2024 marks the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a facility shrouded in controversy and synonymous with indefinite detention and alleged human rights abuses.
Political science
Jan 12, 2024
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Police are trying to find out who has been setting illegal animal traps, which recently caught and injured foxes in the Boston-area.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2023
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When the The New York Times and The Boston Globe recently published exposés in which employees of award-winning chef Barbara Lynch described their abusive work environments, we weren't surprised.
Social Sciences
May 12, 2023
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When confronted with comparisons to high status friends and colleagues, consumers prefer to make a "status pivot" into another area where they can shine brighter than their successful peers, according to new research into ...
Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2020
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For 50 dormant years—roughly, the period between Muhammad Ali's heyday and the Miami Heat donning hoodies after Trayvon Martin's murder—athletes, as a general rule, steered clear of politics.
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2020
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A recent literature review by a University of Alberta cult expert and his former graduate student paints a startling and consistent picture of institutional secrecy and widespread protection of those who abuse children in ...
Social Sciences
Aug 6, 2020
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Air pollution from just the City of Boston contributes to nearly as many deaths across the wider region as car crashes do, as well as non-fatal cardiovascular and respiratory disease and days of missed work.
Environment
Apr 23, 2020
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An archaeological dig in Boston's historic Chinatown has been cut short after it turned up a 1980s music cassette, a toy dinosaur and other bric-a-brac.
Archaeology
Jul 31, 2019
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Boston is literally digging its Chinatown.
Archaeology
Jul 8, 2019
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with a new app that helps users relive the 1969 launch of the Apollo 11 mission.
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2019
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