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Homosexuality-Affirming Boston Pride Ridding Itself of ‘Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional and Structural Racism’

Homosexuality-Affirming Boston Pride Ridding Itself of ‘Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional and Structural Racism’

Matthew McDonald

An organization that runs Boston's annual homosexuality-affirming parade has announced the appointment of seven members to a new committee designed to rid the organization of racism.

"Boston Pride is dismantling the systemic oppression and individual, interpersonal, institutional, and structural racism within its own organization," Boston Pride said in a written statement Friday, April 16.

Give Puerto Ricans The Say On Whether To Become 51st State, Ayanna Pressley Says
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Give Puerto Ricans The Say On Whether To Become 51st State, Ayanna Pressley Says

Matthew McDonald

Puerto Ricans should be able to decide whether to join the union as a state, said U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester).

Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution states:  "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union …"

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