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Surviving City Cycling
Cycling in a city like Boston, with a dense population and a constant maze of traffic, must be approached with both intuition and common sense. Beyond the general rules of wearing a helmet
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Amity on Three Wheels
These days, it seems like just about everything in our society is designed to keep us apart from one another. As a fellow pedicabber remarked recently—ironically enough, using Facebook— “…the more we interact with
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10 Questions About Corporate Personhood
Since the debate over corporate personhood was revamped during and following the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission in 2010, many people have been asking: what does it mean
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99% Spotlight: Emad Burnat’s 5 Broken Cameras
A car alarm is heard, and the sound of running. The camera jiggles from side to side as if it were bouncing on the back of a horse. After a few moments, the camera
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Boston Activists Gather in Celebration, “Five for E5″
BOSTON—On Friday evening, March 23, about a hundred Boston activists gathered in the SEIU Hall downtown to share a meal and celebrate, accompanied by the zesty notes of musician Rafael Medina. Encuentro 5, home
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Aaron Swartz and the Fight for Information Freedom
This post originally appeared on This Can’t Be Happening! In the madness of our media-fed consciousness, the greatest threat to an informative news story is time. Given enough time, and the dysfunctional and disinformative
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How Much is the Environment Worth to You?
When debating whether or not to pass legislation aimed at stopping global climate change, those who reject climate protection legislation usually use one of two arguments: A Denial of Climate Science: A significant percentage
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Video: Peter Van Delft and 40 Years of the Labor Movement
On Thursday, February 21st, labor activist Peter Van Delft spoke on the dire situation of the labor movement and how it can recover. Peter Van Delft is a long-time labor activist and a third-generation
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Michelle Alexander: Taking Responsibility for Racial Injustice
This article originally appeared in The Portland Occupier Not one person in a Portland crowd of over 1200 dissented when Michelle Alexander recently told them, “We’ve got to admit we’ve allowed a human rights nightmare
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Memo to Wealthy America: Some Facts About the Victims of Greed
This article originally appeared on Nation of Change. Yes, you’ve caused people to suffer. You’ve taken from the poor and the middle class for thirty years, from Reagan to Obama, using a variety of strategies
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