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June 25, 2017

Boston City Council considers safe injection sites
Cambridge Makes Progress with Troublesome Vail Court Building
‘Gwendy’s Button Box’ by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
Lynn Shelter Association Awarded a Slew of Grants
Do Homeless Lives Matter?
A wolf with words: Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair talks Trump, political entertainers and “Wolves” LP
Photo Exhibit of Life After Incarceration
James Shearer on Wide Angle with Peter Bermudes
Youth On Fire Set to Close in November
A Case for Safe Injection Facilities: SIFMA NOW
The Middle Man: Jim O’Heir Talks Emmy Win, Homelessness in Chicago and LA, Upcoming Film
Trump Budget: Deep Cuts to SNAP Could Affect Thousands in MA
Where The Highways End
Invisible Nation: Author Richard Schweid Discusses Family Homelessness
‘Map the Meal Gap’ highlights food insecurity in Eastern Massachusetts

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News
- Boston sees continued success housing the homeless, but still more work to do - May 11, 2017
- Thousands in Boston Gather to Protest at March for Science - April 27, 2017
- Two transitional programs closing in Boston due to HUD budget changes - March 23, 2017
- Boston schools commit one million dollars to homeless students for 2018 - March 23, 2017
- Schools Programs Keep Hunger and Homelessness From Derailing Local Students - March 20, 2017
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- Formerly homeless woman leads street backpack program in Nashville - May 12, 2017
- MassADAPT takes D.C. - April 5, 2017
- Deconstructing the Ongoing Travel Ban Court Battle - February 9, 2017
- From Selma to Congress: Street Sense Vendors Meet Civil Rights Hero (and Trump bête noir) John Lewis - February 3, 2017
- Lessons for the News Media in the Time of Trump - January 17, 2017
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- How unaccompanied youths become exploited workers in the U.S. - March 28, 2017
- Justice Department Orders Phasing Out of Private Prisons - September 22, 2016
- In Iraq, thousands flee Fallujah and raise questions for Mosul - June 23, 2016
- Bardarash Peshmerga: The Best Defense Against ISIS Is Broke - April 15, 2016
- Work of Art: Syrians Paint a Former Saddam Hussein Prison Camp - February 3, 2016
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Social Justice
- Invisible Nation: Author Richard Schweid Discusses Family Homelessness - June 5, 2017
- ‘New Joelyn’s Home’ women’s shelter opens in Roxbury - May 26, 2017
- City HeART puts at-risk artists on Display - May 18, 2017
- Formerly homeless woman leads street backpack program in Nashville - May 12, 2017
- Boston sees continued success housing the homeless, but still more work to do - May 11, 2017
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- Surge in Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes, Study Reports - October 19, 2016
- Stanley Forman: 40 Years After the Soiling of Old Glory - May 4, 2016
- MOVING TARGET: Monica James on police targeting - June 27, 2015
- Demon - December 15, 2014
- Black Lives Matter: Boston Turns Out for Michael Brown - December 15, 2014
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- OUT ON HER OWN: A Story of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness - March 17, 2017
- Boston Shows Up For Equality - January 24, 2017
- Special Report: Attacks on LGBT people rarely prosecuted as hate crimes - July 22, 2016
- Transgender Rights in Schools: Obama Administration Releases Guidance for Proper Action - May 20, 2016
- MOVING TARGET: Monica James on police targeting - June 27, 2015
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- MassADAPT takes D.C. - April 5, 2017
- Mayor Walsh Reaffirms Boston’s Immigrants and Refugee Community - March 1, 2017
- Abuse of Homeless People at North Station Causes TD Garden to Rethink its Security - February 6, 2017
- DRAGON SLAYERS: Massachusetts communities fight heroin and opioid addiction - July 24, 2015
- MOVING TARGET: Monica James on police targeting - June 27, 2015
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- ‘Map the Meal Gap’ highlights food insecurity in Eastern Massachusetts - June 2, 2017
- BPHC receives $74,000 grant to assist women of color battling addiction - May 25, 2017
- City Sprouts germinating: Program expands to 7,000 students - May 4, 2017
- The 2017 Food Tank Summit discusses farming, food surpluses and waste - April 26, 2017
- Two transitional programs closing in Boston due to HUD budget changes - March 23, 2017
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Climate
- Divest! Harvard Students Challenge Their University’s Fossil-Fuel Investments - November 4, 2014
- Oh Crap, Is That Today?! Our Last-Minute Guide to the 2014 Midterms - November 4, 2014
- Climate Crisis: 400,000 March in New York to Urge Action from World Leaders - October 2, 2014
- Activists Rally Behind New Farm-Animal Protection Bills with ‘Pups for Pigs’ Rally - May 29, 2014
- Boston Joins International Climate Leadership Group - May 15, 2014
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- NODAPL protest draws local Native Americans to Boston Common - April 3, 2017
- Divest! Harvard Students Challenge Their University’s Fossil-Fuel Investments - November 4, 2014
- Climate Crisis: 400,000 March in New York to Urge Action from World Leaders - October 2, 2014
- Six-State Environmental Agreement Leaves State Bill in Shambles, Causes Resignations - August 23, 2014
- Waste Not, Want Not: Food Recovery Grows Out of Massachusetts’ Waste Ban - July 25, 2014
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- Divest! Harvard Students Challenge Their University’s Fossil-Fuel Investments - November 4, 2014
- Six-State Environmental Agreement Leaves State Bill in Shambles, Causes Resignations - August 23, 2014
- Climate Groups Press Governor Patrick for a Clean Fuel Standard - May 2, 2014
- What Is Massachusetts’ Future? Activists Push Governor Patrick to Define His Climate Legacy - April 18, 2014
- Energy Efficiency Bill Gains Traction on Beacon Hill - April 18, 2014
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Arts & Culture
- A wolf with words: Rise Against guitarist Zach Blair talks Trump, political entertainers and “Wolves” LP - June 15, 2017
- To thine own self be true: Slaine talks big pharma, music and recovery - June 1, 2017
- A Lot of Work To Do: Brian Marquis Talks the Punk Scene, Homelessness and the Importance of Community - March 6, 2017
- Review: Run The Jewels at House of Blues - March 4, 2017
- Davis Square bar’s Mardi Gras concert will benefit local homeless coalition - February 21, 2017
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- The Middle Man: Jim O’Heir Talks Emmy Win, Homelessness in Chicago and LA, Upcoming Film - June 9, 2017
- “Do Not Resist”—A Movie About the Militarization of Our Police Force - November 25, 2016
- Christian, White Male: Acton native Finnegan talks race and new show “Black and White” - July 11, 2016
- “The Awkward Conversation”: W. Kamau Bell talks racism in America, new show, American justice system - June 10, 2016
- I Know What I’m Doing: Jen Kirkman talks activist entertainers, class inequality, new book - April 6, 2016
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- ‘Gwendy’s Button Box’ by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar - June 22, 2017
- Where The Highways End - June 6, 2017
- ‘Swan Song’ by Robert R. McCammon: A Book Review - April 12, 2017
- Insane Clown President: Matt Taibbi on Social Justice in the Age of Donald Trump - April 4, 2017
- Revolutionary Reads: Boston bookstores rally readers with political displays and collections - February 17, 2017
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- Comic addicts and signed book junkies - April 25, 2017
- Indefinite Internment - May 30, 2014
- Amazon's #1 Best Seller - May 15, 2014
- A sheltered Life - May 2, 2014
- Comic - May 2, 2014
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