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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

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A group of Lion Dancers perform in the street during this years Lunar New Year parade. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)

Boston’s Chinatown rings in the Year of the Snake in annual parade

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...

Signage for the 2025 Teach-In on Race outside of the Bordy Theatre in the Union Bank Building on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Annual Teach-in on Race explores future of DEI, liberation struggles, art as resistance

The Teach-in on Race is an annual series of guest speaker panels and interactive audience discussions hosted by Emerson that aims to provide a space where...

Hundreds rallied on the Boston Commons during the rebranded People's March on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Abigail Hoyt/ For the Beacon)

Rebranded People’s March attracted hundreds of Massachusetts residents ahead of inauguration

While over a thousand demonstrators raised their signs, flags, and voices into the chilled air cloaking the Boston Common Saturday afternoon, some demonstrators...