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by kyledeb | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

This video is a series of clips from a recent hearing organized by the National Commission on ICE Misconduct and Violations of 4th Amendment rights. By Citizen Kyledeb of the Citizen Orange blog.

by daveburt | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

"We're gonna beat back that bank attack!" "We're gonna beat beat back that bank attack!" -chant heard from marchers going from a foreclosed property to Dorchester District Court BOSTON/Dorchester - On the morning of Wednesday April 16 a group of 50 people gathered in front of a home at 200 No

by bday | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON - Yesterday a rally for universal single payer health care drew a crowd of 200 in Monday afternoon's pouring rain to the sounds of Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello who played from the Parkman Bandstand on the Common.

by atanaka | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Roxbury - Teens from Boston Youth Organizing Project (BYOP) and the Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project (REEP) call for the creation of a $10 MBTA monthly "Youth Pass." The current "Student Pass" is $20 and does not

by Rand Wilson | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON/Government Center - Protesters gathered at the offices of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans in downtown Boston to protest waste and abuse by private health insurance companies and challenge health insurance industry leaders to a debate about the future of reform in Massachuset

by Rand Wilson | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

BOSTON - Skilled trades and maintenance workers at the Colonade Hotel are united in the Area Trades Council. Hotel management is refusing to agree to a contract that would provide fair wages and benefits based on area standards.

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

BOSTON/Beacon Hill - Welcoming Massachusetts coalition members rallied on the Grand Staircase of the State House Tuesday July 8 to send the message to government officials and residents that "immigrants matter in the state of Mas

by Rand Wilson | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

After a short campaign eighty-one AT&T Mobility phone store workers in eleven Vermont stores have formed a new union with CWA Local 1400. During the months of July and August a majority of the workers signed representation cards seeking membership in Local 1400.

by Rand Wilson | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

Boston -- The figures are staggering. Unemployment is at 9.1 percent and new unemployment claims continue to increase. By one measure real unemployment and underemployment are double the official rate. According to the Labor Department jobs seekers now outnumber openings by six to one!

by Rand Wilson | 11 Aug 2013 - 7:47pm

The figures are staggering. Unemployment is at 9.1 percent and new unemployment claims continue to increase. By one measure real unemployment and underemployment are double the official rate. According to the Labor Department job seekers now outnumber openings by six to one!

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