For a majority of LGBTQ workers, whether they can be honest about their sexual orientation or gender identity can mean the difference between staying at their jobs or finding new ones.
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A generation of LGBTQ advocates hopes the clock isn’t ticking backward
They hoped the long battle for mainstream acceptance was nearing an end. Then came the so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills and the ‘groomer’ rhetoric.
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There’s history missing from the LGBTQ story told during Pride month
Reinserting race and class into our understanding of Pride is crucial.
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Teachers have learned to work for low pay and little respect
It’s a mystery to me why there’s anyone left still who wants to be a public school teacher. The profession, once prized for the unique opportunity it offered to “make a difference” by helping shape the lives of youngsters, has become a real minefield in America’s COVID-19 and gun violence epidemics and a virtual minefield […]
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Watergate: After a half century, the scandal still reverberates
Before the House could vote on impeachment articles, some Republican Congressional leaders met with President Richard Nixon, and told him bluntly that if a trial took place in the Senate, approximately 80 senators — 13 votes above the 67 required — would vote to convict. Faced with these odds, Nixon resigned from the presidency on Aug. 9, 1974.
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The lasting consequences of school shootings on the students who survive them
Research shows that school shootings can lead to years of health, educational and economic detriment for students who survive the attack.
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Community college student Graça Muzela pursues a career in electrical engineering
The Angola native is achieving academic success at Washington County Community College.
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What research shows on the effectiveness of gun-control laws
Academics have investigated whether assault-weapons bans, large-capacity magazine restrictions, universal background checks and other curbs have worked.
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Linn Wells championed the ‘real Memorial Day’ on May 30
Linn Wells pulled no punches. It’s Saturday, May 30, 1970. The long time Bowdoin coach, eight year Navy veteran and television sportscaster was outraged. Now station manager and “roving reporter” for Farmington’s WKTJ, Wells was broadcasting from an event in his home town of Wilton being conducted in defiance of a new state law. He […]
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The forgotten history of Memorial Day
Memorial Day was born out of generous gestures after the Civil War: Southerners decorated graves of Confederate soldiers as well as those of former Union enemies.