Last night, colleges and universities in the Boston area sent an email to their students at the request of Boston Police commissioner William Evans. The BPD top cop's letter asks students who intend to protest in the wake of the Darren Wilson grand jury announcement to do so peacefully.
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22 Nov 2014 - 2:00pm
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17 Nov 2014 - 11:48am
Subject to the lore of the cruel hazing rituals of its secret societies, and the backdrop for dozens of movies about the seedy underbelly of Ivy life, Harvard University is no stranger to controversy.
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17 Nov 2014 - 11:05am
Las Vegas is one of the top tourist spots in the world – and offers visitors a chance to visit “papier-mâché” versions of Venice, Paris, Rome, and Egypt without leaving the USA. It is also the quintessential edifice to wealth disparity.
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14 Nov 2014 - 11:12pm
BOSTON/South End - They stood at the windows, some holding onto the bars that kept them in, others waving their hands or banging open palms against the glass. One made a heart shape with his hands.
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11 Nov 2014 - 12:00am
Somerville, Mass. – Pedro sought a safer life. He traveled to Somerville from Chalantenango, El Salvador on foot, by bus, car, and in the back of a tractor-trailer truck.
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11 Nov 2014 - 12:00am
Somerville, Mass. – Winter Hill residents railed at state officials and authorities from the Vinfen healthcare company on Oct. 29, demanding more oversight for the corporation’s group home at 155 Central Street.
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11 Nov 2014 - 12:00am
Somerville, Mass. – Thousands of Brazilians from across four New England states hit the polls at Somerville High School to vote for Brazil’s next president on Oct. 26.
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8 Nov 2014 - 1:16pm
Just a note to say that, as promised, Open Media Boston is still puttering along without a paid editorial staff.
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7 Nov 2014 - 4:26pm
The midterm elections are over. The right-wing Republicans delivered a massive defeat to the floundering Democrats across the board, regaining control of the US Senate and grabbing governorships and statehouses across the country.
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7 Nov 2014 - 3:57pm
BOSTON/Back Bay - On Saturday, October 25th, hundreds of Boston activists marched along Newbury Street as part of a "Newbury Street Shutdown" action in solidarity with Ferguson and the Black Lives Matter Week of Action.
