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Candidates all want to gain the support of young voters, which is no easy task. Savvy and a little cynical, Millennials don't just want to hear campaign platitudes; they want to be inspired and to hear a positive vision of where our country is headed. Progressives have largely
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The United Kingdom's historic vote to leave the European Union might not immediately seem to have much to do with American politics. Yet the impulse that lead a majority of British citizens to vote for such a massive change, one with uncertain economic implications but that guarantees turmoil,
Massachusetts
With the kids out of school, people are starting to make the most of the summer. They're hitting the beaches, taking weekend trips, and enjoying neighborhood picnics and bike rides. This is New England at its best. It's a shame, though, that government so often seeks
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A Hillary Clinton Political Action Committee recently released an ad — undoubtedly the first of many — aimed at persuading American women they have no choice but to support her in November. This commercial strings together a selection of Trump's most off-putting statements, calling women fat and flat-chested, and otherwise
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Women's advocates in Boston want the Massachusetts State House to do more to ensure women receive "equal pay for equal work." A press event earlier this month mostly celebrated proposed legislation to increase penalties for businesses violating equal pay statutes and further regulate compensation practices, but
Massachusetts State House
Many Americans are taking a welcome break this summer from the relentless tug-of-war in our political debates. But that's not so in the Massachusetts State House where officials are rehashing one of the most well-worn issues in modern politics: the so-called wage gap between male and female workers.
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College leaders spend a lot of time talking about the need for diversity on campus. They want to make sure that different races, ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations are represented. To some extent, this makes sense: Colleges are supposed to expose students to a variety of perspectives. It helps to
Massachusetts
Dorm rooms, shower baskets, Frisbees flying through a sun-streaked courtyards — these are traditional iconic images of a college school year's kickoff. Today's college students, however, might also add "sensitivity seminars" and warnings about the prevalence of sexual assault as one of the rites of