Kamala Harris Smoking Weed and Speaking on Her Blackness

By Leilah Bruno: On Martin Luther King Jr Day, January, 27, 2019, Senator Kamala Harris announced her run for president. She brought up her resolutions on progressive issues and her attempts to fight for the middle class. As a Democrat, her political stance seems to replicate what many of the people in the working middle class value. Her opinions on things like …

Echoes of the Suffrage Movement at the State of the Union

By Erin Keating: More than one hundred years after the beginning of the suffrage movement, women are joining forces yet again. During President Trump’s annual State of the Union Address, female lawmakers wore white as a sign of solidarity.  The House Democratic Women’s Working Group invited female lawmakers to wear the color white during this …

Students Gain New Insights after Building Up Baltimore

By David Cifarelli: Baltimore, Maryland is home to one of the highest poverty rates in the nation. (U.S. Census QuickFacts on Baltimore City). A 2015 article published by CNN Money reported that 24 percent of Baltimore's population lived below the poverty line, despite Maryland being the richest state in the United States. The article also highlighted the ongoing …

Meet the candidates: Massachusetts Gubernatorial Race 2014

Posted by Sara Heath (MA): On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Massachusetts voters will choose the state's next governor. Attorney General Martha Coakley, after a grueling primary race, is the Democrat.  Businessman Charlie Baker is the Republican.  While polls vary a little, the latest Boston Globe poll gives Baker a lead of 44-percent to Coakley's 37-percent. Running …

Who’s Voting on 11/4 – Politics Primer – MA Ballot Question #2

Question #2 "Expanding the Beverage Container Deposit Law" Voter information from MA Sec. of State Office: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele14/pip142.htm Excerpt of Ad Campaigns for Vote Yes on 2/Vote No on 2: http://www.yeson2ma.org/wp/ http://www.NoOnQuestion2.com