Gov’s Emergency Gun Rule Triggers Debate Around Second Amendment Rights in State
Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble early this month that effectively put a new gun law into immediate effect, expanding Massachusetts’ preexisting firearms regulations—already some of the...
View ArticleSampan Readers Give Their Take on Key Election Issues
It’s been over 30 years since famed Democratic strategist James Carville tried to provide a pithy summary to all that concerned the American voting public: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Carville’s way...
View ArticleWe Must Guard Our Rights to Free Speech and Dissent
This election has been portrayed as critical for the future of our democracy. But a key part of that democracy, our First Amendment rights, will no doubt remain under attack – no matter who wins....
View ArticleStory of New Americans from Haiti Lost Amid Election Rhetoric
As immigration has taken center stage in the presidential election, it now feels like all eyes are on Haiti, my home country. That nation in turmoil — like Mexico and Latin America before, and even...
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Korean Americans Celebrate Nobel Prize to Han Kang in Literature First
Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024—the first writer from South Korea to be awarded this prize. Yet, she has “declined to hold a press conference, citing the global tragedies of the...
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Adoptees Torn Over China’s End to Overseas Adoptions
When Emili Van Volkinburg learned in early September that China is ending international adoptions, she felt conflicted. Van Volkinburg, a 25-year-old Brighton resident, was adopted from southeast China...
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Names of 7,000 Palestinian Kids Killed in Gaza Listed at Cambridge Installation
The Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee held an exhibit entitled “Grief Beyond Words” at the university to write the names of 7,000 children under the age of 12 who have been killed this year in...
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25-Story Hotel Plan Draws Critical Reviews
A proposal to raze a vacant and dilapidated building in Chinatown to build a 25-story hotel has sparked a debate over whether the project will further boost housing prices around the neighborhood and...
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Cuban Diaspora Artist Carves a Space Out in Boston’s Art Scene
Fermin Castro, whose art is on display now at the Boston Sculptor’s Gallery, knew he was an artist from the time he was a child, drawing in classes with friends. But he wouldn’t realize that calling...
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‘Imagine Yourself in My Place’: Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha Asks of MIT...
Perhaps Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha’s most threatening weapon against Israel in its relentless and devastating bombardment of Gaza is his pen. But that very pen could also be what puts him in the...
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