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by Jason Pramas and Annie Shreffler | 14 Jul 2010 - 11:53pm

BOSTON/Back Bay - Hundreds of immigrant advocates and supporters held a rally in Copley Square on Saturday to protest the controversial Arizona anti-immigrant law SB 1070 and a local appearance by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer at the annual meeting of the National Governors Association. Following speeches by several activists, the attendees marched in sometimes driving rain to the Sheraton Boston where they picketed outside the governors' meeting for a short time - surrounded by heavy security.

by Eva Moseley and Guntram Mueller | 14 Jul 2010 - 12:19pm

“Countdown to Zero makes old terrors radioactively new again.”


“A hair-raising look at nuclear proliferation from the producers of An Inconvenient Truth.”


“A nuclear wake-up call about the real threats we face and the urgent need for action.”

by Ann Young | 8 Jul 2010 - 4:25pm

South Boston, MA - In a 7–0 vote, the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals approved Fenway Bark Stay.Play.Heal.’s (www.fenwaybarkonline.com) off street parking and First Street entrance on May 25, 2010.

by Annie Shreffler | 7 Jul 2010 - 11:54pm

BOSTON/Back Bay - Five women active in local, state and national election campaigns appeared for a political roundtable on Saturday, where they urged their audience to run for office and take back the “F-word” in 2010.

by Jason Pramas | 7 Jul 2010 - 11:45pm

This is a photo essay of the July 4th 2010 Boston fireworks - shot from the Cambridge side of the Charles River ... directly in front of the fireworks barge.

by Jason Pramas | 7 Jul 2010 - 11:39pm

Almost 40 years ago, Neil Young wrote a song about the destruction caused by heroin use among many musicians he knew at the time.

by Eileen McCluskey (Advocate) | 1 Jul 2010 - 2:32am

On the sultry summer evening of June 20, we gathered in the big hall at St. John’s United Methodist Church near Watertown Square.

by Jason Pramas | 28 Jun 2010 - 3:33pm

A word of congratulations is due this week to the brave young organizers with the Student Immigrant Movement for maintaining a 24/7 presence in front of the Mass.

by Jason Pramas | 28 Jun 2010 - 3:19pm

BOSTON/State House - A jubilant group of over 50 activists from the Student Immigrant Movement and allied organizations held a press conference on Friday to announce a victory in their campaign to get the Mass.

by Jason Pramas | 28 Jun 2010 - 2:38pm

Cambridge, MA - Outraged at the June 7 decision by an Indian local court to convict 7 former officials of Union Carbide of India Limited of criminal negligence in the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy rather than prosecute them on more serious charges for their roles in the deaths of thousands of resident

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