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BOSTON — A third faculty member has filed a federal lawsuit against Wheelock College and its former president, Jackie Jenkins-Scott, alleging she was unfairly treated due to her race. The allegations facing Wheelock stem from the reign of Jenkins-Scott, who retired last spring. Joan Gallos, like the two professors who also
Maura Healey
BOSTON — A Holden resident, stonewalled last month by Attorney General Maura Healey's office when she rejected his public records request for documents and records that may shed light on how Healey arrived at her "copycat" assault weapons ban decision, recently scored a victory in his appeal
Massachusetts
BOSTON — The firearm industry finally pulled the trigger on a lawsuit that gun rights groups vowed to file against Attorney General Maura Healey, who made waves in July when she announced a crackdown on so-called "copycat" assault weapons. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, accuses Healey of issuing
Title IX
BOSTON — A former Brandeis University student who sued the school in 2015, alleging he had been railroaded by school officials during a sexual assault probe, recently withdrew his lawsuit, saying via his attorneys that he wants to get on with his life and adding he feels "vindicated" by
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PHILADELPHIA — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made it clear this week during a campaign stop at Temple University just how desperate she is for the millennial vote. In an about-face from her proposal released in the summer of 2015, Clinton on Monday announced she and former rival U.S. Sen.
Princeton University
PRINCETON, N.J. — Princeton University, which made national headlines last school year for a range of student social justice activism, is walking back human resources department efforts to cancel-out the use of the word "man" in favor of more gender-neutral terms. The redaction was first spotted by the
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University's Silliman College, which served as ground zero for last fall's debate over what students can and can't wear for Halloween else they risk offending someone, will be home to a haunted house this time around. The Yale Daily News
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BOSTON — A pair of Jewish Wheelock College professors have taken the school and its recently retired president to federal court, alleging in an explosive lawsuit filed Thursday that they were subjected to a host of anti-Semitic discrimination measures. Professors Gail Dines and Eric Silverman in their dual complaints allege that