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Somerville, Mass. - Katherine Smith, 34, had very few options when she entered an area shelter. “I was meaning to get into a shelter because I was homeless for over a year. I had been moving from house to house with my two kids. One is twelve, and the other is eight. It wasn’t a good situation.” Smith was housed in the family shelter by Somerville Housing Coalition last year.

Homeless mothers, especially pregnant ones, often face insurmountable obstacles while trying to find stability for themselves, and their families.

Cambridge, Mass. - This is #4 of WMBR Radio and Open Media Boston’s collaborative local newscast for the Boston/Cambridge MA area. 

Cambridge, Mass. - This is #2 of WMBR Radio and Open Media Boston’s collaborative local newscast for the Boston/Cambridge MA area. This week’s “Local Edition” includes stories on Boston protests against Republican Party attempts to hold the federal government and its workers hostage; a recap of the Boston school bus driver’s wildcat strike and the response from Boston mayoral election candidates; a feature on 2013 MacArthur genius grant recipient MIT Professor Sara Seager; and a look (listen) at this year’s HONK festival of activist marching bands.

BOSTON/Roslindale - About 200 people demonstrated Thursday in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston in pickets at Dunkin Donuts, Wendy’s, KFC and McDonald’s. The unprecedented protest by fast food workers and their supporters demanded an increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour for employees, as well as the right to form a union. The demonstration was part of a nationwide campaign with protests held in about 50 other cities across the US.