Hundreds of protesters from nearly 100 local and statewide organizations gathered at the Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for the “Stop the Coup”...
The Boston City Council unanimously voted on Feb. 5 to ban councilors from requiring their staff to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDA) to get a job.
Proposed...
By Sage Jezierski, Beacon Corespondent
/ February 12, 2025
Hundreds gathered in Boston’s Chinatown to celebrate the annual Lunar New Year parade on Sunday morning, despite the heavy snowfall the night before...
By DJ Mara, Dept. Metro Editor
/ February 12, 2025
With Boston’s 2025 municipal election just eight months away, the field for district and at-large city council seats has recently grown. Current and...
Less than a year after departing Emerson for an administrative position at Bowdoin College in Maine, Jim Hoppe finds himself at the center of the first...
After nearly 90 minutes of debate Wednesday, Jan. 29, city councilors remained deadlocked on a resolution calling for an “immediate pause” on the White...
By Avary Amaral, Beacon Correspondent
/ February 9, 2025
At noon on Wednesday, protesters wearing keffiyehs and carrying pink and blue transgender pride and rainbow flags gathered at the Massachusetts State House...
Vibrant colors of lion dancers and echoes of traditional music filled the halls of the Museum of Fine Arts on Jan. 30 for a special event to celebrate...
By Adam Nuñez, Beacon Correspondent
/ February 5, 2025
In below freezing temperatures, around one hundred demonstrators marched along Commonwealth Avenue early on the morning of Feb. 5 demanding an end to the...
By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor
/ February 5, 2025
Just after midnight on Jan. 30, 250 volunteers, equipped with backpacks filled with snacks, drinks, hand warmers, and flashlights, descended onto every...
Hundreds of locals celebrated the life and legacy of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, at the 15th annual Burns supper hosted by Scottish restaurant...
By Adam Nuñez, Beacon Correspondent
/ January 29, 2025
The change would require adult applicants to “disclose criminal convictions in Massachusetts and elsewhere” as well as consent to Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) checks as part of the application process.
As below-freezing temperatures blow through Boston this January, the tensions described by the Boston Architectural College (BAC) students living in Emerson...
By Maddie Barron, Magazine Editor & Assistant Opinion Editor
/ January 27, 2025
For 7 minutes and 59 seconds at 12:31 p.m., unionized employees at three Blue Bottle Coffee locations in Massachusetts walked out to defy decreased tip...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Huddled in groups, braving extreme cold, and bundled up in mittens and hats, supporters of President Donald Trump stared at phone screens...
Inside the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury on Monday, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) asked an audience of dozens if Boston will descend into...
Soon after President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term, he signed several executive orders to set his agenda into motion. Public officials across...
While over a thousand demonstrators raised their signs, flags, and voices into the chilled air cloaking the Boston Common Saturday afternoon, some demonstrators...
