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Quarry Threatens Health, Safety and Ecology in Berkley, Freetown and Lakeville MA

July 7, 2008 By hereand-now

Further Details Homes near quarry sites can suffer damages such as cracked foundations, basement flooding, damage to in-ground pools, wells and septic systems, cracks in interior walls, ceiling collapse, holes in roofs and walls from flying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: berkley, cape-cod-aggregates, ecology, freetown, health, lakeville, public-safety, quarry

The Importance of Organ Donation

January 5, 2008 By david-eisenthal

Organs that can be given by living donors include the kidney and portions of the liver, lung, intestine, and pancreas. Kidney transplants are the most common; they have now been done for more than 50 years. The first one was done in 1954 in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health, transplants

Grandma Must Be Spinning in Her Grave

November 27, 2007 By bwroop0323

She knew it ages ago.  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  Health care providers and policy wonks are belatedly rediscovering it.   The best way to rein in runaway health care spending is to prevent chronic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bush, food-stamps, health, prevention

Personal care attendants hold largest union election in New England history

November 6, 2007 By 1199seiu

Personal care attendants (PCAs) in Massachusetts are voting in the largest union election in New England history. They are uniting for better wages, benefits and quality care for seniors and people with disabilities. Election results will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 1199seiu, boston, health, health-care, homecare, labor, unions

New Medicine: Treating a Woman’s Total Environment

September 25, 2007 By matthew-in-va

At its core, the Women's Health and the Environment Conference series looks at how the environment impacts a woman's health. The physical, psychological and economic environments play an enormous role, and we want to discuss the impact they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: conference, envirnoment, health, heinz, society, women

Adverse Selection by Massachusetts Health Insurance Companies

May 1, 2007 By eddiecoyle

Following the forum, Mr. Wingle assured me that Health Connector Board has some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the state and would not back down on the data reporting requirments that the insurance companies should be fulfilling. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: companies, health, health-care, insurance, law, state

The US ranks near the bottom in child welfare, per UNICEF

February 14, 2007 By AmberPaw

UNICEF released a study showing the United States near the bottom in regards to the well-being of children.  http://rawstory.com/...Children's health is not related to a country's  gross national product, according to the study.In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, children, family, health, poverty, well-being, work

Travaglini applies the SJC Ruling to the CONCON arbitrarily for a reason

January 22, 2007 By bluemassm

Is it just me or does someone else finally see the reason why Senate President Robert Travaglini chose to advance one Constitutional Convention ballot question and adjourn before fulfilling his Constitutional duty and voting on another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: care, equality, health, marriage, senate, travaglini

Invoking President Franklin D. Roosevelt In Support Of Increasing The Minimum Wage

January 10, 2007 By rep-ed-markey-d-ma

By increasing the federal minimum wage by $2.10 - from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over two years - we are giving a long overdue pay raise to about 13 million Americans, which amounts to an additional $4,400 per year for a family of three.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5.50, big, business, co-pay, deductables, ed, health, insurance, markey, minimum, national, poor, poverty, premiums, small, wage

Invoking President Franklin D. Roosevelt In Support Of Increasing The Minimum Wage

January 10, 2007 By rep-ed-markey-d-ma

President Franklin Roosevelt told us, "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." The federal minimum wage has remained … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 5.50, big, business, co-pay, deductables, ed, health, insurance, markey, minimum, national, poor, poverty, premiums, small, wage

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Book banning debates grip South Coast school elections https://newbedfordlight.org/book-banning-debates-grip-south-coast-school-elections/ #bospoli #mapoli via @NewBedfordLight

After years of grassroots conservative organizing, some South Coast school board elections are dealing with debates about ‘politicized’ curriculum.

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Roxbury secession movement, let's fcking goooo!!

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City Life / Vida Urbana @CityLife_Clvu

Our friend Mel King in 1983 lays out his housing vision:
💚STRONG rent control
🧡invest in building & maintaining public housing
💚mixed-income & affordable housing
🧡tenant equity/purchase
💚prioritize no displacement
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our_cambridge Your Cambridge MA @our_cambridge ·
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How ugly & corrupt is the DOJ?

Last week another elderly J6/2021 tourist who walked in a public building for 15 mins to use a restroom was hunted down, arrested, and thrown into a DOJ indefinite detention eye-gouge gulag.

LIFE DESTROYED

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@julie_kelly2 Who removed the no trespassing signs? Who encouraged people to go inside? Who escorted people around inside the building? Who led grandma to believe it was ok? https://www.revolver.news/2021/12/damning-new-details-massive-web-unindicted-operators-january-6/

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📛Ukraine is making money from Russia,
Ukrtransnafta (Ukraine company) in a business relationship with Transneft (Russian company).
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