BOSTON/Beacon Hill - A crowd of about a hundred ex-hippie environmentalists, fresh-faced optimistic lobbyists, state congressmen in ties and business suits, and concerned citizens from five to 75 crowded the State House steps yesterday in support of the Global Warming Solutions Act.

BOSTON/South Boston - On Monday, a group of 25 people - including former employees of the recently closed Seafood Palace Restaurant in Dorchester and supporters from the Chinese Progressive Association Workers Center, Mass. Jobs with Justice, and the Mass. Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health - met at the Broadway T Stop in South Boston and held a short rally before marching up West Broadway to Kim's Market to protest Seafood Palace's violation of various state and federal labor laws and demand justice for its laid-off workers.

BOSTON/Government Center - Protesters gathered at the offices of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans in downtown Boston to protest waste and abuse by private health insurance companies and challenge health insurance industry leaders to a debate about the future of reform in Massachusetts.

BOSTON/East Boston - Recent developments in the 40 year fight to save the East Boston's Neptune Road neighborhood from destruction and incorporation into Logan Airport are chronicled in this two segment audio production by the Zumix Journalism Group, a radio training program for local high school kids based in East Boston.

BOSTON/Downtown Crossing - Last Saturday, 75 people attended a "Stand for Security" march and rally called by the Service Employees International Union Local 615.

BOSTON/Fenway - Four weeks ago, a popular Boston teacher - Obain Attouoman - was deported from the United States to his native country of Ivory Coast.

BOSTON - About 5 zillion people attended the victory parade for the 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics today, and Open Media Boston viewers would have had a much better window on the proceedings had it

BOSTON/Jamaica Plain - About 1000 people attended the Green Roots Festival to benefit Bikes Not Bombs last Sunday in the park opposite the Stony Brook T stop.

BOSTON/Government Center - Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner (G/R - District 7) held a hearing Tuesday afternoon at Boston City Hall to solicit public testimony on his proposed resolution to modify t

BOSTON/Roxbury - Teens from Boston Youth Organizing Project (BYOP) and the Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP) call for the creation of a $10 MBTA monthly "Youth Pass." The current "Stud