Exclusive: Executive producers Abby Ginzberg (Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power) and Angela Tucker (Belly of the Beast) are in production on a documentary series about influential female politicians titled She Dared to Dream.
The first film in the series focuses on Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat representing Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, who has given the film team access to her life and work both in Boston and Washington D.C.
From a woman-led business owner in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood to the Boston Latin Academy to a historic gathering of female lawmakers that included Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Pressley and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, She Dared to Dream reveals Pressley’s vision, challenges and aspirations as a trailblazer in American politics. Barbara Lee, who was recently featured in the Netflix film Shirley, a narrative feature about her mentor Shirley Chisholm starring Regina King, serves as creative consultant on the docuseries.
The first film in the series focuses on Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat representing Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District, who has given the film team access to her life and work both in Boston and Washington D.C.
From a woman-led business owner in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood to the Boston Latin Academy to a historic gathering of female lawmakers that included Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Pressley and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, She Dared to Dream reveals Pressley’s vision, challenges and aspirations as a trailblazer in American politics. Barbara Lee, who was recently featured in the Netflix film Shirley, a narrative feature about her mentor Shirley Chisholm starring Regina King, serves as creative consultant on the docuseries.
- 4/4/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Dozens of Neo-Nazis demonstrated outside the home of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on Saturday night, in an intimidating display of hate. Members of the group Nsc-131 — which seeks to create a white-only ethnostate in New England — marched Saturday night through the Boston suburb of Arlington, uniformed in khakis, black jackets, face masks, and baseball caps.
The Nsc-131 members moved under cover of darkness, co-opting the progressive activist chant, “Whose streets? Our streets!” The neo-Nazis then lined up on the sidewalk across the street from the Healey’s home, which was protected by state troopers.
The Nsc-131 members moved under cover of darkness, co-opting the progressive activist chant, “Whose streets? Our streets!” The neo-Nazis then lined up on the sidewalk across the street from the Healey’s home, which was protected by state troopers.
- 2/12/2024
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once directors Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Michael J. Fox, Padma Lakshmi and Patrick Dempsey are among the entertainment industry figures set to participate in the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative meeting.
The two-day summit, led by President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, will feature leaders from around the world and across industries exploring how to “keep going,” as the Clintons put it in a letter to the CGI community, amid difficulties to create a stronger future for everyone.
Other entertainment industry participants in CGI 2023 include Liev Schreiber and will.i.am and the previously announced Matt Damon, Ashley Judd and Orlando Bloom. Other well-known leaders expected to join the meeting include Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nicholas Kristof, José Andrés, Cindy McCain,...
The two-day summit, led by President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, will feature leaders from around the world and across industries exploring how to “keep going,” as the Clintons put it in a letter to the CGI community, amid difficulties to create a stronger future for everyone.
Other entertainment industry participants in CGI 2023 include Liev Schreiber and will.i.am and the previously announced Matt Damon, Ashley Judd and Orlando Bloom. Other well-known leaders expected to join the meeting include Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Nicholas Kristof, José Andrés, Cindy McCain,...
- 8/21/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Prince William and Kate Middleton snubbed a private jet to fly commercial to Boston on Wednesday.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went from London Heathrow to the Massachusetts city in first class ahead of Friday’s Earthshot Prize awards ceremony.
According to CBS Boston, the flight crew called William and Kate “utterly delightful.”
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“Well look, they’re coming for Earthshot. It’s an environmental thing, right, so being on a commercial flight makes sense,” passenger Luke Howard told the publication.
The royals and their entourage were said to have taken up most of first class, but made sure to chat to those around them about why they were heading to Boston.
Read More: Prince William’s Godmother Apologizes And Steps Aside From Royal Duties After Making...
The Prince and Princess of Wales went from London Heathrow to the Massachusetts city in first class ahead of Friday’s Earthshot Prize awards ceremony.
According to CBS Boston, the flight crew called William and Kate “utterly delightful.”
Read More: Prince William And Kate Middleton Have ‘No Plans’ To Reunite With Harry And Meghan During Upcoming U.S. Trip, Source Says
“Well look, they’re coming for Earthshot. It’s an environmental thing, right, so being on a commercial flight makes sense,” passenger Luke Howard told the publication.
The royals and their entourage were said to have taken up most of first class, but made sure to chat to those around them about why they were heading to Boston.
Read More: Prince William’s Godmother Apologizes And Steps Aside From Royal Duties After Making...
- 12/1/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
New York, Nov 29 (Ians) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general have settled lawsuits against Google and iHeartMedia to pay 9.4 million in penalties over featuring deceptive ads promoting the Pixel 4 smartphone.
The lawsuits were filed against Google and iHeartMedia for airing nearly 29,000 deceptive endorsements by radio personalities promoting their use of and experience with Google’s Pixel 4 phone in 2019 and 2020.
“Google and iHeartMedia paid influencers to promote products they never used, showing a blatant disrespect for truth-in-advertising rules,” said Samuel Levine, Bureau of Consumer Protection Director late on Monday.
According to the FTC, in 2019, Google hired iHeartMedia and 11 other radio networks in ten major markets to have on-air personalities record and broadcast endorsements of the Pixel 4 phone.
Google provided iHeartMedia with scripts that included lines about the Pixel 4 phone like, “It’s my favourite phone camera out there, especially in low light, thanks to Night Sight Mode...
The lawsuits were filed against Google and iHeartMedia for airing nearly 29,000 deceptive endorsements by radio personalities promoting their use of and experience with Google’s Pixel 4 phone in 2019 and 2020.
“Google and iHeartMedia paid influencers to promote products they never used, showing a blatant disrespect for truth-in-advertising rules,” said Samuel Levine, Bureau of Consumer Protection Director late on Monday.
According to the FTC, in 2019, Google hired iHeartMedia and 11 other radio networks in ten major markets to have on-air personalities record and broadcast endorsements of the Pixel 4 phone.
Google provided iHeartMedia with scripts that included lines about the Pixel 4 phone like, “It’s my favourite phone camera out there, especially in low light, thanks to Night Sight Mode...
- 11/29/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Voters in Tuesday’s midterms delivered a series of historic firsts for minorities and marginalized people. Minority candidates, women, and members of the LGBTQ community will be taking up the mantle of elected office in their states for the first time.
In both local and national races, LGBTQ individuals will be occupying seats and offices for the first time, overcoming an election cycle marked by vicious attacks against the LGBTQ community.
In Massachusetts, Maura Healey defeated Republican Geoff Diehl to become both the first woman and first open lesbian to hold the state’s governorship.
In both local and national races, LGBTQ individuals will be occupying seats and offices for the first time, overcoming an election cycle marked by vicious attacks against the LGBTQ community.
In Massachusetts, Maura Healey defeated Republican Geoff Diehl to become both the first woman and first open lesbian to hold the state’s governorship.
- 11/9/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
We have wasted so much time. Despite decades of urgent warnings from scientists about a looming climate crisis, global carbon emissions have continued to climb year after year, amplifying and compounding the challenge the world faces to avert catastrophe. A new Un report reveals that global temperatures are now on track to rise by 3.9 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. To avert climate chaos, the report suggests, global emissions need to fall by 7.6 percent each year beginning in 2020. That is to say, by next year, carbon...
- 11/26/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
One striking phenomenon of the Trump era is the way the president’s daily bombast and Twitter furies can overshadow the ways his administration is screwing people over.
Last Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it had finally appointed a new student-loan ombudsman. Mandated by law, the ombudsman acts as a point person for borrowers fighting with their private lenders; the job also involves crunching student-loan data to advise the head of the Cfpb, the Treasury Secretary, and Congress on how to improve the often hellish, hall-of-mirrors-style experience of taking on student loans.
Last Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it had finally appointed a new student-loan ombudsman. Mandated by law, the ombudsman acts as a point person for borrowers fighting with their private lenders; the job also involves crunching student-loan data to advise the head of the Cfpb, the Treasury Secretary, and Congress on how to improve the often hellish, hall-of-mirrors-style experience of taking on student loans.
- 8/19/2019
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
In the absence of any meaningful action from Washington to address the increase in American mass shootings involving assault weapons, some states, like Massachusetts, have taken measures of their own to ban high-capacity guns within their borders. And a recent ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a legal challenge to just such a ban, confirming that citizens on the state level have the right to determine which guns will be allowed, the Boston Globe reported.
“This case concerns an issue of paramount importance,” the ruling said. “In...
“This case concerns an issue of paramount importance,” the ruling said. “In...
- 4/27/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
As the opioid crisis in the United States has mounted, pharmaceutical manufacturers have been hit with lawsuits claiming that they used deceptive marketing tools to push the drugs to doctors and failed to advise patients about prospective risks.
Now, the once seemingly infallible pharmaceutical companies are beginning to show signs of wear and tear. After being hit with thousands of lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, Purdue Pharmaceuticals is considering filing for bankruptcy, Reuters reports. The move would allow Purdue to negotiate with plaintiffs directly in bankruptcy court.
The Stamford,...
Now, the once seemingly infallible pharmaceutical companies are beginning to show signs of wear and tear. After being hit with thousands of lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, Purdue Pharmaceuticals is considering filing for bankruptcy, Reuters reports. The move would allow Purdue to negotiate with plaintiffs directly in bankruptcy court.
The Stamford,...
- 3/4/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — The raw numbers are staggering: 45 million Americans owe $1.56 trillion in student loan debt, more than all of the credit card or auto-loan debt combined. The bulk of that student debt, more than $1.1 trillion, is in the hands of Uncle Sam. Specifically, a little-known office within the Department of Education called Federal Student Aid (Fsa) — motto: “Proud Sponsor of the American Mind.”
But it isn’t the Education Department that collects your money each month or comes knocking when you miss a payment. Instead, the government hires loan servicers with names like Navient,...
But it isn’t the Education Department that collects your money each month or comes knocking when you miss a payment. Instead, the government hires loan servicers with names like Navient,...
- 2/22/2019
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
At Purdue Pharma’s launch party for OxyContin in 1996, one of the company’s owners, Dr. Richard Sackler, told the audience to imagine a series of natural disasters — an earthquake, volcanic eruption, hurricane — before gleefully predicting that the opioid painkiller would generate “a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition.” That’s according to new court documents filed on Tuesday, January 15th, as part of a lawsuit brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, which accuses the company and its owners of deceiving doctors and patients about OxyContin’s risks.
- 1/16/2019
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — The Department of Education, led by Republican über-donor and grizzly-bear alarmist Betsy DeVos, has unveiled a new proposal that would make it dramatically harder for tens of thousands of students who attended scammy for-profit colleges to receive debt relief.
On Wednesday morning, the department released its plan to weaken the so-called “borrower defense” rule. Borrower defense was enacted in the waning days of the Obama administration as a way for students to seek help if they had taken on debt to attend a college or university — typically a for-profit...
On Wednesday morning, the department released its plan to weaken the so-called “borrower defense” rule. Borrower defense was enacted in the waning days of the Obama administration as a way for students to seek help if they had taken on debt to attend a college or university — typically a for-profit...
- 7/25/2018
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
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