By Emma Siebold, Beacon Contributor
/ 11 hours ago
Last semester, the Emerson College administration attempted to heal a fractured community with Band-Aids and duct tape. Despite measures like the EmersonTogether...
By Adam Nuñez, Beacon Correspondent
/ 12 hours ago
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.
When all the Supreme Court opinions and congressional news coverage told me in no uncertain terms that TikTok would be banned in the United States, I cried.
Over...
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...
By Josie Arteaga, Deputy Opinion Editor
/ January 22, 2025
As President Donald Trump raised his right hand, I felt the knot in my stomach tighten. It’s a strange feeling, watching a nation change when you’re not part of it.
In four year’s time, none of us will be here. In four years, not a single editor I know will be left in this newsroom. By then, I could walk from Piano...
By Tess Gleason, Beacon Contributor
/ January 22, 2025
As the daughter of a blue-collar family from the predominantly lower-middle-class village of Waterford, New York, I’ve shared economic concerns with...
We have known that there was a possibility that TikTok could be restricted in the United States since early last year. But when Congress and Senate declared...
By Ella Duggan, Opinion Co-Editor
/ October 30, 2024
If I saw JD Vance on the street, I wouldn’t cower. I wouldn’t avert my eyes, and I certainly wouldn’t step out of his way. But rest assured, I am afraid of Vance.
I am tired of listening to our political candidates talk about healing our nation, bringing the country back together again, and being a president for all Americans “regardless of political party.”
Opinion editors are not responsible for agreeing or disagreeing with their writers but rather elevate each individual’s specific voice.
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Attorney General Andrea Campbell was sworn into office on Jan. 18, with plans to strengthen reproductive rights and gun legislation. She is the first Black...
