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Massachusetts Bill Would Impose Prison Sentences For ‘Hate Speech’

Should it be illegal to say something that may offend someone? One bill (HD.4113) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives would outlaw it.

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Maura Healey Proposed Budget Would Give Colleges $18 Million For Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey wants the state to spend $18 million on new diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives during the coming fiscal year. Healey last week released her proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 (which begins July 1, 2023). It includes back-to-back line items for diversity-equity-inclusion.

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Transgender Runner Helps Brookline High Girls Win Division 1 Track & Field Massachusetts State Championship

The Brookline High girls' indoor track and field team recently won a Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 1 state championship. Brookline earned 63 points at the MIAA Division 1 state championship meet for the winter 2022-2023 season on February 17, outperforming teams like Newton North (51 points) and Wachusett

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Northern Essex, UMass Lowell In New Transfer Agreement

By Michael P. Norton State House News Service

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City On A Hill?  Activists Demand ‘De-Naming’ of Winthrop House at Harvard College

Activists at Harvard College are demanding that the university rename an undergraduate dormitory named in part for the dominant figure of the early years of Massachusetts because he and his namesake descendant owned slaves. Winthrop House, formed in 1931, houses about 400 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It's one

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Eleven-Year-Old Reads Sex Scene From Teen Book At Local Library Out Loud To School Board

An 11-year-old boy recently read aloud at a school board meeting in Maine a passage from a book he found on display at a local public library depicting two boys engaging in sexual activity. The student, Knox Zajak, spoke during public comment at a meeting of the Windham-Raynham School District

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Massachusettts Lawmakers Pushing Graphic Sex-Ed Bill That Would Teach 12-Year-Olds About Anal Sex — Language Warning

Massachusetts lawmakers are once again pushing for greater state control over sex education. State Representative Jim O'Day (D-West Boylston) and state Senator Sal DiDomenico (D-Everett) re-filed "An Act Relative To Healthy Youth" (HD.3874/SD.2199) earlier this legislative session. The bill would require that every

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Milton Math Study Group For Minority Students Violates Civil Rights Law, Parental Rights Group Alleges

Is Milton Public Schools discriminating against students based on race? A national parental rights group recently made this allegation, filing a federal civil rights complaint against the school.