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Recently the Israel-American Council, a national network of Israelis living in America, took the extraordinary step of circulating a petition to demand that the Newton School Department take action on the "anti-Israel bias in the Newton Schools" which is "causing a serious rift between students and is
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The outrageous suspension of University of Massachusetts at Amherst football coach Mark Whipple for using the term "rape" to describe a football play this past weekend is an example of how colleges are falling apart. Rape is an overused word when it doesn't describe sexual violence.
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Catholic bishops are gathering in Rome this month for the Synod on Young People, and I don't know what to expect. It is no secret that fewer young people are attending church. But how will the bishops respond? By all means, find ways to welcome the youth. But
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An innovative financial aid program at Purdue University has been awarded a $10,000 prize in the 27th annual Better Government Competition held by the Pioneer Institute, a public research organization located in Boston. Purdue's Back A Boiler program, chosen out of more than 80 contest submissions from
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Jay Gonzalez has done two smart things this past week. The Democratic nominee for governor may be far behind Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker in the polls, but for a few days, at least, he has had him on the defensive.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Democrat for governor Jay Gonzalez said his plan to tax the endowments of wealthy private universities should not inhibit schools like Harvard University from funding research and financial aid, two reasons Democrats like U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren opposed the idea when President
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Editor's Note: An assistant professor at Brown University published a study this month in a peer-reviewed journal presenting evidence that rapid-onset gender dysphoria in teen-agers and young adults who didn't show any symptoms of it in childhood may be tied to binge-watching transgender-oriented YouTube videos and
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A northern Ohio public school teacher asked seventh and eighth grade students to pick eight of 12 hypothetical people to save based on occupation, race, religion, sex, age, nationality, and sexual orientation – with the remaining four doomed to destruction. Among the candidates: "a homosexual, male professional athlete"; "
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