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First Amendment

Female Muslim professor: ‘College is not a safe space’

Shaheen Pasha is a journalism professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also happens to be a female, Pakistani-American Muslim who is adamantly opposed to the notion of "safe spaces" for under-represented students on college campuses. Writing on Medium.com in November, Pasha, 38, argued that college is

boston

Visions of happiness: Evaluating and valuing urban architecture

What is beauty? For centuries, artists and thinkers replied to this question with new representations and theories of beauty, or aesthetics.

Faith

Easter movies to get you into the spirit of the season

Looking for some movies to celebrate the Easter spirit? Whether you're searching for something biblical or a fun movie to get you feeling that spring has sprung, we've got it right here! Risen

boston

Broadway smash ‘Hamilton’ will travel to Boston

BOSTON – "Hamilton," the hit Broadway musical, will visit the Hub on its upcoming national tour, Broadway in Boston announced late Monday. But it will be a long wait. "Hamilton," based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, has been sold out for months at New York'

music

Filmed ‘Easter Mysteries’ musical brings the Passion to life

BOSTON – As Easter approaches, films about the life and death of Jesus regularly pop up, and older movies from years ago get a second look. Many of these are epics, often featuring actors speaking with British accents, a clear indication of a Roman period piece (think "Gladiator"), a

boston

How urban renewal drives Boston’s 21st century feel

BOSTON – From the razing of the West End in the 1950s to the more recent Big Dig, Boston's urban renewal projects aren't points of universal pride among local residents. Yet today's Boston, the city people know and love, owes its current look and feel

Massachusetts

Boston area comedy troupe stars at Texas SXSW festival

When the members of Asperger's Are Us met at a summer camp on the North Shore, they never imagined that more than a decade later they would be stars of a documentary at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The name Asperger's

Blogs

How a B-side Founding Father became the hottest ticket on Broadway – and is changing the face of theater

Biographies on the lives of founding fathers have become popular among a certain echelon of parents and grandparents in recent years. Since David McCullough's work on the life of John Adams, the genre has proved to have staying power among the armchair, sweatered set. But what happens when