2019

Ex-Harvard track coach pleads guilty to child porn charge

A former Harvard University assistant track coach who also coached at a suburban Boston high school has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. The U.S. attorney’s office in Boston says 71-year-old Walter Johnson, of Framingham, pleaded guilty Tuesday. He faces up to 20 years in prison at sentencing scheduled for Sept. 10. Authorities say

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What Is Democratic Socialism? Whose Version Are We Talking About?

Ultimately, though, Sweden isn’t what democratic socialists like Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of Jacobin magazine, a quarterly socialist journal, are looking for. “We come from the same tradition,” he said of democratic socialists and social democrats. But generally, he added, social democrats see a role for private capital in their ideal system, and democratic socialists do

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Van Gogh: York to host UK projection premiere on artist’s work

Image copyright Chadi Abou Sariya Image caption Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience has already been showcased in Belgium and Italy The UK premiere of an immersive 360-degree projection display inspired by the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh is to be held in York. More than 200 animated paintings will be projected onto walls, floors and

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Grunewald, runner with cancer who inspired many, dies at 32

Gabriele Grunewald, one of the country’s top middle-distance runners, has died at her home in Minneapolis after inspiring many with her long and public fight against cancer. She was 32. Her husband, Justin Grunewald, posted on Instagram about her death late Tuesday and confirmed it Wednesday in a text to The Associated Press. Grunewald, who

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