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PRIDE SPECIAL REPORT: GLADLY CHIPPING AWAY AT DOMA
Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) won another round of their litigation campaign against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies same-sex couples many of the...
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DISABILITY ADVOCATES SEEK A FAIR RIDE
The MBTA fare increases that went into effect on July 1 hit T riders with a 23 percent hike on average. That figure alone is a substantial leap, especially given that such increases come paired with...
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THE CITIZENS ARE PRETTY D-MN UNITED
Last week, ours became the seventh state legislature to call for an amendment to overturn Citizens United. Which makes sense: 4 out of 5 agree that the Supreme Court ruling should go. “What Americans...
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NEWS TO US: REGISTERING AN IMPACT
Reading, Writing, and Civic Responsibility Some quick and dirty political math: As of 2010, there were 152,000 students enrolled in Greater Boston’s higher education web, according to the Boston...
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DEFEND YOURSELF: JUDAH FRIEDLANDER
Whether it be martial arts (all of them), romance or pursuits of the mind, Judah Friedlander is the undisputed master of all he attempts. So it should come as scant surprise that The World Champion’s...
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SOAPBOX: MUCKROCK AND MIRE
In July I covered the unthinkable 100 percent fare hike the MBTA stuck to its disabled riders. Disabled Bostonians rely on The RIDE to get to work each day, to see their doctors and maintain a level of...
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NEWS 2 US: FOUR CHEERS FOR QUEERS!
Photo: Elaine Thompson/AP. Supporters cheer at an election watch party for proponents of Referendum 74, which would uphold Washington State’s new same-sex marriage law, Tuesday in Seattle. Marriage...
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NEWS TO US: NDAA, ONE YEAR LATER
My, what a difference a year or so very nearly makes. It seems just yesterday that President Obama was putting his pen to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 while promising not to...
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NEWS TO US: HOW SECURE IS YOUR SEX APP?
Grindrs and Blendrs beware: The law makes it pretty damn easy for cops and prosecutors to snag the data of your hookup app. Life is short, have a [fully subpoena-able] affair. This Valentine’s, the...
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MIDNIGHT MARATHON: RIDING THROUGH THE DARK
When explosions rocked the finish line last Monday afternoon, I was barely shaking off the grog from my wee hours’ bike ride along the marathon route. Jerked out of drowsiness by the nightmare reports,...
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NEWS TO US: STOP PICKING ON THE NSA
It’s been a rough couple of weeks to be the National Security Agency. First, the Guardian‘s Glenn Greenwald had the gall to publish a highly personal SECRET ruling from the deeply shy Foreign...
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NEWS TO US: DOWN, DOMA
There it is, plain as can be: “DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment.” In case you’re rainbow-blind, today SCOTUS struck...
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NEWS TO US: CAMBRIDGE BLOCKS BIG BROTHER
How one Mass city watches the watchers, and how others should follow suit On February 2, 2009, the Cambridge City Council voted in unanimous opposition to the installation of eight Department of...
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