Jon Keller

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Jon Keller

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. For most of its 54 years of existence, public broadcasting has been a target of conservatives who saw it as a political threat. The federal aid it receives is once again under fire on Capitol Hill. And at a House committee hearing, NPR and PBS executives hoping to preserve their funding had to fend off charges of cultural indoctrination as well.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jon Keller

Rep. Trahan on how Elon Musk's DOGE is impacting Massachusetts Massachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan said the phones have been ringing off the hook at her offices as constituents react to the service cuts and freezes instituted by the Trump administration via Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, otherwise known as DOGE.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jon Keller

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. Being the spouse of a prominent politician isn't easy. You must smile and wave when those may be the last things you want to do in that moment, pretend you are enjoying situations and people you detest. In the past it has meant you are the ultimate supporting actor, your personality and accomplishments often treated as a sidebar at best to those of your mate.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Jon Keller

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. For many, the current spate of five-year anniversary reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic resurrect memories we'd just as soon forget. The panic shopping and chronic shortages, the seemingly endless testing and masking, the shutdowns, isolation and loneliness - and, of course, the terrible death toll.

1 month ago | znetwork.org | Jon Keller

It’s not a lot of laughs being a Congressional Democrat these days. Their party is a mess. Partisan loathing is on high boil. If you’re a veteran liberal like Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Second District), every day brings the dismantling of something you spent years building. So when McGovern showed up for an interview the other day, it wasn’t surprising to find him in an epic funk about the potential impact of the Trump/Musk tsunami of horror.