Councilor Essaibi-George Jumps into the Mayoral Fray
Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George, a former public school teacher, confirmed Wednesday she is entering the Boston mayoral race, becoming the third candidate — and third female city councilor of color — to declare. The latest development in the rapidly changing contest… Read More
Biden Picks 1st Transgender Person for Senate-Confirmed Post
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general,… Read More
‘Chucks and Pearls’: Women Show Support for Vice President-Elect Harris
SAN DIEGO — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ is set to become the first woman Vice President of the United States in just three days. Now women all over the world said they are counting down the days with excitement and finding their own special way to celebrate Harris’ huge accomplishment. Read More
City Councilor Michelle Wu Supports Havard’s Split With Rep. Stefanik, Condemns ‘Violent, Armed Insurrection’ At Capitol
Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu told Boston Public Radio on Tuesday that she support’s the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s decision to sever ties with one of its alums, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., in the wake of last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump… Read More
Boston City Council Declares Insurrectionist-in-Chief Needs to Go
The Boston City Council today went on record unanimously calling for the removal of the man who is on the precipice of becoming the first president to ever be impeached twice. In their discussion of the non-binding resolution, councilors brought up all the reasons you probably already know, after a… Read More
With Marty Walsh’s Departure, Endorsements Have Piled into Boston’s Mayoral Race. Here’s Who Has Backed Candidates.
Mayor Marty Walsh’s expected, imminent departure for a role in the incoming Biden Administration has blown open Boston’s mayoral race, igniting and stoking speculation about just how diverse the array of candidates could be with the absence of a popular… Read More
2020 Bostonians of the Year: The Front Line
They stood up to fight the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Meet the people leading us through a harrowing year. Every year since 2004, the Globe Magazine has recognized an extraordinary person or group as our Bostonian of the Year, along with a… Read More
Women Make Historic Electoral Gains Over Four Years
An occasional series about women’s gains and losses in the Trump era Four years ago, the defeat of the first major-party female presidential nominee by a man who’d boasted about sexually assaulting women reignited a women’s movement. Payback… Read More
Emerge MA Alum Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui Works with Public Health Officials to Ensure Community Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic
The City of Cambridge announced Friday it will delay entering Step Two of Phase Three of Massachusetts’s reopening plan, after determining it would likely lead to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Cambridge. Step Two of Phase Three of the reopening plan, which is set to take effect across the… Read More
Somerville Residents and Leaders, including Emerge MA Alum Kristen Strezo, Protest End of Eviction Moratorium
On Sunday, Somerville residents and elected leaders marched to City Hall to call for more tenant protections. Around 50 people, among them several local and state legislators, gathered to protest the end of the Massachusetts eviction moratorium in Union Square on Sunday. The demonstrators then marched to Somerville City… Read More