For all out there feeling a little demoralized about the class warfare congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration are waging against us, results from Tuesday's elections should lift your spirits.
Let's start in Virginia where...
A month ago, as New York became the national coronavirus/COVID-19 epicenter, many were hailing Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a hero.
Looking and sounding far more of a leader at his daily press briefings than Donald Trump,...
Milton Mayer (1928–29) was a journalist, reporter for the Associated Press, the Chicago Evening Post, the Chicago American, and The Progressive.
In 1955, he published a seminal work titled They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 in which he analyzes how Hitler came to...
The religious right would have you believe that it's only trying to give socially conservative Americans a place at the table. However, this is a sham. Whenever they think they're in unguarded moments, their true extremism...
Just hours after jury selection began in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, CNN reported that lawyers for suspected bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev have spent the last few months in talks with prosecutors about a possible plea...
One of the stories of my childhood involved John F. Kennedy. I grew up in greater Boston, so that shouldn't be a big surprise. Still, the story has stayed in my mind for 50 years...
The Harvard Crimson men's soccer team was having a banner season. With two games to go, it was well on its way to winning the Ivy League--and with it, a slot in the NCAA tournament. However,...
The presence of Donald Trump in the White House isn't the only reminder of how far we have to go in snuffing out racism in this country. Monday night witnessed one of the most disgraceful...
On Saturday, there was an anti-hate protest in Boston, Massachusetts. Some 15,000 people marched against white supremacists. Here are some of the best signs from that protest:
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Freia David’s face is familiar to many local patrons at the McDonald's in Needham, Massachusetts. She is retiring after working there for 32 years.
A loyal customer, Christopher Sheehan, wrote this on Facebook:
“She is one of the most...
These girls were banned from prom and track over their hair extensions. Meet Mya and Deanna Cook:
The school policy says no hair dye or hair extensions, but the white kids were allowed to have streaks...
It should come as no surprise to learn that Jared Kushner, the baby faced son-in-law of President Donald Trump, got his start in real estate by renting out low end apartments.
The Boston Globe reports that when he...
The Satanic Temple has decided to move their international headquarters to the Massachusetts town of Salem. It seems fitting that the religious and political group emblazoned with the image of Baphomet would decide to place...
The embattled CEO of Wells Fargo, John Stumpf, has officially resigned, effective immediately. He will be replaced as CEO by Tim Sloan. Stumpf worked at Wells Fargo for 34 years, and had been its CEO...
President Donald Trump continues to argue with athletes on Twitter. After a weekend criticizing the UCLA players released from a Chinese prison recently, Trump returns to attacking NFL player protesters.
Early Monday, Trump issues a Twitter...
This kind of story makes me want to cry. The fact that this is even still a phrase in common parlance is gravely upsetting to me.
The fact is, anti-Semitism has run its historical course. Can...
Sometimes I am so proud to be from Massachusetts.
OK, so the whole Mitt Romney thing was kind of cringe-worthy. I agree completely.
But now we have Senator Elizabeth Warren, outspoken critic of Trump and his minions....
Slick Willy Clinton is back in the hot seat, and this time there are pictures.
After gladhanding voters inside and within 150 feet of Boston polling places earlier this month, he's being sued by a group...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been an extremely outspoken opponent of President-elect Donald Trump for months, and she has essentially based her entire career as a senator on combating unethical business practices and corporate cronyism....
A woman in Lawrence, Massachusetts, name withheld, was the victim of a horrific attack. The woman's boyfriend, Keyvin "Ghetto" Gil, tied her up, raped her, and threatened to shoot her. She escaped from the apartment where she...
