For nearly six decades, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has served as one of the last standing guardrails against racial disenfranchisement in America. It is now under attack and faces extinction in...
Over 100,000 people gathered at the Boston Common for the No Kings protest on Saturday to voice their dissatisfaction with the current Trump administration. Approximately 7 million people attended No Kings...
By Liam Dunne, City Section Editor
• September 9, 2025
The Trump administration announced the beginning of a second immigration crackdown in Boston last week, rattling advocacy organizations in support of the city’s immigrant communities.
Plans for...
By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief
• September 4, 2025
The American Association of University Professors commended the victory of its Harvard University chapter in a lawsuit against the Trump administration during a press conference Thursday morning.
More than 400 Massachusetts healthcare workers signed an open letter April 16 addressed to hospitals and health systems in the state, calling for them to defend healthcare for immigrants.
By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor
• April 11, 2025
In an April 3 U.S. Department of Education letter, states were given 10 days to slash all DEI programs in K-12 schools or risk losing federal funding under the justification that DEI programs violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. On April 8, an extension until April 24 was granted.
Harvard University dismissed two faculty members of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies in March after the CMES faced accusations of ideological bias and antisemitism regarding teaching on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Thousands of Jewish professors, university staff and students around the country signed a letter condemning the federal government for using antisemitism and a guise to prosecute pro-Palestinian advocacy.
As graduation approaches this spring, a Boston University senior from Myanmar had hoped her mom — whom she hasn’t seen in two years — could travel to the United States to watch her receive her diploma.
