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Global Warming Believers Encourage Kids To Get Involved, Change Parents’ Minds

Matt McDonald

Nearly 100 students from all over Cape Cod heard from climate change activists during a daylong event at Cape Cod Academy in Osterville. Speakers attacked fossil fuels and President Donald Trump, and they painted dire pictures of the future, including one who said:  "One of my joys is to walk the beach and watch the houses of the rich fall into the ocean."

Push Under Way On Beacon Hill To Dump State Flag; Guess Why?
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Push Under Way On Beacon Hill To Dump State Flag; Guess Why?

Evan Lips

BOSTON — A push is under way on Beacon Hill to change the state flag because of its depiction of a Native American man tilting his arrow towards the ground as an apparent sign of pacifism and submission, while a colonial-style broadsword wielded by a white man hovers above his head.

State Representative Byron Rushing (D-Boston) has introduced legislation calling for the "creation of a special commission relative to the seal and motto" of the commonwealth. On Tuesday the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight heard testimony from several flag opponents, including a Weymouth woman who has previously led efforts to force the Cleveland Indians baseball team to ditch its name and Chief Wahoo mascot.

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