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by Tate Williams | 26 Feb 2013 - 1:47am

BOSTON - Hidden within the endless bytes of government data is information on everything from how corporations are influencing the votes of politicians, down to when the next bus will arrive.

by Jonathan Adams | 26 Feb 2013 - 1:27am

A perennial target of their detractors, Massachusetts state public sector workers are no strangers to having their salaries scrutinized.

by Inez Hedges | 25 Feb 2013 - 11:16pm

A dreamer (Leos Carax) wakes up and walks over to the wall. His prosthetic finger is a metal key that unlocks a wall covering. He enters the balcony of a movie theater. Below him in the orchestra an audience of unmoving spectres are watching a film.

by Andrew Jeromski | 24 Feb 2013 - 12:51am

BOSTON/Symphony Hall—Processed meat, Symphony Hall and self-proclaimed “budget hawk” Erskine Bowles.

Not exactly peas in a pod.

by Jonathan Adams | 18 Feb 2013 - 10:32pm

BOSTON/Back Bay - Protesters converged on the Max Brenner chocolate restaurant on Valentine's Day. Approximately 50 human rights demonstrators picketed the Israeli-owned company at its location on Boylston St., Boston.

by Andrew Jeromski | 16 Feb 2013 - 9:51pm

BOSTON/Government Center—With $1 trillion in potential budget cuts that would devastate social programs and adversely effect economic recovery looming on March 1st, a group of Boston community activists and residents took to the JFK Federal Building to present freshman Senators William “Mo” Cowa

by Jason A Stephany, MassUniting.org (Advocate) | 14 Feb 2013 - 6:28pm

It’s Valentine’s Day, and we at MassUniting.org couldn’t help but take a peek at the personal ads to see what lonely souls out there might be looking for love on this particularly romantic holiday.

by Andrew Jeromski | 13 Feb 2013 - 5:35pm

BOSTON/Beacon Hill—State and transportation officials marked the memory of Rosa Parks at the State House Tuesday by honoring nine African-American women who advocate for more equitable transportation opportunities throughout the Bay State’s public transit system.

by Jonathan Adams | 13 Feb 2013 - 11:46am

BOSTON/Boston Common - Demonstrators converged on Boston Common on Saturday, February 2nd to protest what they see as a violation of their constitutional rights.

by Tate Williams | 5 Feb 2013 - 4:12pm

BOSTON/Kenmore Square - The reactions to the death of prominent computer programmer and activist Aaron Swartz have ranged from sadness, to calls for investigation, to fiery demands for policy reform.

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