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The Federation for Children with Special Needs to offer sessions in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Brett Kavanaugh’s comments and his decision on Wednesday suggest that he will not be the aisle-crossing friend to the gay community that Justice Kennedy was.

Income equality and other hot-button issues will be discussed in a forum that is open to only women Saturday at the downtown Bristol Community College campus.

BOSTON (AP) _ Elected officials and activists have raised a flag at Boston City Hall representing the transgender community. Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a supporter of transgender rights, said Monday the flag will continue to fly until everyone is equal under the law in Massachusetts...

MetroSource News - The iconic elephants of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus are getting ready for their final performances. The curtain comes down on the long circus tradition after decades of protests by animal rights activists. Th...

BOSTON (AP) _ The state's two largest teachers unions are backing legislation that would expand a 2011 Massachusetts law that bans discrimination against transgender people in the workplace and in housing. Presidents of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the American Federation of Teachers said Monday they support the legislation...

BOSTON (AP) _ The Massachusetts affiliate of the National Rifle Association is pushing legislation on Beacon Hill to address what it sees as problems with ``gun free'' zones. The legislation comes in the wake of the recent killings in Tennessee of four Marines, including a Massachusetts man, and a sailor...

The President and CEO of well known fast food restaurant Chick-fil-a is in hot water again for a statement he made on the monumental decision that the United States Supreme Court ruled on this weekend.