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by Reebee Garafolo | 12 Mar 2010 - 12:20pm

Capitol/EMI is the smallest of the so-called Big Four major record companies.

by Jason Pramas | 11 Mar 2010 - 8:00pm

BOSTON/Boston Common - Over 125 students, faculty, staff and alumni from several Massachusetts public colleges rallied Monday on Boston Common to pressure the state legislature to increase funding for public higher education. The event was oraganized by the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts.

by Rand Wilson (Advocate) | 11 Mar 2010 - 2:32pm

Lynn, Mass. - About 75 telecom workers and community supporters rallied in support of a local Verizon technician who was recently threatened by a supervisor while acting in his capacity as an IBEW Local 2321 steward during a "captive audience" safety meeting.

by Jason Pramas | 9 Mar 2010 - 10:22pm

It remains to be seen if Gov. Deval Patrick will grow a spine on the health care front and make his new "soft cap" on annual increases in health insurance company premiums into a hard cap. As it stands, Patrick has ordered the new state insurance commissioner Joseph G.

by Rand Wilson (Advocate) | 3 Mar 2010 - 5:16pm

BOSTON/Charlestown - More than 90 union members, students and community activists jammed the SEIU Local 888 union hall on Saturday for a "Troublemakers School" sponsored by Massachusetts Jobs with Justice.

by Jason Pramas | 2 Mar 2010 - 11:49pm

BOSTON/Allston - Prof. Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology spoke on current events in Palestine tonight at Boston University to a crowd of over 300 attendees.

by Jason Pramas | 2 Mar 2010 - 11:37pm

Originally, I had intended to focus this week's editorial on the formation of the new Massachusetts Competitive Partnership by the CEOs of several major locally-based corporations.

by Michael Borkson | 2 Mar 2010 - 9:36pm

Cambridge, Mass. - Ralph Nader - citizen and consumer advocate, presidential candidate, and author - spoke at Harvard Law School last Tuesday.

by Diana Mai (Staff) | 2 Mar 2010 - 9:26pm

Open Media Boston Staff Photographer Diana Mai attended two labor pickets at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Cambridge in February and produced the following photo essay.

by Cole Harrison and Pat Scanlon (Advocate) | 25 Feb 2010 - 12:07am

BOSTON/Boston Common - With the message "Not one more Death, Not One Dollar More!", about 100 military family members, veterans, and peace activists marked the 1,000 death of a U.S. soldier in Operation Enduring Freedom Monday afternoon at Park Street Station in Boston.

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