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

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Offices tall and not so tall were up in the primary. Dems and Republicans elbowed hard for chances in November. We saw some chances for big changes. We'll wrap up the results.

From the outside, the GOP isn't fielding much, but for MA, it's a lot. Following Sen. Scott Brown, elephants here are lusting for office, from the U.S. House to the Gov. to the three big down-ballot seats. They have shots and we'll talk 'em... more

Carlos Tony Henriquez wants one of the toughest MA State House seats, Suffolk's 5th. He's one of four Dem (no GOP) contenders. He's picked the district's thorniest problems for his campaign — jobs, public safety, and schools.

MA Gov. Deval Patrick seems to foreshadow his good friend Barack Obama by two years. Going for re-election, he can unroll a scroll of accomplishments, but will that be enough in economic hardships and voter dissatisfaction? We look at... more

Far more than the governor are in play this year. Three vigorously fought undercards (treasurer, secretary and auditor) plus many senate races could shake the state...or gel the same old.

The activist, visionary slot opens this month as Boston Councilor John Tobin steps down. Matt O'Malley would be the new (improved?) version. He comes on to tell us how he expects to win the special election and what he sees for Boston politics

Michael Ross, president of Boston City Council, joins us. We'll certainly talk about cycling, one of his passions too. They've just completed a bruising budget process. We look past and forward.

Founder of the Boston Cyclists Union Peter Stidman talks what works, what need fixing, and even how to get drivers, police and judges tuned into cycling.

It's the progressive against the socially conservative in MA's 9th District. Mac d'Alessandro joins us to detail differences between him and Rep. Steve Lynch...and how he expects to win the September primary.

Boston City Council star John Tobin suddenly quit to take a high visibility jog at Northeastern U. He joins us. He's long wanted to be mayor, he's the most innovative and prolific councilor, and runs exhausting weeks. As many scramble... more

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