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You have no clue what happened on Jan. 6 | Con-Current Events

Frank Yang October 18, 2024
Trump is not fit to be president. He attempted a coup, and Americans died because of it. He bred distrust in our system, distrust we’re still feeling today. He committed treason, yet he still walks free as the Republican nominee to become President of the United States.
Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2020
Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Votes cast in Massachusetts elections undergo a weeks-long set of procedures to be certified. MIA KHATIB/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

How election results are certified

Taylor Brokesh November 6, 2020
Local election officials announced the presidential election results for Massachusetts shortly after the polls closed on Tuesday, but this outcome will not be official for nearly two weeks.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: What the fly reveals about our culture as a whole

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 18, 2020
Our memes and jokes do not have to be meaningless and empty. They can generate meaning as much as they can destroy it.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Packing the Supreme Court is necessary to maintain fair democracy

Luca Becker October 14, 2020
As our founding fathers intended, adding more seats to the Supreme Court would force our judicial branch to be less partisan and more democratic.
EDITORIAL: Baker should focus on serving his constituents, not the federal government

EDITORIAL: Baker should focus on serving his constituents, not the federal government

Editors April 10, 2018
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s absence was the elephant in the room at the Republican National Convention Fundraiser Tuesday night.
Lessons from the Left: North and South Korea united at the Olympics is a good start

Lessons from the Left: North and South Korea united at the Olympics is a good start

Anna Stroinski February 14, 2018

In a heavily armed, nuclear world, soft power is the most convincing and effective of powers we have. So naturally, we ought to use it. And soft power shouldn’t be reserved to veiled threats around the...

Lessons from the Left: What we know and don’t know about Manafort

Lessons from the Left: What we know and don’t know about Manafort

Anna Stroinski October 31, 2017

Monday morning, Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates were (finally) charged in connection to Robert Mueller’s investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manafort started his...

American Protest: Gay jokes are not funny, Mr. President

American Protest: Gay jokes are not funny, Mr. President

Meredith Varner October 22, 2017

When I logged into Twitter this week and saw an endless stream of tweets in regards to our president, I simply thought, “What did he do now?” It’s a sad reality, but I am growing accustomed to...

Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Separation of church and state

Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Separation of church and state

Patrick Burke October 20, 2017

Many laws that people attribute to the Constitution are actually not found there. Some examples include the right to bear arms for self defense, the right to marry a person of the same sex, and the right...

STROINSKI: Leave North Korea alone

STROINSKI: Leave North Korea alone

Anna Stroinski April 18, 2017

Let's be honest — our relationship with North Korea has never, ever been good and we are unfortunately at fault for some of that. Now, don't get me wrong, North Korea is an abusive totalitarian state...

HAGERTY: Get a VP that can do both

HAGERTY: Get a VP that can do both

Grace Hagerty April 6, 2017

Call me crazy, but I think it’s possible for men to both respect their wives while also maintaining productive working relationships with women. Vice president Mike Pence, however, might disagree. Recently,...

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