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April 23, 2019

To make health care more accessible, mobile van travels to communities that need it the most
Life on the Streets: Sick with nowhere to go
“Release the Report!”: Citizens rally for Mueller’s full report
Hiding the Problem
Boston Announces $5 Million Investment in Youth Homelessness, Affordable Housing
Joint Committee of Ways and Means Hearing Ignites Impassioned Petitions
Mayor Walsh Seeks to Expand IDP Program, Housing Activists Seek More
Over 20 years rent control debate resurfaces in Mass.
Cambridge and Somerville set up new defense fund for immigrants
Fiction: A Fly In The Ointment
Shelters Shouldn’t Do the State’s job
Cambridge eyes major zoning relief for affordable developments
Bathrooms for customers only: Peeing with dignity in the city
Bill would offer college path to homeless and youths in foster care
Dreamers, TPS holders join Members of Congress to advocate for new Dream and Promise Act

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News
- “Release the Report!”: Citizens rally for Mueller’s full report - April 17, 2019
- Hiding the Problem - April 17, 2019
- Mayor Walsh Seeks to Expand IDP Program, Housing Activists Seek More - April 15, 2019
- Cambridge eyes major zoning relief for affordable developments - April 2, 2019
- ‘I Always Came Back’: A Story of Survival - March 22, 2019
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- Elizabeth Warren kicks off campaign in Lawrence - February 12, 2019
- Federal workers protest government shutdown - January 16, 2019
- ‘Friends’ Star Inspired to Action by Friend’s Homelessness - January 1, 2019
- Massachusetts has highest increase in homeless population in the country - December 20, 2018
- Climate activists and congress members push for a Green New Deal - December 14, 2018
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- Bathrooms for customers only: Peeing with dignity in the city - April 2, 2019
- The True Cost of Food - November 2, 2018
- Modern Exodus: Honduran Refugee Caravan Moves Northwards - November 1, 2018
- Different perspectives: “Repicturing Homeless” photo project shows homeless people in a new light - October 18, 2018
- Can homelessness happen to anyone? Don’t believe the hype - September 17, 2018
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Social Justice
- Boston Announces $5 Million Investment in Youth Homelessness, Affordable Housing - April 16, 2019
- Shelters Shouldn’t Do the State’s job - April 5, 2019
- Cambridge eyes major zoning relief for affordable developments - April 2, 2019
- Bathrooms for customers only: Peeing with dignity in the city - April 2, 2019
- ‘I Always Came Back’: A Story of Survival - March 22, 2019
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- Horace Seldon: Fighting Injustice, Celebrating Civil Disobedience - December 20, 2018
- Parents Who Had Kids Torn From Them File Class Action Lawsuit - September 11, 2018
- Nonprofit Sector Needs to Recruit and Promote Leaders of Color, Report Finds - April 23, 2018
- Boston Mothers Who Have Lost Sons Speak Out Against Police Brutality - April 3, 2018
- Black or White, They’re All Just Kids - March 12, 2018
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- And the distractions continue - March 5, 2019
- Election Shows Strong Support for LGBTQ Rights - November 30, 2018
- Protests against Kavanaugh bookend the week in Boston - October 6, 2018
- Study Finds No Threat in Transgender Bathroom Access - October 4, 2018
- Who-ray for her - October 3, 2018
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- Dreamers, TPS holders join Members of Congress to advocate for new Dream and Promise Act - April 1, 2019
- Modern Exodus: Honduran Refugee Caravan Moves Northwards - November 1, 2018
- Texas Woman Faces Prison For Voting - October 16, 2018
- UN Report a Blistering Indictment of Myanmar’s Crimes Against Rohingya - September 14, 2018
- Parents Who Had Kids Torn From Them File Class Action Lawsuit - September 11, 2018
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- To make health care more accessible, mobile van travels to communities that need it the most - 10 hours ago
- Bathrooms for customers only: Peeing with dignity in the city - April 2, 2019
- Pilot Plan Begins in MA to Rate Addiction-Treatment Centers - March 1, 2019
- Cambridge votes to add gender neutral option to birth certificates - January 28, 2019
- Uninsured Rate Up 50 Percent for Massachusetts’ Children - December 4, 2018
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Arts & Culture
- Champion of the Underdog: An Interview With Dolly Parton - February 26, 2019
- Bill Murray chats about his late-career dive into music - November 23, 2018
- Guitarist Billy Martin of Good Charlotte discusses band’s new album, Generation Rx - October 22, 2018
- Respect: Saying Goodbye to the Queen of Soul - September 14, 2018
- MC5 Guitarist Marks 50 Years of Kicking Out the Jams With Tour, Autobiography - August 16, 2018
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- She’s the Boss: Alyssa Milano Talks #Metoo, Acting, and Mental Health - November 3, 2018
- Who-ray for her - October 3, 2018
- David Tennant: ‘I was told acting was a daft idea.’ - May 24, 2018
- A Week With Mark Hamill: “At First, I Wondered if Star Wars was a Comedy - January 30, 2018
- Finding Laughs in Heavy Times: an Interview with Comedy Power Couple Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher - October 13, 2017
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- Fiction: A Fly In The Ointment - April 9, 2019
- Dead Man’s Blues by Ray Celestin: A Book Review - March 7, 2019
- Buy Me Boston: Brian Coleman’s new book is a ‘love letter’ to the city’s past - January 16, 2019
- Stray to Tent A Forever Home: A Book Review - October 4, 2018
- Reprisals: A Poem by Mike Fiorto - October 3, 2018
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Voices
- Last Word
- LAST WORD: Christina Sukghian Houle - May 4, 2016
- Last Word: Mary Ann Ponti - April 20, 2016
- Last Word: Denice Lowery - April 14, 2016
- Last Word: Dawn - March 31, 2016
- Last Word: Hal Rawlings - February 26, 2016
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