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We Can Build 100,000 Permanently Affordable Homes.

Over thirty years, a family in a market-rate two-bedroom pays $1.2 million more than the same family in an affordable home. Here is where that money goes.

What Is a State Senator Supposed to Do?

If you watch how most of Beacon Hill operates, you would think the job is to wait for permission. I call this the wait and see culture, and it is the reason corporations get their agenda fast-tracked while people on the margin wait their turn.

Who Wrote Your Energy Bill?

More than half of your bill is not even the energy you use. Here is where it goes and who profits from it.

We Stopped the Bill.

The utilities wrote the first draft. Because every vote is now public, we rewrote it.

Raise the Bar.

New York City just committed $15 million for trans youth healthcare. Massachusetts is spending a fraction of that. Let's raise the bar.

We proved them wrong

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ICE Is Buying Your Location Data. Massachusetts Voted to Stop Them.

ICE buys your location data from apps on your phone. Massachusetts just voted to stop them.

The PROTECT Act, Part 3: Civil Rights, Guardianship, and the Remaining Differences

Part 3: guardianship, T/U visa certification, civil rights, and the remaining provisions the conference committee must reconcile.

They Killed Rent Control. We're Not Done.

Rent control just got killed — not by voters. The fight moves to Beacon Hill. September 1st is right around the corner.

The PROTECT Act, Part 2: Protected Spaces, Bail Reform, and Access to Legal Counsel

Protected spaces, bail reform, and the right to legal counsel under the PROTECT Act

What the PROTECT Act Does. And What It Doesn't

Police databases, ICE access, and why the school-to-deportation pipeline matters for Somerville.

Zero Percent

Massachusetts deployed AI into benefits and health systems through a vendor that also sells surveillance tools to ICE, with no safety evaluation and no way to verify that residents' data stays protected.

A Pattern Keeps Showing Up. I Keep Opening The Door.

Last Saturday I was in a room with the President of Albania. Here is why, and what it has to do with your energy bill.

Your Roads Are Getting Fixed. Your Schools Are Not.

Your city’s state aid grew 5% in twelve years. Inflation grew 37%. Here’s what that means.

How Do We Make Taxes More Fair? And Solve The State & Local Budget Crises.

The top 1% pays less than you do. Here’s what Trump’s bill just did to our budget.

A Governor Just Suspended His Own Election. Here Is What We Must Do.

A governor just suspended his own election. The Voting Rights Act is gutted. Here is what Massachusetts must do now.

They Just Took A Blow Torch To Your Privacy.

The House passed a bill requiring every social media user in Massachusetts to hand their identity to a company in California. I voted no.

AI Is Making Decisions About Your Life. You Deserve to Know.

They Said It Couldn't Be Done, We Did It This Week!

The MAGA winner take all strategy for AI

The Governor's office met with me about the OpenAI contract. Meanwhile, bills are moving through state legislatures that would make asking those questions illegal.

The MAGA winner take all strategy for AI

Healey's OpenAI state contract and why it matters to you

Governor Healey signed a three-year AI contract covering all 40,000 state employees. The public has not been allowed to see it.

Healey's OpenAI state contract and why it matters to you

Say Shacoby Kenny's name

Thank you Senator Pat Jehlen, and the year ahead

When it rains, don't touch the water...

Standing up for food security

Trump's attack on Massachusetts and what we can do about it

Our big wins for transparency and ending real estate broker fees

Do not stop speaking about Gaza and fighting for justice for Rümeysa

What we can do to protect our immigrant neighbors