In a room full of people, it's hard to miss Sombr.
The 20-year-old singer stands out among a crowd, with his curly black hair, angular face, and impressive...
By Iselin Bratz, Content Managing Editor
/ October 22, 2025
Along the Charles River, tents rose, food sizzled, and crowds roared for the annual Head of the Charles Regatta. But amid the frenzy, one group in bright...
President Donald Trump’s administration spent the last eight months heating up its efforts to eliminate diversity programs in higher education through...
Thirteen pro-Palestine protesters were arrested, and multiple police officers were injured at a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) protest called “Two Years of Genocide,” the Boston Police Department confirmed with The Beacon on Tuesday night.
By Daniel O’Toole, Dept. Sports Editor
/ October 1, 2025
The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are dead-even in their wild card series after two games that came down to the wire. While the Red Sox came up clutch...
Enlisting the help of a hacker may be Erica Hill’s best hope for resolving their student loan debt.
Hill first stumbled on the idea on the internet,...
By Amin Lotfi, Beacon Correspondent
/ September 24, 2025
Ellen Moore gazed at the mainstage of the 2025 Boston Freedom Rally as the band Roots of Creation took the stage through the haze dominating Boston Common....
The lawn of Boston Common turned into a sea of red hats and memorial signs on Thursday as more than a thousand people gathered at the foot of the Massachusetts...
Kelly Devers-Franklin remembers being one of the first Emerson students to ever move into the Little Building in 1995. Now, from her Ansin Building office,...
By Meg Richards, Editor-in-Chief
/ August 21, 2025
Emerson laid off over 30 staff members—a 5% reduction in staff—starting August 1. The college’s enrollment and total revenue fell “below projections”...
By Iselin Bratz, Content Managing Editor
/ May 13, 2025
Emerson College faculty convened a last-minute special assembly on Monday, May 5, in response to two recent articles published by The Berkeley Beacon....
In an extensive public records request, The Beacon obtained nearly 10 hours of footage documenting the night of the arrests from 36 body cameras worn by state troopers and cruiser-mounted cameras from the Massachusetts State Police.
An estimated 300,000 spectators filled the sidelines of the 129th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21, 2025. See photos captured by Beacon photographers covering the event.
The streets of Boston leading to City Hall were flooded as thousands of signs, held high above heads, made clear the demands of the people: “Beware of DOGE,” “Stop Fascism,” and “Dump Trump.”
Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Downtown Boston on Saturday afternoon as part of a nationwide demonstration against the Trump Administration...
By Rylie Burns, Former Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor
/ April 2, 2025
Jennifer Coolidge, an Emmy and Golden Globe–winning actress, will deliver the commencement address to Emerson’s graduating class of 2025 on May 11, the college announced Monday.
