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Maura Healey

Massachusetts full-court press vs ExxonMobil on climate change

BOSTON — A powerhouse trio of liberal Massachusetts women are taking aim at ExxonMobil, with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren firing off a Washington Post op-ed as the latest in a string of offensive maneuvers against the oil giant. Warren, who penned the op-ed jointly with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

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Boston’s 10 most outlandish historical moments

Fact is stranger than fiction! Enjoy these odd (but true!) landmark events in Boston's history: No. 1: Fenway's red seat

Yale

Yale professors who stood up for free speech step down

Two married Yale professors who were recently caught up in a fierce debate over free speech have announced they are resigning from a leadership position they shared, giving into the demands of student detractors who aggressively attacked them last fall.

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No. 10: A Boston execution paved the way for the First Amendment

Mary Dyer was executed in Boston in 1660. Dyer was a Quaker spiritual leader who became a martyr. She refused to obey anti-Quaker laws, most famously the October 1658 statute that banned Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony or face death. Dyer and several other Quakers chose to make a

Facebook

Social media giants face French lawsuit threats over ‘hate’ posts

PARIS (CNSNews.com) – Social media giants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are facing threats of legal action here after three non-governmental organizations released a study showing that they often fail to remove material reported for spreading hatred in violation of French law. Between March 31 and May 10, the organizations identified

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Subpoena in Exxon case may be dropped against nonprofit

U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker told a libertarian think tank in Washington that he would withdraw a subpoena slapped on the organization in April as part of a broader investigation into ExxonMobil's stance on global warming — and in the same email threatened more legal actions

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Amherst, Harvard, Williams cited for ‘muzzling’ speech

BOSTON – Three prestigious Massachusetts colleges were singled-out for stifling free speech on campus over the past year, earning them "muzzles" from the Thomas Jefferson Center. Amherst College, Harvard University and Williams College were among 50 U.S. schools that curtailed students' First Amendment rights in 2015, drawing

Harvard University

Massachusetts students resist politically correct campus culture

CAMBRIDGE – While universities nationwide have made headlines for their crackdown on "microaggressions" and their creation of "safe spaces" away from offensive conversation, some Massachusetts college students think their peers are being overly sensitive. Harvard University sophomore Rachel Huebner, an editorial writer for the Crimson student newspaper,