December 30, 2020
Coronavirus vaccine rollout: Charlie Baker, senior advocates rip pols who ‘cut the line’ for a shot
December 8, 2020
Online grocery shopping is growing, but millions of Americans on food stamps are being left behind
October 2020
Springfield Police Need Serious Reforms in Light of Damning DOJ Report
July 2020
Home Care Workers on the Front Lines Are Being Left Out
July 16, 2020
Public Transportation Workers Always Play Vital Roles
July 30, 2020
Crafting a Win-Win For Seniors
June 24, 2020
Home Care Workers Need Help
March 4, 2020 Boston
Tackling Senior Poverty
Jan 17, 2020, Boston
MSAC Celebrates New Medicare Savings Program Expansion
Jan 7, 2020,
MSAC End of Year Report
Transportation
Nov 28, 2017, Next City: "Boston Transit Advocates Say Going Cashless Could Leave Some Riders Behind"
August 9, 2017, Boston Globe: "Service at the T's Ride improving, but still lagging"
June 23, 2017, Boston Globe: "Complaints Rising at The Ride"
April 3, 2017, Commonwealth Magazine: "T backing off paratransit service cuts"
April 3, 2017, Boston Globe: "MBTA’s newest commuter rail locomotives have defect"
April 3, 2017, Telegram.com: "Alternatives explored to save premium ride service"
March 22, 2017, People's World: "The slow death of Boston’s mass transit system"
March 21, 2017, Boston Herald: "Charlie Baker Rejects Rail Cuts: Weekend Service Preserved"
March 20, 2017, Commonwealth Magazine: "T offers up other paratransit options: Disabled users demand withdrawal of proposed service cut"
March 13, 2017, Boston Globe: "MBTA could cut weekend commuter rail service"
March 13, 2017, US News: "MBTA Weighs Ending Weekend Commuter Rail Service for a Year"
Healthcare
March 12, 2019, Somerville News Weekly: “Seniors Demand Action on Affordable Healthcare, Access to Healthy Food and Fair Pay for Home Workers”
March 11, 2019, WWLP 22 Springfield: “Massachusetts Senior Action Council push for 3 bills to improve quality of life for seniors”
March 11, 2019, WGBH FM
July 29, 2017, Boston Globe: "Many of state’s elderly residents struggle to pay their bills"
July 20, 2017, WGBH News: "There Is A Fight Brewing On Beacon Hill Over Legislation Aimed At Lowering Prescription Drug Costs"
July 20, 2017: Itemlive.com: "Lynn Residents Speak Out Against Closing Union Hospital"
June 19, 2017: New Boston Post: "Obamacare Supporters Dog Maine Republican in Boston for Voting To Repeal It"
June 15, 2017, Christian Science Monitor: "America's Dental Care Gap is Wide: How Some States are Trying to Close It"
May 21, 2017, Itemlive.com: "Public Hearing Requested on Future of Union ER"
May 11, 2017, Bay State Banner: "Fear and Defiance Greet House Republicans' American Health Care Act"
May 4, 2017, Itemlive.com: "Senior Assessment: No Cuts, No Buts"
February 27, 2017, Boston Herald: "After A Lifetime of Work, ‘Gap’ Can Leave High Medical Bills"
February 27, 2017, Boston Herald: "Bay State Seniors Struggle To Get By"
January 4, 2017, NBC Boston: "Health Care Hikes Hit the Elderly"
Miscellaneous / Solidarity Work
Dec 5, 2017, Itemlive.com: "City Renters and Landlords Teamed Up To Fight Plans To Move Housing Court Of Lynn"
Nov 24, 2017, MassLive: "Massachusetts tries to enroll more seniors in food stamps with new Holyoke-based unit"
Oct 12, 2017, MassLive: "Springfield Mayor Sarno apologizes to Mason Square seniors; agrees to temporary center space"
Sept 14, 2017, South Coast Today: "Campaign to put paid leave, $15 minimum wage on 2018 ballot launches in New Bedford"
April 9, 2017, Itemlive.com "Congressman Moulton Gets an Earful in Lynn"
February 22, 2017, MetroWest Daily News: "Lawmakers vow persistence, resistance to Trump agenda"
December 16, 2016, Boston Herald: "Dems Vow to Battle GOP Over SNAP Cuts"
October 24, 2016, Itemlive.com: "Question 2: 2 Answers"