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This 4th: “It is not light that is needed, but fire”

It’s Independence Day, that time of year when Americans, whether citizens or new Americans, celebrate the country’s revolutionary founding as the world’s first democratic republic,…

Community and labor put paid family leave and Fight for 15 on the ballot

WORCESTER, Mass. – A group of activists working with Raise Up Massachusetts dropped off 1,489 signatures at City Hall this morning, in hopes of securing…

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“Scandal” around Joe Early is a right-wing witch hunt

The ongoing campaign against District Attorney Joe Early has much more to do with the far right in Worcester County trying to regain its political…

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Worcester progressives raise funds, highlight federal neglect of Puerto Rico

WORCESTER, Mass. – “Where else in the United States of America would that ever happen?” Worcester Mayor Joe Petty asked a crowd of about 100…

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Worcester rallies against “extremists” to defend labor rights, democracy

WORCESTER, Mass. – Hundreds of people rallied February 26 outside of City Hall, part of a nationwide series of demonstrations, in protest of an expected…

More than 100 attend strategic planning forum for Worcester Public Schools

WORCESTER, Mass. – More than 100 people attended a community input meeting at Claremont Academy in the city’s Main South neighborhood to discuss what they…

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