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Photos: Scenes from Occupy Wall Street

Shots of the Zuccotti Park #OWS encampment this past Columbus Day weekend

By ARIEL SHEARER | October 12, 2011

Zuccotti Park is now a settled shantytown, complete with its own classrooms, junkies, trash collectors, and daily broadsheet. The occupation continues to expand well outside of this home base, too, multiplying in spite of several hundred arrests, and spinning off offensives all across the city. [Read more: "Our reporter sets out to see the revolution — five Occupations in five days."]

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ARTICLES BY ARIEL SHEARER

THE NCIA TARGETS CANNABUSINESS REFORM | March 06, 2013
By using the vocabulary of Washington power brokers, NCIA appeals to lawmakers in terms they can understand.

GAY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM | February 26, 2013
Last week, with help from local LGBT activists the Welcoming Committee, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum bridged the gap between "historical landmark" and "sexy party."

LISTENING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA | February 20, 2013
The Department of Public Health is moving forward with the development of Massachusetts's medical-marijuana regulations, despite efforts by state legislators to rewrite the law.

NOT-SO-SECRET GARDENS: DIY MMJ | February 05, 2013
Cannabis cultivation is an art as much as it is a craft — and urban living in our New England climate presents a gamut of indoor-gardening challenges for novices and pro growers alike.

HOME-GROWN CANNABIS CAREERS | January 24, 2013
The Cannabis Career Institute held its first-ever East Coast seminar in Boston on Saturday, offering local cannabusiness hopefuls a daylong crash course in Cali-style marijuana commerce.