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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Civics education would become more prominent in public schools across Massachusetts, under a bill filed Tuesday night by negotiators.
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The Trump era sure has been good for shareholders in what the president likes to call the "failing New York Times." New York Times Company stock soared 141% between Election Day 2016 and late June 2018. You'd have made more money if you'd bought
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New York Magazine published Monday a long article about U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) by Rebecca Traister. If you like edgy-sounding vulgarities and ponderous run-on sentences, dive right in. If not, here's a pithier summary, in four acts.
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The Earth's temperature has risen over the past century. There is no doubt about it. Since 1880, the temperatures on Earth measured on land and at sea show that the Earth's globally averaged surface temperature in 2016 was 0.94 degrees Celsius (1.69 degrees Fahrenheit)
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A Thousand Crossings is a visual folk-opera rooted in American experience but of international relevance. Composed by 67-year-old photographer Sally Mann of Lexington, Virginia, this presentation of 115 photographs captures many of the soulful notes heard throughout George and Ira Gershwin's lullaby Summertime from the melodramatic play Porgy
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In a result that was not nearly as close as the final tally indicated, the Massachusetts Senate voted in January to abolish the pre-Roe v. Wade state laws on abortion by a tally of 38-0. That's 38 state senators voting to eliminate laws restricting abortion in the Commonwealth.
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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With activists furious about the failure of an immigration law enforcement measure, Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo expects the House will spend the coming months evaluating legislative options.
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The French foreign minister accuses the American president of furthering a "divorce" between the United States and its European allies. "Deep Trade Rift With Allies Seen" is a New York Times headline. "The Roots of Western Disunity" is the headline over another New York
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