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The camp on Martha's Vineyard is the oldest sleep-away camp for people with special needs in the country, and it has an even more profound meaning this summer. Continue reading →
For the past three summers, anyone, regardless of gender, has been able to go topless at Nantucket beaches under the law, which passed in the winter of 2022. Continue reading →
Higher education leaders say the administration’s new rules could dismantle tools that have long proved to balance equity with academic excellence. Continue reading →
President Trump has increasingly tasked federal law enforcement agents and national guardsmen with patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital, which he claims is overrun by violent crime. Continue reading →
If President Trump is able to fire Lisa Cook, that raises the possibility he could fire other Fed officials as well if they refuse to approve the interest rate cuts that he has demanded. Continue reading →
The account by the whistle-blower underscores concerns that have led to lawsuits seeking to block software engineers at the agency built by Elon Musk from having access to confidential government data. Continue reading →
The calls have prompted universities to issue campus-wide texts to “run, hide, fight.” Students and teachers have rushed to find cover, often cowering in classrooms for safety. Continue reading →
As Israel's tactics in the Gaza Strip have increasingly provoked international condemnation, rabbis from across the world are taking the unusual step of speaking out against the Israeli government's conduct in the war, on moral and religious grounds. Continue reading →
The Israeli military says its double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people targeted what it believed was a Hamas surveillance camera, Continue reading →
Just as world leaders are attempting to jump-start peace talks, the energy war between Kyiv and Moscow is heating up as each side tries to weaken the other’s hand in negotiating an end to the war. Continue reading →
A judge ruled last week that the company had violated consumer protection laws with its mortgages to distressed homeowners, and the attorney general is proposing new regulations. Continue reading →
I worked with Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago on the campaign to allow all immigrants — documented and otherwise — to apply for a driver’s license in Massachusetts. Her presence is electric. Continue reading →
