Opinion

If my cousin still had a voice I wonder what he would say. If he had the opportunity to tell his story, I wonder who would listen. He would be 21 this month and maybe a junior or senior in college. If he were taking a social psychology class at UMass Boston and had to write an autobiography, I wonder if he would talk about what it felt like to be physically and emotionally abused or sexually violated as a child.

While the federal government attempts to pass inadequate relief for victims of predatory loans, local groups and outraged citizens are agitating for a trio of bills at the state level.

The three bills - "Six Month Moratorium on Foreclosure," "Judicial Review of Foreclosure," and "Just Cause Eviction" - filed and due for a hearing on Tuesday, May 13, are touted by supporters as a necessary corrective to the financial climate that caused the on-going foreclosure crisis.

An open letter from Judy Norsigian (Our Bodies Ourselves); Deborah Shields (Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition): Rita Arditti and Margo Golden (Women’s Community Cancer Project); Amy Agigian (Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University); and Ellie Goldberg (Healthy Kids: The Key to Basics) April 2008. Dear Friends and Colleagues As health and food safety advocates we are concerned about the use of rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) in dairy products in Massachusetts.

The walk for Hunger is coming up and it is a gift to the anti war movement! with all major media outlets covering the walk it is our turn to take it to our turn. we have the opportunity to let thousands and millions all over the work know about the
violent ways of Raytheon. there is plenty of time to get folks to turn out for a major sunday protest against the war.