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More than 40 Massachusetts labor leaders have signed onto a letter to President Obama raising concerns that some policy makers in Washington are backing health care reforms based on the state plan adopted two years ago.
An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days (HD 1726 and SD 624) sponsored by Sen. Patricia Jehlen (D-2nd Middlesex), Rep. Kay Khan (D-11th Middlesex) and a number of other state legislators is one of the best bills we've seen proposed at the State House in quite a while.
BOSTON/Government Center - Over 50 people held a late afternoon picket in front of the Federal Building on Wednesday to protest the U.S. role in continuing to fund and supply the Israeli military after its recent invasion of the Gaza Strip.
BOSTON/South Boston - Unless you’ve arrived only recently from another planet, you know that Shepard Fairey’s first museum exhibition, a 20-year survey of his images, is on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Kudos are due to the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker (D) for spearheading a successful drive to win Monday's unanimous Cambridge City Council vote to halt work on the installation of 8 surveillance cameras under the auspices of a progr
BOSTON/Dorchester - In a working class Boston neighborhood, approximately 30 people gathered in the windy cold last Saturday to demonstrate against the Bank of America and corporate greed.
"You were right, dude! I am a repressed homosexual. How cool is that?" If you received a message like this one from an unknown AOL Instant Messenger screen name, your decision to reply was probably comprised of equal parts reluctance, curiosity and confusion. But you probably did reply.
BOSTON/South End - Peter Schumann wants to ferment your brain. He’ll provide the vat filled with sourdough bread, garlic, and the crucial ingredients for political transmogrification, including subversion, corruption, and lots of symbolism.
As the global recession deepens into depression, Gov. Deval Patrick can perhaps be forgiven for sticking to what he knows when faced with steeply declining state revenues - even while needed federal aid is now hanging on an upcoming Senate vote on Pres. Barack Obama's first stimulus package.