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CAMBRIDGE – Harvard University faculty who made political donations at the federal level overwhelmingly contributed to Democrats or liberal organizations, a review of data from the Federal Election Commission shows. As an institution, Harvard has long had a reputation for leaning left. The campaign finance data provide a limited but revealing
amherst
AMHERST – When three conservatives sought to speak about freedom of speech at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, they drew shouted insults, apparently from students at the state's premier public university. The event, billed as "The Triggering: Has Political Correctness Gone Too Far?" may have succeeded in
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boston
BOSTON – Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center officials have finalized a decision to fire a Needham doctor after he made comments to fellow staff members that hospital administrators decided were anti-gay, and disobeyed an order to keep his views to himself. But Richard Mast of Liberty Counsel, a lawyer who represents Dr.
First Amendment
Recent advances in communications technology have made it easier than ever for speakers to spread their messages and for listeners to find the content they are after. I emailed the final draft of this column to the NewBostonPost yesterday, and today it might be read by someone on the opposite
Princeton University
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Voices are emerging to counter the din raised on college campuses by self-styled social-justice advocates as students who don't accept the need for "safe spaces" defend free speech against activists who would muzzle peers to weed out "microaggressions." At Princeton University,
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