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2024 Election

Tim Walz with a fist raised steps out of his airplane at Boston Logan International Airport on Oct. 20, 2024 (Nick Peace/ For the Beacon).

Walz arrives in Boston for two-hour fundraising stop

By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / October 22, 2024
Vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz landed at Logan International Airport at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday
Voter registration materials and resources displayed on a table inside the Emerson College Dining Hall on Tuesday October 1, 2024. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Emerson students and staff prepare for upcoming election

By Rina Laby, Staff Writer / October 8, 2024
As election day looms, Emerson students are looking to get more engaged.
Students watch the first and likely only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the Bill Bordy Theater on October 1, 2024 (Abigail Hoyt / Beacon Correspondent).

Vance and Walz squared off for the first time in a cordial debate Tuesday night

By Bryan Hecht and Katherine Cressman / October 2, 2024

Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota took to the debate stage for the first and likely only time on Tuesday in New York City. Tuesday’s...

A VP debate of cordial agreements and rhetorical clashes draws surprised reactions from Emerson students

A VP debate of cordial agreements and rhetorical clashes draws surprised reactions from Emerson students

By Yogev Toby, Projects Editor / October 2, 2024
Dozens of Emerson students packed the Bill Bordy Theatre Tuesday night, ready for what they hoped would be a clash of political titans in the 2024 vice presidential debate.
Illustration Rachel Choi

The surrealist reality of American politics

By Pilialoha Gaudiello, Beacon Contributor / September 25, 2024
Maybe I did just fall out of a coconut tree. Because I don’t know what’s going on. 
Trump and Harris debated for the first and only time in Philadelphia, on September 10, 2024. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Trump and Harris are neck and neck in latest Emerson College Polling results

By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / September 19, 2024

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris remain virtually tied in seven important swing states in the latest survey data from Emerson College Polling, which will...

Illustration Rachel Choi

Can Harris govern from ground zero?

By J. L. McCormick, Guest Author / September 16, 2024
I am tired of listening to our political candidates talk about healing our nation, bringing the country back together again, and being a president for all Americans “regardless of political party.”
Hofstra student journalists Micheal Dent and Alexa D’Amato interviewed campaign surrogates in the spin room after the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on September 10, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Student journalists take on the presidential debate

By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / September 12, 2024

While the 1,000-occupied spin room at the Philadelphia Convention Center for Tuesday’s historic debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former...

In an unprecedented move, Donald Trump appeared in the spin room in Philadelphia alongside his campaign surrogates addressing reporters following the first presidential debate between him and Kamala Harris on September 10, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Trump makes unprecedented visit to debate spin room

By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / September 12, 2024
Nearly a half hour after the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris concluded, the former president paid a surprise visit to the spin room
At the conclusion of the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, campaign surrogates flooded into the spin room in Philadelphia, where 1,000 journalists convened on September 10, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)

Inside the spin room, surrogates talk debate performance

By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief / September 12, 2024
Minutes after the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Philadelphia concluded, campaign surrogates flooded into the spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where 1,000 journalists convened.
Ahead of the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pro-Palestinian protesters and other demonstration grouops took to the streets hoping to have their voices heard by the candidates (Nick Peace / For the Beacon).

Protesters cross paths at Independence Mall ahead of presidential debate

By Bryan Hecht and Sam Shipman / September 11, 2024
Ahead of the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, protesters took to the streets hoping to have their voices heard by the candidates.
Trump and Harris debated for the first and only time in Philadelphia, on September 10, 2024. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Harris and Trump faced off in their first debate. Here are some key takeaways from the tense night.

By Hannah Nguyen and Bryan Hecht / September 11, 2024
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced each other on the debate stage Tuesday night for the first time, and the mics are finally off—for now.
Trump and Harris faced off in a tense debate in Philadelphia on September 10, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

As it happened: Harris and Trump had a tense first debate. Here’s what happened Tuesday.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to take the debate stage Tuesday night at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. 
2024 Democratic National Convention Chicago Live Coverage

Emerson students react to Harris-Walz ticket

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / August 20, 2024
At Emerson, students are largely energized by the Harris-Walz ticket
Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president: "I know where America belongs."

Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president: “I know where America belongs.”

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / August 18, 2024
The 2024 Democratic National Convention is set to begin on Monday in Chicago, where Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are expected to receive their party’s nominations for president and vice president.
2024 Democratic National Convention Chicago Live Coverage

Harris, Walz hold first rally as Democratic ticket in Philadelphia

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / August 7, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held their first rally on Tuesday at The Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia. Harris...

Donald Trump addresses journalists in the Philadelphia spin room after his first debate against Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Live Updates: The latest on the Trump campaign

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / July 28, 2024

   

Illustration Rachel Choi

Live Updates: The latest on the Harris campaign

By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor / July 28, 2024

Can we meme our way to the presidency?

Can we meme our way to the presidency?

By Meg Richards, Managing Editor / July 25, 2024

I found out Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race from a meme. I was at the movie theater with my best friend, Camille, watching “Maxxxine”...