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CLEVELAND — Coming out as transgender was easy for her; what was harder was coming out as a Republican. Caitlyn Jenner, the talk of the nation a little more than a year ago when she announced she was no longer going to be known as Bruce Jenner, drew laughs Wednesday at
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On a postcard perfect summer morning, sitting at a picnic table beneath a large scrub pine Nathan "Nate" Nickerson, the hearty and high-toned proprietor of Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar, gets animated and even agitated at the thought of ever more "government intrusion" affecting
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While race relations and the threat of terrorism dominate the national news, Massachusetts voters at the state level are more concerned about jobs, the economy, and the worsening opioid epidemic, according to local polling data reviewed by the NewBostonPost. Sixteen percent of respondents named jobs as the topmost concern, followed
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When history teacher Roger Desrosiers received a postcard from the Center for Civic Education in 1987 offering free classroom materials for the U.S. Constitution's bicentennial, little did he know that the organization would become his life's work. After decades of promoting the study of American
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As a gender pay equity bill is taken up in the Massachusetts House, it is time to consider a question: Should your salary be contingent on your own talents and work ethic — or on what the lazy employee in a roughly similar position makes? Although House bill 1733 is couched
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Can your environment help hook you on drugs? Drug addiction is a disease — a chemical dependency that arises from the way certain drugs interact with the brain. Put simply: drugs like cocaine and heroin latch onto the nerve cells of the brain, releasing pleasure-producing neurotransmitters like dopamine. Abuse becomes addiction
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BOSTON — A bill that aims to close the so-called wage gap by increasing transparency and establishing guidelines for courts adjudicating claims of wage discrimination could become law this summer. The bill (HB 1733), currently being reviewed by the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways and Means, would outlaw employer policies that
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In a move that is open to multiple interpretations, Hillary Clinton has invited Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to speak on the first night of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, according to a report by Boston.com. The prime time speaking spot is a coveted one, but not one typically offered
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