By Avary Amaral, Beacon Correspondent
/ February 9, 2025
At noon on Wednesday, protesters wearing keffiyehs and carrying pink and blue transgender pride and rainbow flags gathered at the Massachusetts State House...
Emerson students joined demonstrators from other Boston universities in front of the Massachusetts State House on Feb. 24 to call for stricter gun control...
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...
On Saturday, Indigenous people and allies assembled to commemorate Indigenous People’s Day and call attention to the day’s lack of holiday status in...
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By Kyle Bray, Former Managing Editor: Visual and Design
/ November 18, 2019
Listen to "The Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/18: New vape ban, ECPD diversity, and graduate student union ban" on Spreaker.
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By Maxwell Carter, Former State House Reporter
/ November 14, 2019
BEACON HILL—The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday banning the sale of all flavored tobacco and vaping products in the Commonwealth.
The...
By Katie Redefer, Former Staff Writer
/ October 21, 2019
Impassioned speakers and protesters demanded accessibility to free menstrual products and an end to period stigmatization on Saturday at the Massachusetts...
By Belen Dumont, Former News Editor
/ June 8, 2019
An Emerson College professor spoke at the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday to educate Boston residents and political officials on the history of...
By Jacob Seitz, Former Staff Writer
/ April 8, 2019
Governor Charles Baker signed a bill banning conversion therapy for minors on April 8. This decision makes Massachusetts the 16th state in the nation to...
By Tomas Gonzalez, Former Staff Writer/Photographer
/ April 6, 2019
Hundreds of people rallied in front of the Massachusetts State House advocating for the U.S. government to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s...