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With the kids out of school, people are starting to make the most of the summer. They're hitting the beaches, taking weekend trips, and enjoying neighborhood picnics and bike rides. This is New England at its best. It's a shame, though, that government so often seeks
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BOSTON — Campus climate surveys, which supporters say can help schools identify the best practices for curbing sexual assault on campus, but which have been widely criticized by both conservative and feminist groups, could soon be coming to Massachusetts. Last spring, state Sen. William Brownsberger (D-Belmont) authored a bill that calls
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Women's advocates in Boston want the Massachusetts State House to do more to ensure women receive "equal pay for equal work." A press event earlier this month mostly celebrated proposed legislation to increase penalties for businesses violating equal pay statutes and further regulate compensation practices, but
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Dorm rooms, shower baskets, Frisbees flying through a sun-streaked courtyards — these are traditional iconic images of a college school year's kickoff. Today's college students, however, might also add "sensitivity seminars" and warnings about the prevalence of sexual assault as one of the rites of
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Few stories pack as emotional a punch as ones that involve someone diagnosed with a terminal illness beating the odds, being the first cured — the one who lives and brings hope to others facing the same death sentence. A newly released book, "The Right to Try," shows that
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This summer, because of a 2014 referendum passed by nearly 60 percent of voters, Massachusetts became the latest state to require all businesses with 11 or more employees to provide paid sick leave. The policy sounds compassionate. Nobody wants to worry about losing a job or not being able to
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