The Worcester School Committee approved a so-called comprehensive sex education curriculum Thursday night. The committee voted 5-2 to approve Rights,…
Opponents of a proposed sex education curriculum in Worcester are hoping that the city's mayor provides the margin of victory…
Planned Parenthood's Massachusetts political action committee has donated to Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty's campaigns. Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund…
A white liberal state legislator is concerned about the racial makeup of a new state commission studying how much immunity from lawsuits…
Left-of-center candidates won two open seats on the Milton School Committee in a hotly contested race Tuesday. Elizabeth Carroll and…
A candidate for Milton School Committee who opposes a school survey asking students about their sexuality and gender identity called into Dan…
A Connecticut man who uses a metal detector to help people hunt for treasure discovered a metal cash box containing $46,000…
Abortion is the theme of a short independent movie filmed in Brockton. Abort, directed by Brockton native Tim Young, is about "…
Somerville city officials are interested in issuing lower parking violation fines to poor people and people who don't drive large…
Brookline town officials are disappointed that they did not hire any Asian-Americans during the first quarter of 2021. The town hired…
A Massachusetts state legislator wants to make unequal outcomes by race and other categories a violation of the state constitution that would…
A conservative government watchdog group is calling on Governor Charlie Baker to end his mandate telling people in Massachusetts to wear masks…
Then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all charges in the death of George Floyd last year. Chauvin was…
An organization that runs Boston's annual homosexuality-affirming parade has announced the appointment of seven members to a new committee…
Puerto Ricans should be able to decide whether to join the union as a state, said U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-…
A little less than 3 percent of faculty members at Harvard University identify as conservative, according to a survey performed by the…
Three unions representing public school district employees in Lawrence have approved a vote of no confidence in the superintendent for re-opening…
A proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine a right to abortion in the Vermont Constitution is one step closer to taking effect,…
