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Renaming Faneuil Hall would not erase history

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Renaming Faneuil Hall would not erase history

We always reconsider the past in the light of new perspectives

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IN A LOCAL TV news station poll this month, more than 90 percent of viewers opposed renaming Faneuil Hall, an iconic civic edifice in Boston which has been a magnet for tourist and elementary school day-trippers. Yet, all across the nation, large cities and small municipalities are taking sure-footed measures toward removing or renaming monuments,(...)

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Yawkey Way renaming only sanitizes history

Politics/ Opinion

Yawkey Way renaming only sanitizes history

We should grapple with our past, not erase it

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OFFENDING SIGNS of the past have now been removed. Baseball fans are safe from reminders about the troubling history of our hometown team and the mixed legacy of one of the franchise’s dominant personalities. The brouhaha over the Boston Public Improvement Commission’s decision to return Yawkey Way to its original name of Jersey Street has died down. And(...)

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A missing pair of Sox

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A missing pair of Sox

Team removes plaques honoring former owner and GM over alleged racism

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AMID ALL THE FUROR over changing the name of Yawkey Way to Jersey Street because of the alleged racist attitudes of the late Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, the team has quietly removed plaques at an entrance to Fenway Park honoring the longtime owner as well as that of former general manager Eddie Collins, who(...)

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City stalls on Yawkey name change

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City stalls on Yawkey name change

Commission puts off vote after hearing on Sox owner’s legacy

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A STANDING-ROOM ONLY crowd, including reclusive former Red Sox CEO John Harrington making an emotional plea to retain the street’s moniker, left disappointed after a Boston commission charged with overseeing the city’s public ways unexpectedly delayed a controversial vote to rename Yawkey Way on Thursday. The city’s Public Improvement Commission, which had been slated to(...)

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The hard choice in fighting racism

Education/ Opinion

The hard choice in fighting racism

Westfield State will confront head-on campus intolerance

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WE HAD A CHOICE at Westfield State University. After two students of color were targeted with hateful messages on their dorm room door, we could have simply sought to support and comfort the affected students and issue a statement about the abhorrent nature of these actions, while calling on our campus community for greater civility.(...)

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