Harvard Law bows to activist calls to drop slaveholder crest

Harvard Law bows to activist calls to drop slaveholder crest

CAMBRIDGE – Royall appears to be falling.

Harvard Law School, which last year saw activist students demand that the institution scrub the emblem honoring the family of an early benefactor, Isaac Royall Jr., over his ownership of slaves 300 years ago, caved to pressures this week and voted to support dumping the crest.

Kelly Ayotte’s New Hampshire Trump problem
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Kelly Ayotte’s New Hampshire Trump problem

Evan Lips

NASHUA, N.H. — Sen. Kelly Ayotte, like other Republican officials up for re-election this year, has a Donald Trump problem.

The Granite State senator, who is facing a tough race against sitting Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, recently told the Manchester Union-Leader she "intends to support" whomever captures the GOP presidential nomination.

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