OK, folks, time for a think piece. It's going to be a bit of a wild ride compared to some of my more straightforward editorials, but I felt the need to develop some ideas this week at a bit more length than normal. Because some discussions just can't be truncated.
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18 Jun 2010 - 11:58pm
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18 Jun 2010 - 11:58pm
BOSTON/State House - Over 11 days ago, activists from the Student Immigrant Movement began a vigil outside the State House to protest a budget amendment recently passed by the Mass.
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18 Jun 2010 - 12:00am
BOSTON/Fenway - About 100 immigrant, labor, community and religious advocates held a picket outside the Boston Red Sox-Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game at Fenway Park on Tuesday in opposition to an Arizona law that they believe is discriminatory to immigrants.
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18 Jun 2010 - 12:00am
The most exotic destination you can visit this summer is in Massachusetts at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem. The featured exhibition, “Fiery Pool: The Maya and The Mythic Sea,” captures the excitement and essence of the ancient American civilization in a dramatic new way.
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11 Jun 2010 - 11:55pm
As the global economic crisis continues, Massachusetts lawmakers continue to follow the neoliberal playbook as slavishly as their federal counterparts - slashing programs that help working families and the poor to the bone, and refusing to raise taxes on the rich and corporations to help keep vi
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11 Jun 2010 - 12:00am
Is the collapse of the US automobile industry good news or bad news? In fact, it is both. The bad-news part is obvious: job-loss, impoverishment, urban decay.
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11 Jun 2010 - 12:00am
The following music video featuring a new Reform Immigration For America version of the old hymn and Civil Rights Movement anthem “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” was recorded on January 22, 2010 by a group of local activists and musicians from
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10 Jun 2010 - 11:06pm
Thirty striking workers from Shaw's Methuen warehouse and their supporters descended on State Street Bank's downtown Boston headquarters to pressure its top executives to take a stand against Supervalu's (Shaw's parent company) refusal to end the nearly 14 week strike.
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10 Jun 2010 - 12:43pm
WGBH sent along the following promo clip of an upcoming Ralph Nader appearance on their national interview show María Hinojosa: One-on-One. The segment will air on June 22nd at 7:30 p.m. on WGBH Channel 2/HD. Looks like it's definitely worth checking out.
