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by Michael Borkson (Participant) | 25 Mar 2010 - 4:30am

WASHINGTON - A full bus of 55 people from Boston joined thousands of other anti-war protesters in the nation's capital on Saturday March 20 for the ANSWER Coalition's protest against the Iraq and Afghan wars - held on the 7th anniversary of the U.S.

by Jason Pramas | 23 Mar 2010 - 12:00am

Last weekend marked Open Media Boston's 2nd anniversary of weekly publication.

by Jason Pramas | 22 Mar 2010 - 12:00am

BOSTON/State House - Over 75 people gathered in State House Room 437 on Tuesday for a press conference called by the Green Justice Coalition - the Massachusetts affiliate of the Apollo Alliance - to announce the release of a new report, "

by Rand Wilson (Advocate) | 21 Mar 2010 - 3:12pm

Dorchester, MA - Over 200 labor and community supporters turned out for a rally at the Shaw's Supermarket on Thursday to support striking warehouse workers at the company's Methuen Distribution Center.

by Deborah Nicholson (Advocate) | 16 Mar 2010 - 10:10pm

I work for the Free Software Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to advancing the cause of computer user freedom.

by Irene Glassman | 16 Mar 2010 - 9:32pm

Last week, I spent half a day at the Moakley Courthouse in South Boston in support of Vijay Shah, the friend of a friend, who had pressed forward with a lawsuit against the Secret Service after he was racially profiled and illegally detained on the day prior to the start of the Democratic Nation

by Jason Pramas | 16 Mar 2010 - 12:00am

It has been a while since I've harped on the need for progressive taxation in Massachusetts, but with cuts to local aid looming in the state budget there's no time like the present.

by Shirley Moskow | 16 Mar 2010 - 12:00am

The “Art of the Steal,” which just opened at the Kendall Square Theatre, Cambridge, documents a true Horatio Alger story and how it went awry.


by Victor Wallis (Independent) | 15 Mar 2010 - 2:46pm

Two strands of argument are most commonly deployed in official US pronouncements. The most common one is that “we were attacked on 9/11.” The follow-up argument is that the US is in Afghanistan in order to build up a stable regime that can subdue the Taliban.

by Rich Rogers (Advocate) | 15 Mar 2010 - 2:36pm

Six thousand new jobs are coming to Massachusetts. We need them. But will they be good jobs?

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