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Italy’s Elections Are a Warning to Us All | The Intersection

Katie Harmon September 29, 2022

Across the ocean as I write this, Italy is experiencing the consequences of their snap election caused by the summer 2022 Italian Government Crisis, which could significantly change not only the nation,...

demonstrators at a stop asian hate protest in boston common

Activists rally against racists attacks on Asian Americans

Madison Mercado March 15, 2021
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.”
playground at James H. Roberts Park

Allston park renamed to honor Black WWII veteran, City employee

Madison Mercado March 1, 2021
An Allston-Brighton park was formally renamed to memorialize James H. Roberts, a Black WWII veteran, following a 50-year delay in the process brought on by a clerical error.

Boston University screens Garland Waller’s ‘The Silent Soldier and the Portrait’

Mary Katherine Moore December 12, 2018
The Christmas and other holiday festivities of over 2,000 American soldiers were silenced by a German torpedo that sent their ship, the S.S. Leopoldville, plunging into the icy English Channel Dec. 24, 1944.
The National Parks of Boston hosted a ceremony on Monday at the Charlestown Navy Yard in honor of the thousands of women who stepped into jobs held by men during World War II, known as "Rosies." PHOTO BY HALEY LERNER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Women workers of WWII honored in Labor Day ceremony

Haley Lerner September 3, 2018
Several proud female WWII workers, nicknamed “Rosies,” after the historic female icon, Rosie the Riveter, gathered with their families at Charlestown Navy Yard Monday for a celebration of their contributions to the war effort. The Boston National Historical Park hosted the ceremony in honor of the strength of women on Labor Day.
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