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Why I Am Not Flying The Rainbow Flag This Month

June is "Pride Month" and the rainbow flag is ubiquitous. It is flying over our government. It is flying at the White House, at the State House, at public buildings many towns and cities of Massachusetts, including Melrose where I have lived for 33 years and Stoneham where

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Affirmative Action Goes; Massachusetts Politicians and Organizations React

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the race-based policies of Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Thursday, June 29, ruling such policies are unconstitutional, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Justice Clarance Thomas labeled the university's

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Massachusetts Bill Would Threaten Jail Time For Using Fireworks In Some Areas

Massachusetts is the only state in America where no form of consumer fireworks are legal. A bill (H.3634) on Beacon Hill would amend the state's firework ban — by increasing the penalty and making it a crime to use fireworks in high-density areas.

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Healey Administration’s Proposed Sex-Ed Curriculum Tells Third-Graders They Can Change Genders

Should Massachusetts public schools that teach sex-ed be required to teach third-graders that they can change their gender? If Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's administration gets what it wants, it will happen.

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Massachusetts Opioid Deaths Hit Record High In 2022

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service

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Arlington School Committee Commits To Requiring Students Be Called By Preferred Pronouns and Allowing Access To Bathrooms and Locker Rooms According To Gender Identity

Arlington School Committee members have laid the foundation this past week for policies ensuring students are called by their preferred pronouns in any circumstance and allowing students to play sports with the sex with which they identify. "It is about making safe spaces for children, and as a former

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Massachusetts State Library Agency Official Calls Two Conservative Parents Organizations ‘White Nationalist’

A staff member of the state agency that organizes public library services in Massachusetts called two conservative organizations "white nationalist" during a public meeting last week. Andrea Bono-Bunker, a library building specialist at the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, called out Massachusetts Informed Parents and Moms for Liberty

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Burlington Residents Call For Bringing Back Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Committee After Middle School Incident

A counter-protest of a pro-homosexuality-and-transgenderism Pride event at a Burlington middle school has prompted several residents to call for reinstating the town's diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. The Pride-theme day was organized on Friday, June 2 by the middle school's Spectrum Club, a place where students