It is almost summer. For many organizations in Boston, that means intern season. I direct the internship program in the Political Science Department at UMass Boston and have a message: if you don’t pay your interns, you can’t have interns. I know what some of you are thinking: our budgets are too tight! We want…
Month: May 2019
Prof. Cunningham’s Testimony on H.3553 An Act requiring major policy makers to disclose donations to entities engaging in political activity
On May 15 it was my privilege to testify before the Joint Committee on Election Laws in favor of H. 3553 An Act requiring major policy makers to disclose donations to entities engaging in political activity, filed by Rep. Marjorie Decker. It would make big bucks state policy makers like Paul Sagan and Mark E….
Mass Politics After the 2018 Elections: Still “Safe Harbor for Old School Pols & Politics”
Last spring I wrote a piece called “MASSPOLI#: Safe Harbor for Old School Pols & Politics” that began as follows: “American politics in 2018 is a hot mess. The Age of Trump will almost certainly be understood as a chaotic and terribly destructive time in American politics when our institutions were strained to the limit…
A Letter to Massachusetts Education Reporters
On May 1 I wrote a letter to several education writers on the topic of why they should be reporting on the financial backing of groups like Massachusetts Parents United or Democrats for Education Reform. Citizens have the right to be informed and only the media can do that. I’m sharing that letter here in…