WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed an announcement by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that she intends to boycott the planned address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint session of Congress. In a statement, CAIR-MA Executive Dir  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition will honor Connecticut resident Daniel Dunn with its 2024 Antonia Orfield Citizenship Award. The award is given to an individual from New England who has fought for information essential to the public's understanding of what its government is doing or not doing on its behalf. Those honored with the award have shown perseverance in the fa  more

HARVARD, Massachusetts, June 21 -- Trustees of Reservations issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Photographs of some historic Shaker objects that are part of the collection stewarded by The Trustees are featured in a new sheet of postage stamps celebrating Shaker design available today at U.S. Post Offices. The objects featured on the stamps are all housed at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard. They include: * Harvard Shaker Cabinet with assorted regional Shaker boxes, 1840-1880,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Hunger nearly tripled in five of these countries over the same period. Water-related disasters forced people to flee from their homes nearly eight million separate times in 10 of the world's worst-hit countries last year, with many having to move multiple times - a 120% increase compared to a decade ago, said Oxfam today. On World Refugee Day, Oxfam says that in five of those countries, levels   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced today that Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO since 2015, intends to retire from the Museum in August 2025, marking ten years as Director. Under his leadership, the MFA, which was founded in 1870, has introduced new initiatives, programs and partnerships to invite, welcome and engage diverse audiences and b  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- OASIS Open, an international open source and standards consortium, issued the following news release: With escalating cybersecurity threats exploiting software supply chain vulnerabilities, there's an urgent need for better understanding and proactive measures to identify and prevent future risks. Members of OASIS Open, the global open source and standards organization, have formed the Open Supply Chain Information Modeling (OSIM) Technical Committee (TC) to st  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on June 20, 2024: * * * In reaction to today's Supreme Court ruling in Moore v. United States, which upheld the tax provision at issue, Rebecca Riddell, Policy Lead for Economic and Racial Justice at Oxfam America, said: "Today's ruling in Moore v. US is a win for democracy and a loss for anti-tax crusaders who wanted the Court to make it harder to tax billionaires. It's time for Congress to take action and ensure   more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, June 21 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * MIT, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers find wave activity on Saturn's largest moon may be strong enough to erode the coastlines of lakes and seas. * * * Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is the only other planetary body in the solar system that currently hosts active rivers, lakes, and seas. These otherworldly river systems are thought to be filled with liqu  more