By Shannon Garrido, Multimedia Managing Editor February 24, 2022
As of this year, spike, metal, and concrete will occupy the Dominican-Haitian border, as a wall is currently being constructed where the countries meet. Elon Musk-enthusiast and President of the Dominican...
Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement on Jan. 27, 2022.
In a letter addressed to President Biden, Breyer says that he will retire during the summer reset, which usually takes place between...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor February 3, 2022
“Everyone has made personal sacrifices, some the most profound, having been unable to see loved ones in their last moments or care for vulnerable family and friends,” writes Susan Gray in her report...
It seems like with everything happening in Haiti, the media has been searching for single incidents that could explain away the nation's current climate. On Wednesday, July 7, former Haitian President...
TW: This editorial contains mentions of gun violence, homicide, and suicide.
Since the pandemic began, the U.S. has shifted much of its attention to improving public health. Despite this, an epidemic...
By Shannon Garrido, Multimedia Managing Editor February 24, 2021
Most of us can agree that the Senate’s vote on Feb. 13 to acquit Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 Capital attack was more than disappointing. Not just because we want to put ‘Trump talk’ to rest, but...
By Shannon Garrido, Multimedia Managing Editor February 10, 2021
It’s been one month since the House of Representatives introduced articles of impeachment against former President Donald J. Trump for incitement of insurrection. The argument against him? The role he...
By Shannon Garrido, Multimedia Managing Editor February 6, 2021
In February of last year, the president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, hired Rudy Giuliani as a consultant for national security services. Today, the former New York City mayor is being sued...
On Jan. 20, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stood in front of the Capitol Building and gave his inaugural address. His words had a resounding theme, one that I wasn’t surprised by but was still startled...
By Frankie Rowley, Content Managing Editor January 6, 2021
President M. Lee Pelton condemned Wednesday’s siege of the United States Capitol building, a last-ditch effort by Trump loyalists to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
“On...
Four years ago, I had just turned seventeen. I was balancing the stress of school at Medford Area Senior High in Wisconsin, a social life, and the mental toll from losing three grandfathers within the...
Sophia Speciale is a rising senior studying visual and media arts.
Like many young couples these days, my ex-boyfriend and I met on the dating app Bumble. We connected quickly while text messaging and...
To the Editor:
Re “Person of Color Column: I am from Hong Kong, not China” (Column, April 21)
The Living Arts Section recently published a Person of Color column about students from Hong Kong,...
I am from a city owned by a country that I don’t belong to.
Britain colonized Hong Kong as a consequence of the Opium War in 1842. While China gave up part of Hong Kong permanently to Britain—the...
The longest partial government shutdown in United States history came to an end on Jan. 25, but not without introducing the threat of a second shutdown. Thankfully, after a 35-day period of scathing partisan...
The organization Generation Citizen: Emerson College uses the energy of recent civic actions like March For Our Lives to teach energized students of Charlestown High School about their government and...
After seeing Hillary Clinton tweet about the Swing Left fellowship program, senior Allison Mitchell aimed to inspire Emerson students by bringing the program to campus for the November midterm elections.
Swing...
Emerson will host two town hall-style forums on April 2 and April 3 with two candidates running to represent Massachusetts’ seventh congressional district.
Titled “Engage in Your Democracy,”...
When talking with my Emerson friends, I dread the inevitable moment when U.S. politics come up in conversation, because I know I will have nothing to say. As an international student, I am not very familiar...
People processed the 2016 election differently—some took selfies with cardboard cut-outs of Donald Trump, while others took to the streets chanting, “Not my President.” Michaela Papa ‘15 gathered...