Bridge—whole issues in PDF

The Bridge, number 1, June 2004

Activists arrested in run-up to Dem convention (Steve Iskovitz) — Harvard plans could transform Charles (Bill Cunningham) — 'New abolitionists' against US poverty (Eli Beckerman and Crystal Evans)...

The Bridge, number 2, July-August 2004

Dude, where's my free speech? — A hate crime at the Women's Center (Aimee Smith) — Somerville's Diesel Café (Crystal Evans)...

The Bridge, number 3, September 2004

High school students, know your rights (annie butler) — Anyone who is critical, they attack (Kazi Touré, annie butler interview) — DNC week of clarity (Steve Iskovitz)...

The Bridge, number 4, October 2004

Section 8 tenants (Cambridge Eviction Free Zone...) — Riverside abuttors — Carolina JohnsonÚ fight to break out (Lloyd Smith interview)...

The Bridge, number 5, February 2005

Shielding police abuses (Roy Bercaw) — Harvard moves to dominate riverfront — The twilight of democracy (Bill Cunningham)...

The Bridge, number 6, May 2005

Fort Healy will replace Central Sq Police HQ (Bill Cunningham) — Kevin Hill takes on Harvard — Cops attacked Iraq protest in Boston (Steve Iskovitz)...

The Bridge, number 7, August 2005

Curtatone vetoes ArtBeat (Jami McLaughlin, staff) — The sound of taps blended with protest chants (Steve Iskovitz) — Starbucks used prison labor (Julie Saad) ...

The Bridge, number 8, Oct-Nov 2005

Cops targeting man who won case at Review Board? (Ralph Lopez) — City Hall blocks Somerville divestment question — Corporate 'citizens' plan Inner Belt (Marilyn Wellons) — School committee candidate Luc Schuster (interview)....

The Bridge, number 9, February 2006

Bhopal's message (Somnath Mukherji) — New guy on the school committee (Eli Beckerman) — New Orleans evictions (Mark Wolff) — Defending abortion rights (Amee Chew) ...

The Bridge, number 10, March 2006

International Women's Day — Building emergency communities — Somerville 5 — Picariello acquitted — MIT designed surveillance — Local 122

The Bridge, number 11, April 2006

Immigrant rallies sweep US — Jim Crow goes fishing — Animal rights advocates face prison — The City signed away our rights to Harvard — Lafayette 8 trial set for April 13

The Bridge, number 12, May 2006

Labor unions join immigrant rallies — When the silent women cried out — Jarrett Barrios part 2 — Young People's Project tour — Storrow shutdown

Bridge News, number 13, June/July 2006

Charges dropped for Army Day protesters — Sheriff wants new prisons — Somerville residents plan for Palestine sister city — Grace Ross excluded, gov debate flops — After the flood — Skippy White's

The Bridge—number 14—August 2006

State's political leadership backing another brutal war— Green-Rainbow candidates will be on State ballot— Thug media claim "frenzy of violence" at peaceful Hub rally— Mixed verdict appealed by Anderson, Belfon— Grace Ross statement on Lebanon, Gaza— FBI probes Quincy cop incident— Tenant arrested after calling police— Local farmers to Feds: no trespassing— Our treasure on the estuary— What causes overcrowding in State prisons?

The Bridge—number 15—September 2006

Government's reefer madness is dead serious— It's Ross, Robinson, Stein & O'Keefe— High school students must "opt out" of harrassment by recruiters— The housing bubble: this is the big one—Killer Coke campaign: Patrick took millions to defend corporate crime— Jon Keller: paid to slander— Primer on women's right to vote— Abortion clinic defense marks anniversary— Somerville condo ordinance— Batmasian in a jam— Our responsibility to work towards change

The Bridge—number16—Oct-Nov 2006

War and growth— Somerville resident: My family has the right to return— Stein: Bipartisan interests thwarting Big Dig probe— Public servants, private party— Salvadorans resist privatization— Mayor Joe dumps tenants— Rabbis urge yes vote on human rights questions— Right to Return: basic right denied— State poisons Charles, City approves— School Super contract vote compromise— Sheriff DiPaola's antics— We share the walk— Martina Robinson

The Bridge—number 17—December 2006

City pushing transformation of Union Square— Community rallies for arrested imams— Abuses routine in Mass. prisons— Govt says: don't feed those people— New treaty allows UK to seize US citizens— 'Progressive' city council abuses vulnerable persons, free speech— The Zeitgeist goes South— For the dogs, it's now or never— Why some ballot questions didn't make it— Most folks agree, pot is good medicine— Advocates sue to put health question on ballot

The Bridge—number 18—February 2007

Cambridge cops seek TASER weapons— Mystic sludge plant would impact Everett, Somerville— Islamophobia: twentieth century antisemitism— Et tu, celly?— Bloody Sunday commemoration— Carbon emissions soar— Pushing back barriers, then and today— Why Black History Month— Silencing the 'other side' of the Palestine question— City Hall fiddles while Chronicle fartles— The Great Turning— Are you afraid of what's in your food?

The Bridge—number 19—November 2007

Follow the money: politicians and the deals that shape neighborhoods— Just 41 senators could stop the war— Schuster: Prepare kids for the long term— Blue-green candidates?— CORI and the lifer— CORI: the need for drastic reform— Rent control, property tax, community— Chronicle burps in mayor's face— Real estate donors to Decker campaigns— A conversation in heaven— Greyhound Protection Act— The Gap

The Bridge—number 20—March 2008

State board rules against City, for disabled— Holiday greetings from the cops— Harvest Co-op fired union backer— Public housing: future shock— Surprise win for Fowler-Finn— Cheated immigrant workers win settlement— 55 Magazine tenants under pressure— EFZ closes the office— Palestine conference— Divestment group fades in Somerville— Who loves psychiatry?— Elaine Brown confronts the Green Party— Nader vote challenged— Blue collar jobs passé in Somerville— $1.5 million for field of poisons— Mom, can we have a cat?