To the editor: I recently contributed to Sen. Ed Markey’s re-election campaign. I wanted to do it even though it’s a diversion of resources from the larger effort to put a Democrat in the White House. And that’s only part of the problem with Joe Kennedy challenging Markey. Ed’s re-election will also divert time and […] More »

By Hannah Uebele A year after the the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report warning about irreversible climate change in 2018, Sen. Edward Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez co-authored their Green New Deal resolution. With millions of climate change protesters taking to the streets in an effort to get governments to take […] More »

By Brian Merchant HYANNIS – Senator Ed Markey was in Hyannis Thursday to discuss the importance of local climate activism, the Green New Deal and the future of collective climate crisis work. The Massachusetts Democrat was a guest speaker at the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative’s second annual Net Zero Cape & Islands roundtable conference. The […] More »

Steve Grossman, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and state treasurer for four years, endorsed Sen. Ed Markey’s re-election campaign on Thursday, siding with the incumbent in a four-way primary that includes U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy. Grossman, whose daughter-in-law Becky Grossman is seeking Kennedy’s seat in Congress, praised Markey’s knowledge of the state […] More »