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Friday, March 15 #Climatestrike

March 8, 2019 By gmoke 1 Comment

Friday, March 15 is an international school strike for climate https://fridaysforfuture.org In Boston it will be in front of the State House 11 am-3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: climate, ecology, environment, green, sustainability, youth

Marijuana legalization in Colorado & Washington hasn’t increased youth use

May 10, 2016 By SamTracy 15 Comments

One of the main arguments against marijuana legalization is that it will inevitably increase underage people's access to marijuana, therefore increasing their use of the drug. But two studies released in the last month — one about Colorado … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: colorado, marijuana, marijuana legalization, poll, survey, washington, youth, youth drug use

MassEquality Nowhere Near Done

April 16, 2013 By massmarrier 2 Comments

No, we're not all set here in Massachusetts on LGBTQ issues, including marriage equality. A decade after Goodridge, MassEquality's Executive Director, Kara Suffredini, is still working a set of big bills. She came on over at Left Ahead … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, lbgt, left-ahead, LGBTQ, marriage-equality, massachusetts, massequality, obama, public accommodations, same-sex-marriage, seniors, suffredini, youth

Youth Vote for Education

October 23, 2012 By cl-berg-powers 1 Comment

Youth Vote for Education   Check out this video by Press Pass TV's youth organizers in response to last night's debate. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: education, massachusetts, obama, press-pass-tv, romney, youth

We Will Be Watching: Victory for the DREAM Act

September 21, 2010 By kyledeb 10 Comments

If you haven't heard about the DREAM Act yet I wouldn't be surprised.  The media has largely been focused on the train wreck that is Christine O'Donnell's campaign.  But the mainstream media is missing out on one of the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: business, christine-odonnell, dadt, democrat, dream-act, education, facebook, guatemala, harry-reid, illegal, immigrant, immigration, lady-gaga, lgbt, migrant, migrant-youth, migration, military, millenial, national-defense-authorization-act, polling, republican, spanish, twitter, undocumented, youth

Thanks to some kids and a teacher

December 9, 2009 By medfieldbluebob Leave a Comment

I have known many of these kids since kindergarten. It was really cool to see them in action over the last few weeks, and especially yesterday. (Even the $@###$$@# ungrateful little $#@$@@@#'s who turned out to be (gasp!!!!) Republicans. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaigns, civic-involvement, high-school, medfield, youth

Governor talks education, housing and more with young adults in Boston

October 14, 2009 By elizabeth-clay 13 Comments

Affordable housing was another key issue raised, and Nina shared her knowledge of programs that can help residents such as the Soft Second Program. One hour wasn't long enough to hear all your questions and suggestions, so let us know what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic-engagement, deval-patrick, governor, youth

Making another Boston Miracle

August 20, 2009 By massmarrier Leave a Comment

Now at the head of the Coalition, he aims to duplicate and expand on the successful violence reduction of 17 years ago. As a long-term mediator between rival gangs, he knows that such immediate and critical action is key to the work. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, churches, drugs, gangs, rev.-brown, tenpoint-coalition, violence, youth

Should Lowell have a curfew?

April 6, 2009 By ACLUm blog 2 Comments

The oral argument in court today focused on the severity of the penalty and the lack of protections that the law allows.  For example,  a high school student who is at a friend's house working on a class project that takes them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aclu, curfew, first-amendment, lowell, youth

Record Youth And Minority Turnout Threatened By Persistent Election Barriers

July 31, 2008 By project-vote 2 Comments

The dirty secret of elections in America is that getting on the rolls, casting a ballot, and having that ballot counted is a complicated system adjudicated and carried out by more than 3,000 counties and towns and regulated by a complex mix … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, election-day-registration, election-integrity, florida, massachusetts, minorities, new-jersey, new-mexico, presidential-election, project-vote, u.s.-department-of-justice, voter-disenfranchisement, voter-registration-drive, voter-suppression, voting-rights, voting-rights-act, youth

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bluemassgroupBlue Mass. Group@bluemassgroup·
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This won't do at all.

John Lerner 🌲❄️🌎🌹🗽⚖️🌲@johnflerner

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This is horrible

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

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They did the same with Obama and the economy in January '09.

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Yesterday Hannity was ranting about how it’s awful that Biden hadn’t solved the COVID crisis yet, hours after he was inaugurated https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-attacks-president-biden-not-having-covid-pandemic-under-control

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amywesterveltAmy Westervelt@amywestervelt·
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My mother is very proud that I’m the one dropping an f bomb in this bitch. Seriously though, it’s time to widen the lens of climate accountability. Big Oil relies on enablers, and they shouldn’t escape scrutiny https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1352389540334481410

Bill McKibben@billmckibben

Ad agencies and PR agencies are renting themselves to the fossil fuel industry, supplying the creative juice necessary to wreck the planet. Please--do something different with your talents!

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brianr2600Brian RIstuccia@brianr2600·
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@BostonDotCom Seventeen speeding tickets, at least 7 wrecks, and 6 license suspensions. Why do we need to wait until someone dies before permanently revoking the license of a driver who has repeatedly demonstrated that they can't be trusted to operate an automobile safely? #mapoli #ZeroVision

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erik_griswoldErik Never Forgets@erik_griswold·
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@bluemassgroup @BostonGlobe More details not behind a paywall:

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