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Elijah Brown - Actor / Movement Captain for "Hoops."

[Photo] The colorful “Hoops” production arrives at The Strand Theater in Boston

By Rosa Morales-Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / July 20, 2024

(Left-right, Top-bottom) Elijah Brown, Tonasia Jones, Brandie Blaze, Kaili Y. Turner, Karimah Williams, Albamarina Nahar, Eliana Pipes

Michelle Wu (left) and Annissa Essaibi George (right) are set to compete for the city's top job this November.

[Photo] Emerson poll finds Wu with big lead in mayor's race

November 2, 2021

Michelle Wu (left) and Annissa Essaibi George (right) are set to compete for the city's top job this November.

Jessica Gomez, an incoming TKTK major

[Photo] First-year class settles in after year of upheaval

By Frankie Rowley / September 2, 2021

Jessica Gomez, an incoming TKTK major

Alia Seraj with her father, Prince Abdul Ali Seraj, in the Boston Public Garden

[Photo] Afghan royalty, class of 2004, reflects on country’s legacy in wake of American withdrawal

September 2, 2021

Alia Seraj with her father, Prince Abdul Ali Seraj, in the Boston Public Garden

Evan Allen '11 (left) and Brendan McCarthy '04

[Photo] Emerson alums win Pulitzer Prize for Boston Globe reporting

By Camilo Fonseca, Assistant News Editor / June 11, 2021

Evan Allen '11 (left) and Brendan McCarthy '04

Austin Lopes in Youtube video "Life Change"

[Photo] Austin Lopes honored by Emerson after dying of cancer

By Frankie Rowley / May 13, 2021

Austin Lopes in Youtube video "Life Change"

 Even as white and Black people use cannabis at similar rates, Black people are 3.64 times more likely to be arrested on charges of weed possession, according to a 2020 ACLU report.

[Photo] The luxury of neighborhood dispensaries deny America’s racist cannabis criminalization

By Joshua Sokol / May 1, 2021

Even as white and Black people use cannabis at similar rates, Black people are 3.64 times more likely to be arrested on charges of weed possession, according...

The Patriots 2021 draft could go in any number of directions.

[Photo] Predicting the New England Patriots 2021 NFL Draft picks

By Brendan Beauregard / April 29, 2021

The Patriots 2021 draft could go in any number of directions.

Thomas Pettinelli '13 produces new horror film Followed.

[Photo] Alum produces horror film ‘Followed’

By Althea Champion / April 25, 2020

Thomas Pettinelli '13 produces new horror film Followed.