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How Watergate paved the way to Jan. 6 (and my very minor role in all of it)

by Alison Bass | Jun 14, 2022 | Uncategorized

Like many young people, Watergate inspired me to become a journalist. But unlike some of my contemporaries, I was lucky enough to find myself reporting on how Watergate affected the Congressional representation in my own hometown, while still a college student. Before...

A tribute to the friend who taught me how to dance and die

by Alison Bass | Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized

I often think of my best friend Marion, especially when I’m dancing at an outdoors event. I imagine her gazing down at me from one of those high nimbus clouds in the sky, saying, “You go girl!”  It was Marion, after all, who taught me how to move and we never...

Does Mike Barnicle deserve a second chance as a MSNBC contributor?

by Alison Bass | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized

At a barbecue this weekend, the hostess mentioned that she regularly saw Mike Barnicle, the disgraced former columnist from The Boston Globe, on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough’s daily morning show on MSNBC. This friend had read my memoir, Brassy Broad: How one...

How the U.S. resembles Haiti more than Norway and what that means for our democracy

by Alison Bass | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized

I love traveling, in large part because I get to meet people from different cultures and countries and learn more about how the problems we face in the United States are echoed and sometimes amplified around the world. When I was in the Boston area for my son’s...

Why are health care execs earning tens of millions when medical costs bankrupt many Americans?

by Alison Bass | May 17, 2022 | Uncategorized

In 2021, the CEOs of America’s seven largest health insurance companies cumulatively earned more than $283 million in 2021 — by far the most of any year in the past decade, according to this story in statnews. The CEO of UnitedHealthcare alone earned $142 million,...
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