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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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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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