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Matt McDonald, a Boston-area native, has decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and copy editor. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
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Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey called originalism — a legal theory that judges should interpret the U.S. Constitution as it was drafted – "racist," "sexist," "homophobic," and "just a fancy word for discrimination." He also linked U.S. Supreme Court nominee — and
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U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley is supporting the ranked-choice-voting ballot question in Massachusetts. Pressley (D-Dorchester), who is one of the four members of the left-wing group of Democratic women of color known as "The Squad," tweeted a photo of a yard sign Saturday, October 24 saying "Yes
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A group of students at Brown University want two statues of Roman emperors removed from the campus on the grounds they represent white supremacy. The statues depict Caesar Augustus (63 B.C. to A.D. 14), the emperor at the time of the birth of Jesus whose reign began the
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More than 600 students and alumni at a Catholic college in Worcester are expressing outrage that the chaplain's office of the school sent out an email message expressing support for Catholic teaching on same-sex marriage. The group is threatening to withhold donations to the school unless school officials
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Massachusetts U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley is calling for an investigation of President Donald Trump's administration by the United Nations because of its treatment of illegal immigrants. Using Twitter handles to denote government entities, Pressley called out the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and called for two
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A day after Pope Francis rocked the Catholic world with the publication of comments supporting civil unions for same-sex couples, Catholic bishops in New England are reacting with questions, nuance, or silence. "What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I
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A vote for President Donald Trump is a vote for racism, a Connecticut newspaper says. "… [Y}ou can't support Trump without supporting the racism that forms the bedrock of his political persona," said The Hartford Courant, a daily newspaper in the state's capital, in
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Governor Charlie Baker is mulling applications to fill two vacancies on the state's highest court. Once he nominates candidates and the Governor's Council confirms them, Baker will have selected every justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.