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by Yuxiao Yuan, Somerville Neighborhood News | 6 Apr 2015 - 12:00am

Somerville, Mass. – On March 11, some 50 residents, business owners and others marched and protested in Union Square to protest the ongoing planning...

by Leonardo March | 27 Feb 2015 - 11:15pm
BOSTON/Roxbury - A walking vigil was held in Roxbury last Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary since the assassination of...
by Tara García Mathewson | 27 Feb 2015 - 10:50pm

BOSTON - Marco Angelone moved to Boston from Italy about seven years ago. In his country, it is not part of the culture to tip...

by Tara García Mathewson | 16 Feb 2015 - 3:42am

BOSTON/Dorchester - About two dozen activists used the holiday of love to show support for Boston’s low-wage workers and get a message out about fair...

by Iris Moore and Jane Regan, Somerville Neighborhood News | 10 Feb 2015 - 11:37pm

Somerville, Mass. – The Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) that will be negotiated between City Hall and Union Square developer US2 runs the risk of being...

by Yuxiao Yuan, Somerville Neighborhood News | 3 Feb 2015 - 4:17am

Somerville, Mass. - Area unions and labor leaders have decided to wage a campaign against Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRIT) for its recent decision...

Opinion

by Gary Zabel | Tuesday, 21 July 2015 - 7:34pm

While in Athens, I have gotten into the habit of ending the day by enjoying an iced coffee with cream in an outdoor cafe in a park about one mile from my hotel. It is there that I have been...

by Gary Zabel | Wednesday, 15 July 2015 - 9:05pm

Tonight the streets belonged to the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). Well OK, that’s an exaggeration. The streets in and around Syntagma Square belonged to it. Syntagma is where the Greek...

Radical Boston

by Joseph G. Ramsey | 14 Jul 2015 - 12:07am

Up here in Boston, just days ahead of July 4th, someone hit Christopher Columbus with a big bucket of blood.

Or what looked like blood.

Local media stations...

by Doug Enaa Greene | 17 Feb 2015 - 5:04pm

The German Revolution of 1918-1923 not only saw the collapse of the monarchy, but the...

Arts

by Loreto P. Ansaldo and Pampi thirdeyefell | 23 Oct 2014 - 3:12pm

Two important Public Art events are happening THIS WEEK featuring LOCAL ARTISTS. We reach out to all our Boston neighborhoods to come take part and interact with their local artists - THIS IS FOR...

Editorial

by Jason Pramas | 6 Jul 2015 - 1:02pm

After some preliminary discussions with Chris Faraone and John Loftus, I am pleased to announce that I will be joining the leadership...

by Jason Pramas | 29 Mar 2015 - 11:31am

March 20 was the seventh anniversary of more-or-less continuous publication of Open Media Boston. I say "more or less" because we have had a number of periods where our publication of metro news...

Living

by Sue Katz | 6 Jul 2015 - 12:00am

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