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In the clamor that has followed the killing of George Floyd on May 25, there is the insistence that we must all speak out against racism. A Martin Luther King Jr. quote is often mentioned: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the
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The United States is infected with racism at its core, Cardinal Sean O'Malley says in a letter to be read to Catholic parishioners in the Archdiocese of Boston this weekend. "George Floyd's death makes clear that racist premises and attitudes, often implicit, are woven through
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Going to the beach in Massachusetts sometime soon? If you are, just be careful about what activities you participate in. If it involves a ball, it might not be legal.
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As most churches in Massachusetts have started holding public services again, Somerville's mayor has told church leaders there to continue limiting gatherings to 10 people. Mayor Joseph Curtatone is justifying the delay on grounds of safety during the coronavirus emergency. He points out that Somerville is more densely
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What accounts for the apparently dramatic mismatch between the stock market and the economy? Unemployment is the worst it has been since the Great Depression. Goldman Sachs says it could hit 25%. Gross domestic product could fall by 42.8%, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
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Many weekend afternoons, and some weekday evenings, every year from April through October, a group of people, young and old, male and female, black and white, advanced and beginner, meet to play tennis, shoot the breeze, trash talk, and sometimes share food and drink at our local park. Our family
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For all the attention paid to the boom in use of the videoconferencing app Zoom, the big winner of the coronavirus lockdown so far may be a less work-oriented, more social Zoom competitor called Houseparty. Bloomberg News reports that Houseparty has "been one of the most popular social-networking apps
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Citizens of the … republic … for now: During the current COVID-19 pandemic I have been criticized for my recent attempts to keep you ungrateful lot safe. This is unfortunate.
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