReport: MBTA Deploying "Most Expensive Bus Surveillance System Ever"
Saul TannenbaumDespite a bus fleet that is overdue for replacement, the MBTA is installing what it says is the most extensive surveillance system on a major transit system in the country. As reported...
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