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Massachusetts progressives working, writing, blogging and speaking for social and political change.

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Youth through seniors are sitting, marching and camping in financial districts around the country. We'll talk about the Occupy Wall Street movement.

MA is about to legalize casinos and a slot parlor. That likely means at least two Indian tribes planning their own on top. We check in on the ongoing state house debate and the outcomes of legalization.

In a city famous for its neighborhoods with discrete cultures and races, Boston's District 2 has some of everything. Long-time school principal Suzanne Lee was holistic as an educator and wants to bring that to City Council. Her progressive... more

The alleged progressive Massachusetts lags many states that already have basic civil rights protections for their transgender citizens. Sure, some cities like Boston do, as does the commonwealth for its employees. As unbelievable as it may... more

Gambling's call is strong in Massachusetts. The governor and likely the bulk of legislators want casinos and more. They gotten beat back before by a loose coalition of left, right, religious types and others. The casino forces are looking... more

Elizabeth Warren is famous as the consumer advocate who annoyed and terrified wingers in D.C. Now she's certain to aim for a U.S. Senate seat for MA. Fill-out-the-termer Scott Brown is up for the full term next year. Plus, the Dems... more

MA Treasurer Steve Grossman won election with promises of sweeping reforms in the office. He's delivering. He joins us to talk about how he's opening up the checkbook, contracts, and accounting. His office has a bucket load of other... more

The GOP gave into the Tea people and the POTUS gave into the GOP. What now for progressive values and goals in the ensuing fiscal mess? Wingers who drove the debt-ceiling crisis look skyward and whistle, feigning innocense. The... more

Diving way down to debt depths, we'll ask what we've learned, whether Congress pulls U.S. from the chasm lip or not. Borrow-and-spend Republicans try to blame tax-and-spend Democrats. The nations meanwhile learns too much about the... more

Rupert Murdoch denies all blame. Yet he watches from his tower as pieces of his dark empire collapse. The hacking scandals has brought sacrifices of managers, share price drops, and queering of a huge pending media acquistion. Observers... more

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