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February 27, 2018

The anatomy of an ICE raid rumor from facebook to protest in Brockton, MA

BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 3, 2017. Natalia Guerrero, 25, of Brockton, Mass., (center) holds a sign during a rally in support of immigrants' rights outside Brockton City Hall after rumors of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid traveled around the community in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. The rally was organized in part by the Coalition for Social Justice. Rumors of the ICE raid went viral within the community after State Representative Michelle DuBois (D-10th Plymouth District) posted a warning about the supposed raid on Facebook and that undocumented immigrants should not go outside. Guerrero is a volunteer with the Coalition for Social Justice, which helped organize the rally.

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BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 3, 2017. State Representative Michelle DuBois (D-10th Plymouth District) speaks at a rally in support of immigrants' rights outside Brockton City Hall after rumors of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid traveled around the community in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. The rally was organized in part by the Coalition for Social Justice. Rumors of the ICE raid went viral within the community after DuBois posted a warning about the supposed raid on Facebook and that undocumented immigrants should not go outside.

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JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Holding a phone displaying a recent rumor posted on Facebook about an upcoming ICE raid, Carlha Toussaint, 24, of Brockton, Massachusetts, is a community organizer with the Coalition for Social Justice in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. She is seen here in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts.

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JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Carlha Toussaint, 24, of Brockton, Massachusetts, is a community organizer with the Coalition for Social Justice in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. She is seen here in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts.

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JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Isabel Lopez, 50, of Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, holds a card given out to area immigrants as part of "Know Your Rights" efforts by advocates of immigrants. Lopez is an independent community organizer who has worked with various organizations in the Brockton, Massachusetts, area for the past 8 years. The card has information about people's constitutional rights and what to say if immigration enforcement officers come to one's home. On one side is English, and on the other side is Haitian-Creole.

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BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 3, 2017. Simon Sakpo, 50, of Brockton, Mass., holds a sign reading "Is ICE an acronym...or just the state of Trump's [heart]?" during a rally in support of immigrants' rights outside Brockton City Hall after rumors of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid traveled around the community in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA. The rally was organized in part by the Coalition for Social Justice. Rumors of the ICE raid went viral within the community after State Representative Michelle DuBois (D-10th Plymouth District) posted a warning about the supposed raid on Facebook and that undocumented immigrants should not go outside. Sakpo is originally from Togo in West Africa.

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JAMAICA PLAIN, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 30, 2017. Isabel Lopez, 50, of Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, has been a community organizer in the Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, for the past 8 years. She is seen here in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts.

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BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 29, 2017. International flags fly near Brockton City Hall in downtown Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., March 29, 2017.

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BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 29, 2017. Cardosa Cafe on Montello Street is one of few businesses open at night near downtown Brockton, Massachusetts, USA, on Wed., March 29, 2017.

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Resistance School at Harvard University with Michael Blake

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Tyler Rodgers, 30, a Master of Public Policy grad student at Harvard, wears a Resistance School shirt under his jacket while directing attendees to the lecture space before a session of Resistance School at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. A video camera records as New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Sam Carson, 28, (from front left), Monica Giannone, 29, Brandon Kappy, 26, and Jesse Erin Posner, 27, listen from the back of the room as New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. The four are involved in the production of Resistance School: Carson led the logistics group volunteers before the lecture; Giannone is one of the organization's co-founders and is in charge of logistics, content, and tech, during the livestreams; Kappy is the group's Digital Director; and Posner is a production designer. Carson and Giannone are Master in Public Policy grad students at the Kennedy School. Kappy is an MD and MPP student. Posner works in Harvard's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Jesse Erin Posner (right), 31, and Arianna Grand, 27, put up Resistance School logo stencil on a whiteboard before a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Posner works in Harvard's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and serves as Production Designer for Resistance School. Grand is a Master in Public Policy grad student at Harvard's Kennedy School. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." Resistance School puts on live lectures by leading progressives that are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Shanoor Seervai (in white with pink scarf), one of the Resistance School's co-founders, sits with other "war room" volunteers outside a Taubman Building conference room before a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. The "war room" is a group of volunteers who engage with Resistance School followers on social media, sending out quotations and supplemental materials, during the lecture. The team also transcribes the lecture.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. Shanoor Seervai (left), one of the Resistance School's co-founders, works in the "war room" with other volunteers in a Taubman Building conference room while New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. The "war room" is a group of volunteers who engage with Resistance School followers on social media, sending out quotations and supplemental materials, during the lecture. The team also transcribes the lecture. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 27, 2017. New York Assemblyman (79th District) and Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee Michael Blake speaks to a live audience during a session of Resistance School in the Starr Auditorium in the Belfer Building of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, on Thurs., April 27, 2017. Blake's lecture was titled "How to sustain the resistance long term." The lecture, which was the fourth such session and the final in what the group calls the "first semester" of Resistance School, was also streamed live on the internet. Resistance School was started by progressive graduate students at Harvard after the Nov. 8, 2016, election of President Donald Trump. Resistance School describes itself as a "practical training program that will sharpen the tools [needed] to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels." The live lectures are streamed and archived online alongside other information on the Resistance School website. During the lectures, teams of volunteers engage with followers on social media, including Facebook and twitter, sharing soundbytes, quotations, and supplementary materials as the lectures happen.

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Cape Wind developer Jim Gordon

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DEC. 12, 2017. Jim Gordon is the President of Energy Management, Inc., a developer of renewable energy projects in the US, seen here in the company's offices in Boston, Mass., on Tues., Dec. 12, 2017. Energy Management, Inc., (EMI) was the developer of the Cape Wind Energy Project, an uncompleted wind farm project that was to be built off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DEC. 12, 2017. Jim Gordon is the President of Energy Management, Inc., a developer of renewable energy projects in the US, seen here in the company's offices in Boston, Mass., on Tues., Dec. 12, 2017. Energy Management, Inc., (EMI) was the developer of the Cape Wind Energy Project, an uncompleted wind farm project that was to be built off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DEC. 12, 2017. Final Environment Impact Statements and Reports stand on a bookshelf in the office of Energy Management, Inc., a developer of renewable energy projects in the US, in Boston, Mass., on Tues., Dec. 12, 2017. Energy Management, Inc., (EMI) was the developer of the Cape Wind Energy Project, an uncompleted wind farm project that was to be built off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

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North End Bocce Ball League

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Wooden scoreboards and a notecard and pencil at one end of each court are used to keep track of games as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: A player prepares to throw a bocce ball during a game as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Bocce balls can be seen in a court as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. The goal of the game is to throw colored balls closest to the pallino (the smaller white ball). Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Players gather around thrown balls to determine scoring during a game as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. The goal of the game is to throw colored balls closest to the pallino (the smaller white ball). Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Players gather around thrown balls to determine scoring as members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gather to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. The goal of the game is to throw colored balls closest to the pallino (the smaller white ball). Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 15, 2017: Players gather bocce balls in a bag at the end of the game after members of the Friends of the North End Diners Club bocce league gathered to play bocce ball in the Alvaro "John" Paolo Bocce Court in Langone Park in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Sun., Oct. 15, 2017. Many of the men grew up in the North End and recalled seeing old men play bocce, never imagining that they would grow up to be those old men playing on the courts. The group plays for 6 weeks in the spring and 6 weeks in the fall on Sunday mornings, moving indoors to a nearby ice rink when there is bad weather.

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A look at the newly renovated Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Construction equipment stands outside Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The white section of the building (left) has already received a base coat; a light yellow will be painted on for the final coat. The exterior is being repaired and will soon be painted to give the hotel an updated look. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017.

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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. A newly renovated guest room is seen at Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017.

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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. A newly renovated guest room is seen at Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017.

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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Owner George Filopoulos is seen in a gutted restaurant space at Gurney's Newport Resort and Marina, which was formerly a Hyatt Regency hotel, on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017. The entire hotel will be renewed with an approximately $18 million renovation to be completed by Memorial Day 2017. The restaurant space, previously housing the Hyatt's Windward Restaurant, will be the location of a new Scarpetta restaurant, an Italian restaurant with locations around the US. The renovation is intended to increase the volume and space of the restaurant.

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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Storefronts line Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island, seen here on Wed., April 19, 2017.

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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. A statue of French General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau stands in a park on the southern edge of Newport Harbor in Newport, Rhode Island, seen here on Wed., April 19, 2017. Rochambeau assisted the American colonies during the American Revolution.

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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - APRIL 19, 2017. Boats stand in drydock near Thames Street in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wed., April 19, 2017.

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Meeting about future of Pilgrim Nuclear Energy Station

PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. People gather for a Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. Pilgrim Station is a nuclear power plant operated by Entergy. An email from the NRC was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders.

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PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. Mary Gatslick, of Plymouth, Mass., holds a sign reading "I support Pilgrim Station / Safe. Secure. Vital" at a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. Gatslick was one of few at the meeting expressing support for the power plant's continued operation. She says she has worked for Entergy for 25 years. "I am totally insulted by remarks about the incompetence of workers [at Pilgrim Station]," she said. An email from the NRC was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders.

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PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. A bumper sticker reading "Pilgrim Blows: Bridges Close!" was given out outside a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. An email from the NRC was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders.

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PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials speak at a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. The officials at the meeting are, from left: Ray Lorson, Director of NRC Region 1 Division of Reactor Safety; Bill Dean, Director of NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; Dan Dorman, NRC Region 1 Regional Administrator; and Don Jackson, 95003 Team Lead in the NRC Region 1 Division of Reactor Safety. An email from Don Jackson was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders.

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PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS - JAN 31., 2017. Diane Turco, of Harwick, Mass., speaks at a public hearing regarding Pilgrim Station, a nuclear power plant run by Entergy, at Hotel 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, on Tues., Jan. 31, 2017. Turco is the director of the Cape Downwinders, a group of area residents opposing the continued operation of Pilgrim Station. Truco was the recipient of an email from the NRC that was leaked in December 2016 outlining problems with the "safety culture" at the plant and an "overwhelmed" staff. Area residents have been calling for the plant to be shut down. The green signs in the audience, reading "Shut Pilgrim Now," are from a group of area residents calling for the plant's closure called Cape Downwinders.

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