On November 20, Club Q, a queer nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was the site of a mass shooting. An armed assailant attacked the club while attendees were on the dance floor, killing five people. A Colorado Springs press release from November 28 also identifies 17 people injured by gunshots and an additional five who […]

Ahead of the new congressional term, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA, she/her) announced she would not be seeking re-election to House Democratic leadership. The congresswoman from California leaves behind a consequential legacy that oversaw the passage of major legislation.  Pelosi was elected to the House in 1987 and joined the House leadership as […]

If you were to talk to a resident of Boston, Massachusetts and a resident of Boston, England you might find that they have something surprising in common besides the obvious: a concern for rising energy prices. Strains on the natural gas supply have made ripples both domestically and across the pond. Many households are already […]

Gubernatorial hopefuls Maura Healey (she/her) and Geoff Diehl (he/him) squared off face-to-face for the first time at a debate hosted by NBC Boston on October 12th. Healey has served as Massachusetts’s Attorney General since 2015. If elected, the 51-year-old Democrat would be the state’s first LGBTQ governor and the first woman to be elected to […]

Cases in the ongoing monkeypox outbreak appear to be falling as public health officials continue the push to vaccinate the vulnerable. According to data from the CDC, the 7-day national average of new cases was only 60 per day as of October 12, down from a peak of 461 in early August.   Although monkeypox […]

It’s a college rivalry for the ages— but not between football teams. On September 29th, six Republican-controlled states sued the Biden administration over its student debt relief program. The attorneys general for Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and South Carolina filed suit in federal court in Missouri. The petition calls the program “economically unwise and […]

Martha’s Vineyard was thrust into the national spotlight after the unexpected arrival of 48 undocumented migrants on the island last Wednesday when two planes carrying the migrants touched down at Martha’s Vineyard Airport in Edgartown. Island officials were not given prior notice of their arrival, leaving the community scrambling to accommodate them. Florida Governor Ron […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has been reelected to the position following France’s general election last Sunday, garnering 58.5% of the vote. Macron, a member of the liberal En Marche party, successfully fended off challenger Marine Le Pen, the far-right National Rally party’s candidate. Macron is the third president in France’s history to win a second […]

On April 12, 10 people were shot during a mass shooting incident on a Brooklyn subway car. A security video shows the suspect, Frank James, entering the train platform wearing a construction helmet and hi-vis jacket before boarding an N street train. Reports from the scene allege that James put on a gas mask before […]