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The Somerville City Council has adopted an ordinance offering domestic partner status and benefits to those living in three-people-or-more domestic relationships. The council vote occurred Thursday, June 25. Mayor Joe Curtatone signed it into law Monday, June 29, according to WickedLocal.com. But it didn't attract much attention
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In a 2017 New York Times column headlined "America's Best University President," Bret Stephens praised Robert Zimmer of the University of Chicago as a defender of free speech. The column quoted speeches and letters from Zimmer and other University of Chicago administrators and professors, including a
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Here's a prediction: 2018 will be known as the high-water mark of the Massachusetts economy. Unemployment is low, growth is good, businesses are sprouting, and tall buildings are shooting up in Boston.
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So now, "defund the police" is trending. Take money from the cops and give it to … Watch the scramble for the dough, as progressive leaders blather on about their need for funds.
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[UPDATE, Saturday, June 20, 2020: See the full text of the email message that got Father Daniel Moloney fired and a fact-checking analysis of it.] The Catholic chaplain has been forced out at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology because of an email message he sent Catholic students that questioned whether
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At a time when protests continue following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota, there is a heightened national focus on issues in the black community. As a whole, black Americans are among the most loyal Democrats in the country. Indeed, some link Democratic
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A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has found that a federal law preventing discrimination on the basis of biological sex also covers sexual orientation and gender identity even though it doesn't mention those characteristics. On a 6-3 vote – including reputed conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and
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Arlington selectmen have declared June "LGBTQIA Pride Month" and have authorized eight rainbow banners to be erected on street poles in the town. The Arlington LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Commission, a town board, sponsored the proclamation and banners.
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