Uncivil Discourse: The Triggering at UMass is over, but the harassment it has unleashed rages on

Uncivil Discourse: The Triggering at UMass is over, but the harassment it has unleashed rages on

“I invited her here as a demonstration of utter madness,” Hoff Sommers said, pointing out Segal, according to a video of the event. Someone in the audience called Segal a “dog,” which was met by laughter and applause. This is where a months-long battle with bloggers and internet trolls began to unfold for Cora Segal, protest organizer Jennie Chenkin — two women at The Triggering, a UMass Republican Club forum that posed the question, Has political correctness gone too far?

Back Talk: What Killed the Monkey; Pride Month Massacre

Back Talk: What Killed the Monkey; Pride Month Massacre

What Killed the Monkey Facebook reactions to “Gross Negligence Alleged in Death of UMass Lab Monkey”William Robinson: Sounds like the incident didn't have much to do with the nature of the research itself, but a veterinary mishap resulting from pure accident — not...

Between the Lines: Nothing to See Here? Pharmaceutical prices skyrocket

Between the Lines: Nothing to See Here? Pharmaceutical prices skyrocket

Advocates of free markets and public transparency agree that giving consumers more information, rather than less, is the right thing to do. But that’s the last thing drug makers — and the politicians to whom they donate heavily — want to do. The world’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies, according to the World Health Organization, each earn an average of $3 billion in profits per year.

News of the Weird: Who’s a Good Boy?

News of the Weird: Who’s a Good Boy?

Argentina’s TV channels have many of the same taboos as U.S. broadcasting, including restrictions on women’s hands-on demonstration of how precisely to examine themselves for breast cancer. However, as AdWeek reported in March, the agency David Buenos Aires apparently solved the problem with an explicit TV public service announcement featuring a model facing the camera, topless, showing exactly how such an exam should go, e.g., where to press down, where to squeeze. The secret? The model was an overweight man with generous-sized “manboobs.”

Your guide to the 30th Green River Festival (July 8-10)

Your guide to the 30th Green River Festival (July 8-10)

  THE LINEUP FRIDAY Peter Wolf NRBQ Dustbowl Revival Charles Neville Ola Fresca Mariachi Flor De Toloache Campos Xixa SATURDAY Dawes Shakey Graves Shovels & Rope The Suffers The Felice Brothers Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds And The Kids Dustbowl Revival The...

Summer Arts: Natural Born Killers

Summer Arts: Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers Fourth of July comes twice this year: once on the date you’d expect, and again on July 21, when Vegas-based power-rock balladeers The Killers play Mohegan Sun. It’s been a few years since we’ve come out to see Brandon Flowers and his friends play...

Summer Arts: Compagnie Herve Koubi

Summer Arts: Compagnie Herve Koubi

In Good Compagnie Jacob’s Pillow’s 2016 festival line-up features 20 talented dance companies from around the world and across the U.S., but we’re most excited for the Valley debut of Compangie Hervé Koubi, a company of 12 . male dancers from Algeria and Burkina Faso....

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