Cambridge Massachusetts

Real Choices: Ranked Choice Voting Elections in 6 Cities

Rob Richie | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, St. Paul, Ranked Choice Voting, Instant Runoff Voting, Telluride, San Francisco, Portland Maine, Politics News
Rob Richie

This month many Americans had a chance to vote in state and local elections. FairVote was particularly focused on the first-ever use of ranked choice ...

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Dave Jamieson

Massachusetts City Moves To Ban Outsourcing Of Hotel Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, Outsourcing, Hotels, Video, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Hyatt Hotels, Business News

The City of Cambridge, Mass., has moved to create an ordinance that will effectively bar hotels from outsourcing in-house jobs, the first ban of its k...

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Boston Hosts This Year's National Poetry Slam

John Lundberg | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, Boston, Poetry, National Poetry Slam, Books News
John Lundberg

If you aren't familiar with Slam poetry, it's nothing like what you learned in English class. A great slam poet isn't just a good poet -- he also needs to have some serious storytelling, acting and comedic chops.

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City To Pay Married Gay Workers Extra

AP | By JOHANNA KAISER | Posted 09.09.2011

Read More: Gay Marriage Benefits, Gay Marriage Tax Stipend, Gay-Marriage, Gay-Weddings, Wedding Benefits, Gay Marriage Tax, Cambridge Massachusetts, Gay Weddings, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When the city of Cambridge issues paychecks to its public employees, nearly two dozen workers find a federal tax on their income t...

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Sanofi-Aventis intensifies Genzyme battle

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cambridge-Massachusetts, Home News

Kelvin Ma/Bloomberg NewsThe Genzyme Corp. logo is seen outside the company's headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., U.S., on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010. San...

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HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Omo Moses, Who Sees Math As 'The Great Equalizer'

The Huffington Post | Dominique Fenton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Young People's Project, Math, Third World America, Cambridge Massachusetts, Greatest Person of the Day, Slideshow, Education Reform, Omo Moses, Youth Empowerment, Civil Rights, Video, Impact News

Every day on HuffPost, we're highlighting one 'Greatest Person'- an exceptional individual who is confronting the country's economic and political cri...

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Reclusive Russian Math Genius Rejects $1 Million Prize

AP | MALCOLM RITTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genius, Richard Hamilton, Prize, Clay Institute, Grigory Perelman, Math, Russia, Cambridge Massachusetts, Impossible Problem, Russian Math Genius, Perelman, World News, Mathematician Rejects Prize, World News

NEW YORK — He said nyet to $1 million. Grigory Perelman, a reclusive Russian mathematics genius who made headlines earlier this year for not im...

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NYC's Crispy Gamer Acquires Social Network

NY Convergence | NY Convergence | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cambridge-Massachusetts, New York-New York, Home News

New York based, Crispy Gamer Media, a video game news site, is acquiring gamerDNA, a social networking site  for gamers based in Cambridge, Massachus...

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Lawrence Lessig on Institutional Corruption

FORA.tv | FORA.tv | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Lessig on Institutional Corruption Larry Lessig introduces the Safra lecture series with a discussion on institutional corruption.He explore...

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Theodore Louis Goudvis

The Aspen Times | Aspen Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cambridge-Massachusetts, New York City-New York, Home News

Theodore Louis Goudvis, formerly of Aspen, died peacefully at his home in Cambridge, Mass. on Sept. 19, 2009. He was born on March 30, 1918, raised in...

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2 NY men plead not guilty in Harvard dorm shooting

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two New York men have pleaded not guilty in connection with a fatal shooting at a Harvard University dormitory.

Twenty-year-old Blayn Jiggetts of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was arraigned on murder and weapons charges Wednesday in Middlesex Superior Court.

Twenty-three-year-old Jason Aquino of New York City was arraigned armed robbery and weapons charges.

Both were ordered held without bail.

Jiggetts, Aquino and Jabrai (juh-BRY') Jordan Copney are charged in connection with the May 18 shooting of Justin Cosby, of Cambridge, Mass.

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Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church, E. Denise Simmons Mattie Hayes Marriage, Episcopalians, Lesbian, E. Denise Simmons, Cambridge Massachusetts, Episcopal Church, Gays and Lesbians, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Massachusetts, Mattie Hayes, Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage Massachusetts, Politics News
Irene Monroe

On August 30, St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Cambridge hosted the marriage and blessed the union of its mayor, E. Denise Simmons, and her lifetime partner, Mattie Hayes.

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Beer Summit

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Becks Beer, Rolling Rock, O.J. Simpson, Rod-Steiger, Red Stripe, Blue Moon, Bud Lite, Beer Summit, Molson Coors, Barack Obama, In the Heat of the Night, Rodney King, Anchor Steam, James Crowley, Cambridge Massachusetts, Henry Louis Gates, Sidney Poitier, Obama Gates Crowley, Sgt. James Crowley, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Politics News
Giles Slade

Nobody has the right to obstruct anyone else's pursuit of happiness. Have a brewski, and chill. For God's sake! Let's get the wheels back on the wagon.

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Whiteous Indignation

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law Enforcement, Cigna, Congressman John Conyers, President Barack Obama, Sergeant James Crowley, Blue Line, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Prejudice, Racial Profiling, Single-Payer Health Care, End Racial Profiling Act, Governor Deval Patrick, Cambridge Massachusetts, Racism, H.R. 4611, Police Unions, Racial Inequality, Mayor Denise Simmons, 110th Congress, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Be they the Sergeant Crowleys of America, the Aetnas or the Cignas, inequities will continue until The People make them end.

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A Teachable Moment: Pride and Prejudice

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, Race, Harvard University, Henry Louis Gates, Class, Race Relations, Cambridge Police, Politics News
Denise Dennis

Gates' and Crowley's confrontation was a clash of egos in which pride and prejudice -- on both sides -- came into play.

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A Defining Moment in the History of Civil Rights

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Disorderly Conduct, African-American Studies, Civil Rights Movement, Harvard University, Reggie Lewis, Sgt. James Crowley, President Barack Obama, The Boston Globe, Harvard Police, Cambridge Massachusetts, Henry Louis Gates, Racial Profiling, The White House, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Who are the beneficiaries of what appears to be the teapot tempest over the recent arrest of an African-American man in The People's Republic of Cambr...

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Two Local Businesses Come Together To Help Brighten People's Day

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, Beantowne, Random Act of Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Hampstead New Hampshire, umademyday.com, The Giving Life, All for Good, Healthy Living News

Two local businesses, based in Cambridge, MA, are joining forces to encourage random acts of kindness in their community. Umademyday.com is a websit...

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Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You (Hopefully)

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cambridge-Massachusetts, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

To say that I am impressed with writer/director Emily Abt is an understatement.

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