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When Simone de Beauvoir's landmark book, "The Second Sex" landed on shelves in 1949, sex differences were clearly defined: people born male were men, and people born female were women. De Beauvoir's book challenged this assumption, writing, "One is not born, but rather
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Jacquie Moloney, the first woman to run the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the school's 121-year history, formally took office Thursday, when she was installed as chancellor. Moloney was tapped over the summer to become head of the 17,000-student campus, part of the University of Massachusetts system
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A video in which a former textbook publishing executive defends the controversial federal Common Core educational standards and says that its creators aim to marginalize teachings of America's founding principles became public last week, just days before Common Core supporters filed suit in Massachusetts court to stop voters
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BOSTON – Massachusetts had the highest rate of child abuse and neglect in the nation in 2014, with almost 31,900 cases reported, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The rate of abuse or neglect rose to 22.9 cases per 1,000
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BOSTON – Long-time refugee and immigration advocate Seth Moulton, the sixth district Democratic congressman from Salem, will open a discussion on the topic Thursday with a panel of experts dealing with the region's response to Mideast refugee crisis. A Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq, Moulton has
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NewBostonPost Editor Jennifer C. Braceras appeared on WGBH's "Greater Boston" on Tuesday to debate presidential politics with former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral.
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