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by David Lewit (Advocate) | 19 Jun 2009 - 10:56pm

Testimony on H.341, Globalization Impact Bill

Before Joint Committee on Economic Development & Emerging Technology 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

9 June 2009

I thank the chairperson [Senator Karen Spilka] for this opportunity to share my views.

by Jason Pramas | 19 Jun 2009 - 10:50pm

BOSTON/Bay Village - In response to the recent slaughter of indigenous activists who had been blocking highways in protest of recent government decrees that would have opened the Amazon rainforest to oil and mining companies - threatening their way of life - 25 human rights advocates from severa

by Shirley Moskow | 19 Jun 2009 - 9:56pm

Next year marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution. Still, the country seems forever in flux.

by Jason Pramas | 18 Jun 2009 - 2:35am

BOSTON/Chinatown - Venezuela's Adjunct Ambassador to the United Nations Julio Escalona and economists Richard B.

by Rand Wilson | 15 Jun 2009 - 1:37pm

On June 12, Rep. Edward Markey became the seventh member of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to co-sponsor H.R. 676, the "Medicare for All" approach to health care reform written by Rep. John Conyers.

by Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia | 12 Jun 2009 - 11:31pm

Following its recent refresh of its MacBook line of notebooks, Apple is reportedly offering discounts of up to $450 to customers who purchased a previous model notebook within fourteen days of the refresh.

by Jason Pramas | 12 Jun 2009 - 11:25pm

There's been a fair amount of happy talk about the Massachusetts economy in the local news media in the last few weeks. Mostly of the "glass half full" variety ...

by Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia | 12 Jun 2009 - 11:02pm

The French Constitutional Council's recent decision against that nation's "HADOPI" Internet copyright law, which required ISPs to disconnect users after three purported copyright violations, naming Internet access a universal human right and bringing France into alignment with the rest of the Eu

by Liz DeWolf | 6 Jun 2009 - 12:00am

BOSTON/South End - The Youth Workers’ Alliance of the South End/Lower Roxbury welcomed dozens of students, parents, teachers, youth workers, and other members of the community to their 7th annual Youth Shines!

by Jason Pramas | 5 Jun 2009 - 11:54pm

Nashville, IN - The world looks a bit different from here in Brown County. This entirely rural area of southern Indiana has its own subtle pleasures. Beautiful rolling hills studded with cedars, sycamores and poplars.

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