BOSTON/East Boston - Over 500 people from 2 dozen immigrant, labor and religious organizations marched through wind and rain to demand more rights for immigrants and better labor conditions for all in the United States on the traditional May 1st workers holiday today. The group processed from Central Square in East Boston past Chelsea City Hall to Glendale Park in Everett - meeting groups of supporters along the way. Thousands of residents of the predominantly immigrant neighborhoods smiled, cheered, or stared in surprise as the marchers passed them by on the 3 mile march route. Some - apparently native born Americans - alternately jeered or made supportive comments, depending on their point of view.

The event was organized by the May 1st Coalition and - after almost a decade of similar annual events - is gradually becoming a Boston tradition.

BOSTON/East Boston - The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority is responsible for debts incurred by the Big Dig, at over 14 billion dollars, the largest public works project in American history, The Authority borrowed money during the flush times of the early 2000s, partly using credit default swaps, one contributing component to the enormous financial bubble that burst and which now smothers the American and global economies.

BOSTON/East Boston - New health concerns raised for East Boston by Mass. Department of Public Health in this audio report from the East Boston youth media group, Zumix. The DPH study says that the closer residents live to Logan Airport, the higher the rate of numerous life-threatening illnesses - including lung cancer and multiple sclerosis - due to "xenobiotic exposure."

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.