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‘Barbie’ wasn’t snubbed, please get over yourselves

Lina Barclay January 31, 2024
'Barbie' made for a fun filmgoing experience, but Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie are not deserving of Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Actress. Here's why.
Demonstrators gathered outside the Massachusetts Statehouse Monday to ask the Biden administration to end the United States’ role in ongoing armed conflicts in Yemen. ANRAN XIE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Protesters demand end to U.S. involvement in Yemen

Rin Velasco January 26, 2021
Bostonians gathered at the steps of the Massachusetts State House to protest the military conflict in Yemen Monday afternoon, asking the Biden administration to halt support of a war that has raged since 2014.
Several options are available to blind or visually impaired Massachusetts residents seeking to vote in the upcoming election. COURTESY OF PXFUEL

Blind, visually impaired Mass. voters have variety of options

Chris Larabee October 29, 2020
Blind and visually impaired voters can access electronic ballots, special voting machines and help from a family member or friend to exercise their suffrage in Massachusetts.
Mass. Sen. Elizabeth Warren finished fourth in the New Hampshire presidential primary election Tuesday. She will be on the ballot in Mass. on Super Tuesday on March 3. VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. voter participation dialogue reignites in wake of New Hampshire primary

Allison Pirog February 13, 2020
New Hampshire set a state party record Tuesday for voter turnout in a Democratic presidential primary. Massachusetts's turn to vote comes soon, and the question of turnout hangs in the air.
The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans building across from Government Center. The association spent $928,000 in lobbying salaries in 2018, the most of any client in the state. LEITHLAND KILBURN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Healthcare industry tops state lobbying spending

Mia Cathell February 6, 2019
Out of all clients registered with the Secretary of State, the healthcare industry topped Beacon Hill lobbying expenditures in 2018. The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans spent the most money on lobbying altogether — $1.14 million, according to online public records.
Democratic incumbent Bill Galvin and Republican challenger Anthony Amore faced off Monday night in the only Secretary of State debate scheduled before the general election next month. COURTESY OF MEREDITH NIERMAN/ WGBH NEWS

Accusations, name-calling dominate only Massachusetts Secretary of State debate

Julia Sullivan October 23, 2018
Massachusetts Secretary of State incumbent Democrat William Galvin and Republican challenger Anthony Amore faced off in a tense debate for the seat Monday, often trampling over one another to get their ideas out.
More than 500 Boston University students have registered to vote using TurboVote, an online tool BU has incorporated into its ongoing efforts to increase voter turnout among its students. ZOE ADES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students register to vote with help of TurboVote, student groups

Kylie Tomasiak October 18, 2018
Boston University is working to promote voter registration and turnout for the Nov. 6 midterm election, partially through a partnership with voter registration tool TurboVote.
NADEL: Asking Ecuadorian students about American presidential race

NADEL: Asking Ecuadorian students about American presidential race

Olivia Nadel April 15, 2016

When I first tell people that I’m from the United States, the order of conversation usually proceeds as follows: me clarifying that no, I’m not from New York City but instead upstate New York, that...

GAMADES: Where can I learn Hillary Clinton's yoga routine?

GAMADES: Where can I learn Hillary Clinton’s yoga routine?

Lucy Gamades October 27, 2015

I want to know what Hillary Clinton’s yoga routine is. After finally walking out of the never-ending hearing in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Benghazi, Clinton flexed...

GAMADES: Sanders' impassioned rhetoric can't run the country

GAMADES: Sanders’ impassioned rhetoric can’t run the country

Lucy Gamades October 20, 2015

I have a love/hate relationship with political discourse on Facebook. It’s my guilty pleasure. It doesn’t matter if it’s half-baked propaganda or relevant commentary. I check it all out. Sometimes...

KEULER: Everything Old is New Again

KEULER: Everything Old is New Again

Andrew Keuler April 16, 2015

On Sunday, Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for the 2016 U.S. presidential election with a very non-traditional video announcement. To many, the announcement comes as no surprise, as her candidacy...

Sec. of State Kerry offers Egyptian aid amid sequestration

Daily Free Press Admin March 7, 2013

John Kerry announced Sunday the United States would be extending an additional $250 million in aid to Egypt, marking his first major action as U.S. Secretary of State amid major sequestration cuts for...

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