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by amydemas | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Beacon Hill - Anti-foreclosure activists rallied at the Statehouse on Wednesday and testified in support of four proposed laws that would protect Massachusetts homeowners against foreclosure and eviction.

by Diana Mai | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Boston Common - Despite the frigid temperature and a threat of snow more than 150 people showed up to the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common on Saturday to stand in solidarity with Dr.

by jmarinova | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Dorchester - Four young Black women were shot on the evening of August 12th while they sat in their car parked on Harlem Street in Dorchester. Diane from Press Pass TV went to talk to community members about how we can help stop the violence in our community.

by Scott Sayare | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Beacon Hill - A crowd of about a hundred ex-hippie environmentalists fresh-faced optimistic lobbyists state congressmen in ties and business suits and concerned citizens from five to 75 crowded the State House steps yesterday in support of the Global Warming Solutions Act.

by Jesse K-S | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

Cambridge Mass. - Consulting firm HR Hero conducted a "Union Avoidance Master Class" at the Sheraton Commander Hotel on Wednesday to train local employers how to keep their workplace union-free.

by nosanctions | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Copley Square - NEWS BRIEF: About 300 people held a protest today in Copley Square against Israel's ongoing attack on Gaza - now seemingly building towards a full-blown invasion.

by nosanctions | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Copley Square - NEWS BRIEF: 400 protesters joined a solemn silent funeral procession through the streets of Boston today.

by Jesse K-S | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Financial District - Members of local labor unions labor justice and housing justice groups SEIU and AFL-CIO spokespersons rallied today outside Bank of America's building on Federal Street as part of a national campaign to demand the company cease its attempts to defeat the passage of

by Jesse K-S | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/South End - Community members joined Boston congresspersons intellectuals artists and activists to honor South End community organizer activist and professor Mel King Thursday night at United South End Settlements.

by Jesse K-S | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Beacon Hill - Members of the Massachusetts Paid Leave Coalition rallied in Nurses Hall at the State House on Thursday in support of An Act Establishing Paid Sick Days (HD 1726 and SD 624).

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