Opinion

A pride flag hung on a business in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on July 3, 2025. (Madalyn Jimiera / Beacon Staff)

The LGBTQ+ suicide lifeline is more than just a number

988, press 3. These are the four simple numbers that could save a queer person’s life, yet some deem them as a threat. On July 17,...

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner actually did it. They saved tennis.

It’s 3 p.m. on a sleepy Sunday in Pepperell, Massachusetts, and miracles of the human variety are happening 3,400 miles away on an orange tennis...

Why won’t movie studios make movies?

“We’re saving Hollywood,” said Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos in an interview with Variety, speaking on Netflix’s impact on movies. “Folks...

Emerson gave me an award for protest. Now they’re punishing it.

In 2019, my final year of undergrad, I was honored with the Spirit of Emerson Award in recognition of advocacy, leadership, and commitment to...

LETTERS

Emerson's downtown Boston campus. (Beacon Archives, File Photo)

Letter: Commencement, Courage, and Crackdown

The courage of young speakers during this commencement season has been inspiring—and the backlash discouraging. A bold, young class president...

Emerson College sells a false dream: A letter from a terminated resident assistant

It is disrespectful to disregard my leadership and accuse me of failing my community for allegedly choosing to act within my capacity as a student and an American within my constitutionally guaranteed First Amendment rights.

Letters from the SGA President: My farewell address—reflecting on my presidency and one parting request

Well, this is it. As crazy as it sounds, we're at the end of the academic year, and as well as my term as SGA President. Reflecting...

Letter: We are concerned about the weaponization of antisemitism at Emerson and nationally

Dear President Bernhardt and Provost Socarides: We write as Jewish faculty members at Emerson College to express concern about the weaponization...

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