WASHINGTON, May 6 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-MA Welcomes Guilty Plea by Man Who Ripped Palestinian Flag Off Truck The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) today welcomed the guilty plea in Stoughton District Court by Nicholas Lance, who was charged with destruction of property after ripping a Palestinian flag off a truck belonging to a Palestinian American man. CAIR  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: * * * MASSPIRG calls for statewide plastic bag ban at legislative hearing At a hearing of the Joint Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources, MASSPIRG Director Janet Domenitz delivered testimony on bills to establish a statewide ban on plastic bags filed by State Senator Jamie Eldridge and State Representative Mindy Domb. Domenitz said: "At a similar hearing on the sa  more