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He will not be moved

Feb 3, 2012 5:17 pm

As a drug dealer, rapper, and clothing designer, Antonio Ennis was stabbed, jailed, and flamed by the media. Now he faces his nastiest adversary yet big banks. A few months ago, Boston hip-hop v...

New vision for the Esplanade

Feb 1, 2012 10:49 pm

Urban Affairs On February 9, Boston is due to get an eye-popping new look at one of the city's oldest, most beloved public spaces the Charles River Esplanade. On February 9, Boston is due to ...

The Massachusetts legislature is the principal roadblock to putting the state's criminal-justice system on the right track

Feb 1, 2012 10:05 pm

House of Incorrections As you read this, Beacon Hill is debating a "three-strikes" crime bill, while waiting for the US Attorney's Office to hand down indictments in the scandal over...

Remembering Kevin

Feb 1, 2012 8:30 pm

The paradox of the White years Tuesday's Parkman House wake on Beacon Hill for former Boston Mayor Kevin H. White, who died last week at age 82 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease, was ...

Mega Up Yours

Feb 1, 2012 7:18 pm

Your files could be forfeit in the government's attack on Megaupload. Can the Entertainment industry take down cyberlockers entirely? This week, some 50 million users may begin to permanently los...

Rising Temperature

Jan 26, 2012 3:37 am

Letters to the Boston Phoenix editors, January 27, 2012 Occupy Boston is dealing with a deep and contentious issue, with no clear mandate one way or the other. To suggest that our process is flawe...

Obama's Vision: ''An America Built to Last''

Jan 26, 2012 3:14 am

Plus, Deval Patrick By any measure, President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech would have been considered a political winner, but coming just one day after the Republicans' constipated F...

Will Governor Patrick strike out?

Jan 26, 2012 3:11 am

Full Count Dept. Governor Deval Patrick used part of Monday's State of the Commonwealth address to break his public silence on pending law-enforcement legislation. HARDBALL Critical of Governo...

The Dr. Phil Years

Jan 25, 2012 9:00 pm

Before she became a political phenomenon, Elizabeth Warren grew beyond academia to take her message to the public The pundits and politicos have had a tough time analyzing Elizabeth Warren as a c...

Gender bias at NPR and what it reveals about the world of literary fiction

Jan 25, 2012 8:57 pm

All (Male) Things Considered In August 2010, the literary corner of the Internet seized in crisis. FRANZEN FEVER Mainstream arbiters of literary taste, like NPR, are gaga for the author of Freedom...

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Michaud Acts to Protect Unemployment Aid

Feb 2, 2012 10:18 am

Congressman Mike Michaud will offer a motion to ensure that funding for unemployment insurance (UI) is used only to provide assistance for the more than 13 million Americans currently out of work.

19 New England legislators send letter to Secretary of Commerce

Feb 2, 2012 10:15 am

Congressman Michaud joined with 18 New England legislators urging Secretary of Commerce John Bryson's help in preventing the collapse of the region's historic groundfishing industry.

Experiencing Magic

Feb 1, 2012 10:39 pm

There was no particular reason why I thought five was the correct number. But, it  seemed an appropriate age to take my granddaughter to her first Nutcracker. So, right after her fifth birt...

The Shamrak Report

Feb 1, 2012 10:57 am

On January 9th, at an event marking the 47th anniversary of the founding of Fatah, Mohammed Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, vehemently called for the killing of Jews. He declared, "The h...

China's Illegal Trade Practices Threaten Over 2,000 Maine Jobs

Feb 1, 2012 10:55 am

The reports also found that another 1.6 million U.S. jobs, including 2,077 jobs in Maine, are at risk unless China is forced to play by the rules.

Israel Is An Island Entire Of Itself

Jan 31, 2012 8:27 am

Israel and her Jewish population, if one is to believe the Arab-Muslim view, have no right to exist in the Middle East. Those Arab-Muslims who kill Jews, whether they live or die in the process of ...

Saga of the Cheese

Jan 31, 2012 8:25 am

That bag of cheese curds used to be an ordinary bag of cheese curds settled amongst its friends in a grocery store's refrigerated dairy case. It had a life of ease only disturbed when a distracted s...

Settlements Freeze - an Obstacle to Peace!

Jan 31, 2012 8:23 am

Abu Mazen's September 23, 2011 UN speech and the Palestinian Authority's education system reaffirm the fact that Jewish settlements within pre-1967 Israel - and not in Judea and Samaria (J&S) - ...

Kennedy Home in Hyannis Gifted to the EMK Institute

Jan 31, 2012 8:20 am

This generous gift fulfills a promise made by Senator Kennedy to his mother Rose that the home be preserved for charitable use. This property was the backdrop to some of the most memorable events i...

Sheva Brachot in Netzer

Jan 31, 2012 8:17 am

This past Friday it was freezing, the wind was strong and especially cold, but nothing would succeed in stopping the festivities of the sheva brachot for the newlyweds, uniting the Katsover and Mes...