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by Jonathan Adams | 13 Jul 2014 - 11:29pm

Bostonians hit out at the Israeli assaults on the Palestinian Territories that began last week, and has reportedly claimed the lives of dozens of Palestinian civilians so far.

by Jonathan Adams | 11 Jul 2014 - 2:25pm

In a rally at Boston City Hall on Tuesday, state and local legislators, and pro-choice advocates, hit out at the recent US Supreme Court rulings, which struck major blows against the provision of women’s reproductive healthcare. 

by Jonathan Adams | 8 Jul 2014 - 12:09pm

Domestic Workers – State House

by Somerville Neighborhood News | 3 Jul 2014 - 11:31am

Somerville, Mass. – Somerville may join the growing list of Commonwealth cities and towns that ban or restrict the use of plastic bags, and neither city officials nor most of those questioned in the streets recently oppose the idea. 

by Somerville Neighborhood News | 3 Jul 2014 - 11:24am

Somerville, Mass. – A citywide ban on expanded polystyrene or “Styrofoam” that went into effect last month is largely not being respected or enforced.

by Steve Early | 3 Jul 2014 - 10:58am

“We substitute teachers like to think of ourselves as the marines of the public education system. Whenever a breach opens in our nation’s educational front lines, off we go: The few, the brave, the stupid.” -- From Tom Gallagher's SUB 

by Jonathan Adams | 1 Jul 2014 - 12:17pm

BOSTON – Boston Public Schools bus drivers renewed calls for their employer, Veolia, to reinstate the four fired leaders of their union, the United Steelworkers (USW) local 8751, in a rally at the Freeport bus yard in Dorchester on Monday. 

by Jonathan Adams | 30 Jun 2014 - 3:58pm

Minimum Wage – Statehouse

by Jason Pramas | 29 Jun 2014 - 4:18am

Regular viewers should take note that I'll be away on vacation for the next couple of weeks. In my absence, Open Media Boston will be in the capable hands of Associate Editor Jonathan Adams.

by Dave Goodman | 29 Jun 2014 - 1:29am

"Local Edition" is our continuing series of bi-weekly local audio newscasts sponsored by Open Media Boston and the WMBR Radio News Department. This is number 17 in the series.

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