Kudos to the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts for their recent First Amendment victory at the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit - who ruled unanimously that Simon Glik had a right to videotape police in action on the Boston Common in October 2007.
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29 Aug 2011 - 12:00am
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24 Aug 2011 - 11:24pm
Entering Newport, I’m surprised by how old and beautiful it is. Founded in 1639, the town is full of tourists, twee shops and handsome 18th century houses. Down many side roads are views of the yacht-laden harbor and always-nearby shore.
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23 Aug 2011 - 11:12pm
Why Health Care Strikes Should Demand “Health Care For All,” Not Just “Hands Off My ‘Middle Class’ Benefits”
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22 Aug 2011 - 12:00am
Late on August 6th, as their contract expired, over 45,000 unionized Verizon workers went out on strike after management refused to budge on its demands for dozens of concessions from the leadership of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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19 Aug 2011 - 11:49pm
Cambridge, MA - Several people, including students and members of at least three local unions, participated in an informational picket today at the Verizon Wireless store in Harvard Square.
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19 Aug 2011 - 12:00am
On July 28th in Jamaica Plain, a heavily populated neighborhood of Boston, MA, a surprise military exercise took place involving a helicopter landing and a commando raid. As a resident of JP I cannot begin to express my outrage and shock that this could be thrust upon us.
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15 Aug 2011 - 11:11pm
On August 6, the contract between Verizon and their unionized employees in the northeast region expired, unleashing one of the largest labor strikes in years.
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8 Aug 2011 - 11:30pm
If I was writing a standard Open Media Boston news article on last Thursday’s Rally to Make Fox History, the introduction would read something like this “Over 40 advocates from the Boston Media Reform Network held a rally in front of the Massachusetts State House to demand that Congress hold hea
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8 Aug 2011 - 10:14pm
Since he took office February 4, 2010, US Senator Scott Brown has yet to host a public town hall or open forum. His schedule has included more than 250 stops for ribbon cuttings, groundbreaking ceremonies and photo opportunities – even a slew of book signings to market his autobiography.
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8 Aug 2011 - 1:30pm
HONK! is returning to Somerville for the sixth time in just a few weeks!
http://openmediaboston.org/node/1928
