The protest joined a growing list of rallies across the country. Spectators and protesters gathered around the Parkman Bandstand painting cardboard signs with messages such as “Stop Asian Hate” and “I am not a virus.”
The incident of the failed assasination attempt turned Alexei Navalny into an international hero. If the Kremlin’s goal is to silence the opposition, it seems like putting Navalny in jail has exacerbated the problem: Thousands of protesters currently demand for his release, threatening Putin’s power and reminding him that, someday, he might have to face Navalny in the parliament elections.
In its almost 400-year history, Boston has never been a stranger to unrest. Protests began in late May, following the death of George Floyd, and continued until the winter.
No matter who the president-elect is, he will have followed a precedent. I hope and expect 2020 will follow the precedent set in 1932, not 1948, by sending a Democrat to the White House following an economic disaster that began under a Republican president.
With rallies take up a majority of today’s news cycle, Pepsi’s commercial featuring Kendall Jenner has added to the discussion, but not in a positive way. The soft drink conglomerate has come under...
Freedom of speech has been hotly debated in this presidential election. Candidates, especially the ever-controversial Republican candidate Donald Trump, have blasted the so-called “politically correct”...
Looking to inspire residents to push the initiative forward, Raise Up Massachusetts, a campaign targeted on raising the minimum wage and creating a state-wide earned sick time policy, has held several...
