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For most Americans, Thanksgiving is about what author Melanie Kirkpatrick calls the three Fs—family, feasting, and football. But, beyond the well-worn story about that first feast shared by pilgrims and Indians in 1621, few of us know the history of the holiday—or how deeply it is woven into
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The four questions on the Massachusetts state ballot this year address the legalization of marijuana, the opening of a slots parlor, an increase in the number of public charter schools, and current state law regarding the treatment of certain farm animals. Question 4, which would legalize marijuana, is probably the
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It's not just New Hampshire anymore. This presidential election year, Maine joins the Granite State as a New England battleground. Ordinarily, Maine is solidly blue. Not so in 2016.
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The city of Boston's highest paid employees earn on average about $314,000 and are overwhelmingly made up of mid-level officers in the police department, according to data provided by the mayor's office. But the highest paid was a teacher, Emilio Cabanas. His actual salary was
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Colleges with smaller student bodies, a focus on undergraduates, and stellar academic reputations are among the most expensive in Massachusetts, with Amherst College leading the pack, according to a NewBostonPost analysis of federal data. The total cost of attendance at Amherst was $66,572 last year. In order to provide
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One city was once the wealthiest per capita in the world. The other was nearly the cotton manufacturing capital of the world. But today, New Bedford and Fall River are among the many mid-sized cities in Massachusetts struggling to adapt to the evolving global economy. Both are adjusting at a
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There's a new witch hunt underway. Occurring at the behest of an ascendant secular orthodoxy, the 21st century version is no less zealous in its fervor, its dogmatic absolutism, and its lack of concern for the evidence than the Puritan witch hunts of 17th century New England. Its
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Americans are conflicted over just how far religious freedom rights should extend, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. An overwhelming majority—67 percent, to be exact—do not think employers should be able to claim a religious exemption to the Obamacare mandate that the health insurance