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Transgender people born before 1975 would qualify for government pensions in Uruguay under a series of measures the leftist government is considering, according to a media report. A government census in 2016 found 873 transgender people in the country, according to Marketplace, a radio program produced and distributed by American
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Students at Stanford University will be offered a course this fall that will "consider … abolishing whiteness." The anthropology course, called "White Identity Politics," is being offered by the university's Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Department.
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The Atlanta gym owner who posted a ban on cops and military members says he wants to abolish the police, and he wouldn't call the cops even if he got physically threatened. "Absolutely not. I do not feel safe in their presence," Jim Chambers told CBS
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U.S. Representative Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) will not seek re-election in 2018, she announced Wednesday morning. Tsongas, 71, the widow of former U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas (1941-1997), was first elected in October 2007, in a special election to replace Marty Meehan, who left Congress to become chancellor of the
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New Hampshire U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan was quick to denounce President Donald Trump's description of the Granite State (reported this morning) as a "drug-infested den." Trump, who is no stranger to wild claims, added in his comments to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto — which Americans
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General John Kelly was named new White House Chief of Staff on Friday. Kelly, 67, the current secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is the first Boston native to run the White House staff. He grew up in Brighton.
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The office supply giant Staples announced Wednesday afternoon that the company has negotiated a sale to a private equity company in New York City for $6.9 billion. Staples Inc., headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, opened its first store in Brighton in 1986.
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He's brash, blunt and opinionated, traits that the CEO and founder of Silent Partner Marketing freely acknowledges. Thus, telling people what they want to hear — as opposed to the straight truth Kyle Reyes thinks they deserve to hear — is not something Reyes is known for.