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Some self-described socialist candidates running within the Democratic Party "advocate more extreme changes, such as abolishing the prison system," the New York Times reports. Sure enough, the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has a "Prison Abolition Working Group" that meets monthly. The national
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The crowd was entertained. Some reveled in the death of others. They weren't dying, so what did they care? They just wanted to enjoy a good show. If this was last week's column, I would have been referring to those in the arena cheering the slaughter
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Being a billionaire has its perks. With a private jet you don't have to deal with long airport security lines, and a chauffeur will be at your beck and call all the time. You have assistants for everything from walking the dog to walking you into a doctor&
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Hundreds of paddlers recently raced kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddleboards in the Charles River for the annual Run of the Charles. That the water quality in the river has dramatically improved over the 36 years since the race first began is a tribute to the non-profit group that organizes the
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At the time he was elected president of the Massachusetts Senate, Stan Rosenberg had a long-term committed relationship with a man 38 years younger whom he believed to be mentally ill and addicted to alcohol and who had a tendency to text pornographic images of men and make sexually offensive
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It's so huge that most of those in the position of making education policy want to pretend the elephant isn't there. The problem to be solved in their eyes is not why increasing federal and state funds targeted to low-performing schools and students over 50 years
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Former Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg will also be a former Massachusetts state senator at the end of the week. Rosenberg submitted a letter Thursday afternoon announcing that he is resigning from the Massachusetts Senate effective 5 p.m. Friday, May 4.
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On Monday, hundreds of Hopkinton High School parents were alerted via email of an "extremely troubling act" that stripped this suburban school of its "sense of safety" and provoked police involvement. Was it a bomb? A knife? A gun?
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