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DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: ‘THEY WORK FOR ME’
Check out what this US Park Police officer said about militia members at a far-right rally in DC
NATIONAL WIRE: RYAN TAX CUT PLAN SPARKS PROTESTS IN BOSTON
'Speaker Ryan and Mitch McConnell are about to rush through tax breaks to billionaires and large corporations that will blow a hole in the federal budget for years to come.'
WE INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 25 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES ABOUT SCHOOLS
We really did sit down with 27 candidates for Boston City Council—from at-large contenders to those trying for district seats—to ask about Boston Public Schools.
ELECTION SPECIAL: THE SWEET SMELL OF INCUMBENCY
In Boston politics, nothing helps more than already being in office
ALL EYES ON DISTRICT 9
For the first time in a decade, there’s a City Council race in Allston-Brighton worth paying attention to
NATIONAL WIRE: BOSTON LAWSUIT AIMS TO STOP SEARCHES OF PERSONAL DEVICES AT US BORDER
"Border agents confined me in a small room, they told me to unlock my phone and laptop computer," she says. "I watched them, as they searched my laptop, then they took my phone for two hours, presumably searched it as well."
CARNIVAL: ON COSTUME AND CLASS IN TRUMP’S AMERICA
He’s talking about the fact that the FBI has designated the juggalos as a “loosely organized hybrid gang”—a 2011 designation, which, juggalos say, has real consequences. One speaker at the rally, Jessica Bonometti, told how she was fired from her job as a probation officer in Virginia because she liked ICP-related photos on her personal Facebook page.
SOMERVILLE MAYORAL RACE: ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
“It’s hard to judge because we haven’t had a mayor’s race in 10 years.”
‘LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE UNDER-FUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ALMOST $2 BILLION A YEAR’
"ReThinking" MA High-Stakes Testing