In the next mayoral election happening this November, Boston will make history in electing its first woman of color. But with Election Day inching closer, the candidates’ differing stances on important issues have come into the limelight.
Women’s status in America has greatly adjusted and advanced alongside new feminist ideology despite obstacles such as the belittlement and criticism of the immense progress made for women in social, political, and economic domains.
Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash recently proposed a ballot measure in Massachusetts that would classify drivers as independent contractors. Will this “work-a-la-carte” model deny worker their rights?
Fifty-five years after the Black Panther Party's founding, Fred Hampton’s assassination by the U.S government reflects a troubled reminder for young organizers.
President Obama is not a pioneer of the illegal and offensive wars that the United States has engaged in during the last 20 years. But the use of drone strikes under his administration make him an international war criminal.
There’s one problem: the policies of contemporary American democratic socialists aren’t really socialist at all. Rather, progressives are actively misrepresenting their own views in the process of sloganeering.
Blood quantum, a means of quantifying a person’s Indigenous ancestry in the United States, has a bleak history as an erasive tool used by the federal government. Today, blood quantum remains inextricably tied to Indigenous identity, for better or for worse.
A new slate of progressives is rising up to challenge the status quo in Massachusetts, but the battle they will fight is uphill and marred with obstacles. If they are to win, progressives will need to put politics second and community first.
