Mary Rose Corkery on July 1, 2020 The Boston Arts Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to take down the city’s historic Emancipation Memorial after activists demanded the statue’s removal. The memorial depicts Abraham Lincoln standing with one arm raised over a freed slave crouched on his knees. Broken chains are depicted around the black man’s wrists…
In April, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, proposed banning the popular video game “Fortnite,” saying it was irresponsible to allow kids to play it. “The game shouldn’t be allowed,” said the former bad boy prince. “It’s created to addict. An addiction to keep you in front of a computer for as long as possible….
Hanna Bogorowski on December 6, 2018 The Boston Globe Editorial Board endorsed Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts for re-election in the Senate in October, but took a different stance Thursday when it comes to her potential White House run. “Warren missed her moment in 2016, and there’s reason to be skeptical of her prospective…
Henry Rodgers on October 31, 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign said she believes the thousands of illegal immigrants in the migrant caravan headed towards the U.S. need to enter the country legally. Warren, who is up for re-election, has previously called for the abolishment of Immigrants Customs Enforcement (ICE), is now saying that…
Evie Fordham on August 23, 2018 Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made $430,379 in gross income from her writings in 2017 alone, according to a pile of tax returns dating back a decade that her campaign released Wednesday. Warren and her husband, Harvard Law School professor Bruce Mann, had an adjusted gross income of $913,000 in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Pro-life activists have started a petition asking Massachusetts to change its abortion laws, giving women on Medicaid the right to received state-funded abortions, the Boston Globe reported Sunday. The Hyde Amendment, which doesn’t allow tax dollars in some states to pay for abortions, doesn’t apply in Massachusetts, causing taxpayers to fund abortions and fueling cause for…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Two bills that would strike down mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders were recently introduced in the Massachusetts House, as yet another state ignores Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ push for “tough-on-crime” policy. Sessions has pushed for mandatory minimums since his appointment in January, ordering DOJ prosecutors…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grace Carr Massachusetts lawmakers presented a bill in a public hearing Tuesday that would ban American Indian mascots in public schools. The bill, filed by Democratic state Sen. Barbara A. L’Italien, was proposed after the town of Tewksbury refused to change the name of its “Redmen” high school mascot. If the bill gets…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren responded to a question about a 2020 presidential bid during a Thursday speech in San Francisco saying, “No, I’m running for Senate in 2018,” upsetting many in the crowd. Warren fired up the audience of women gathered at the “Joyous Persistence” conference….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin The police have always had a presence in my life that went beyond law enforcement. Our teen community center had a police officer on duty to field questions and supervise. Officers gave out free ice cream to kids who wore bike helmets. They demonstrated how bad ass their K-9 dog…