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BOSTON — Paula Broadwell, a retired military officer and West Point graduate, is an accomplished athlete. Seventeen years ago she completed her first marathon, averaging a seven-minute mile. Now, she is looking to complete her second marathon next week in the nation's most famous footrace, the Boston Marathon. This
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BOSTON — The sex education bill, its supporters say, is "age-appropriate and medically accurate," but opponents are questioning whether state bureaucrats should dictate the appropriate age for children to learn about matters such as anal sex and fellatio. Foes of the bill, dubbed An Act Relative to Healthy Youth,
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BOSTON — A sex-education bill floating around on Beacon Hill is drawing the ire of a conservative pro-family organization. The bill, dubbed "An Act Relative to Healthy Youth," includes an updated curriculum for sex education for public schools in Massachusetts. It is scheduled to be discussed at a public
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Governor Charlie Baker's plan to impose a hefty fine on businesses that have 11 or more workers and do not provide health care coverage is still alive officially, but the sting may be in the process of being taken out of the proposal. Still, some sort of penalty
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With Washington consumed by how President Donald Trump may be redefining the party of Reagan, a closer look at the president's proposed budget reveals that he may be reviving the politics of Reagan. But brace yourself for the spooky suspense looming with his Reaganesque-ideas on infrastructure. Released a
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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.
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CAMBRIDGE – Last week, Harvard announced forthcoming changes to the University's nearly two centuries-old anthem, and not all of its students are pleased with the suggested amendments. At a three-hour event last week hosted by Harvard's Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging, Government Professor Danielle S. Allen,
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DARTMOUTH, Mass. — Former U.S. Representative Barney Frank had some blunt thoughts for those still questioning the fairness of last year's Democratic presidential nominee process, in which supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders heaped criticism on the party's superdelegate system that helped Hillary Clinton. Asked at
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