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Dedham Public Library is hosting a weekly "Preschool Pride Storytime." "It's time to celebrate Pride! Join us every Tuesday in June for stories and crafts that focus on the beauty and joy of love in all its forms," the library's description of
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The Boston City Council has unanimously passed a resolution recognizing June 2023 as Pride Month in the city. Ed Flynn, the city council president, who sponsored the resolution, said his main focus was "the hate crimes that we're seeing throughout Massachusetts but also throughout the country against
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Elizabeth Warren called for student debt cancellation in a recent tweet. "Student debt cancellation will bolster the economic strength of our country and help hardworking Americans live a life of dignity, Warren wrote Thursday, June 8. "It's the right thing to do."
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The Associated Press updated its Style Guide to tell its journalists not to use the term "transgenderism." The move, reported by The Daily Signal, is to make clear that the term "frames transgender identity as an ideology."
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Cambridge Public Library is set to host a "Family Pride Concert" with Carrie Ferguson, "a queer and gender nonconforming artist," in mid-June. The library describes the event as "offering children and families welcoming and inclusive messages about accepting feelings, celebrating differences and loving themselves exactly
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The Republican minority leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives says Massachusetts should lower taxes in response to the rapid rate at which residents are departing for other states. " 'Tax the rich' is a popular refrain in some political quarters. Unfortunately for Massachusetts, a lot of people
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Tucker Carlson has launched his new show Tucker on Twitter, releasing Episode 1 at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 6. The episode had gotten more than 95 million views as of Wednesday, June 7.
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Another former Democratic politician has taken a position at Harvard University. Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago during Covid, was appointed as a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.