As frustrations mount with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and it’s management of the T, the Federal Transit Administration clarifies there will be no federal takeover of the MBTA. Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey held a senate field meeting in Boston on Friday, October 14th. Having the state’s federal representatives convene like […]

Two weeks and at least twenty-five deaths after a Category 1 storm made landfall in Puerto Rico, the island’s infrastructure is still reeling from the aftermath. Hurricane Fiona dropped more than thirty inches of rain in some areas, compromising roads and bridges with the subsequent mudslides. While most residents are no longer cut off from […]

Ukraine – Two American journalists were fired upon by Russian forces in the town of Irpin. One of whom, Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was killed when Russian troops opened fire, according to Andriy Nebytov, the head of Kyiv’s regional police force. A graphic photo allegedly of Renaud’s body, passport, and press credentials were posted […]

The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or the “STOCK Act,” passed in April of 2012  with Bipartisan support, made it illegal for members of Congress to engage in insider trading. In April 2013, key provisions of the law were weakened, reducing the safeguards against insider trading. 10 years later, there is a new bipartisan […]

The prosecution recently rested its case against Kyle Rittenhouse, age 18, who was charged with two homicides and an attempted homicide when he shot and killed two people and injured another during racial injustice protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse faces five felony charges and a misdemeanor weapons charge, with […]

  On September 19th, 2021 human remains were found in Teton County. Wyoming, that was consistent with the missing person Gabby Petito, Gabby had been on a van life trip with her fiance Brian Laundrie, documenting their travels on their online blog. Before this incident police had questioned the couple regarding a domestic altercation on […]

On Sunday the 19th, nearly 300 students gathered at UMass Amherst to protest on the lawn of the Theta Chi fraternity house, and on Wednesday, September 22nd, nearly 100 students gathered to share their stories and hold the campus accountable for what is viewed as a culture that permits rape, harassment and promotes secrecy on […]