News - NewBostonPost (Page 307)

News

Rayla Campbell Says She Was Attacked At New Bedford Event On Monday

Rayla Campbell says she was the victim of a violent attack during a Trump rally on Monday that resulted in a fractured shin. Video of the encounter emerged Tuesday showing Campbell, a black Republican write-in candidate for Congress, tussling with two young women in a parking lot. The video, published

News

Prisoners Should Get $1,200 Coronavirus Checks, Ayanna Pressley Says

Massachusetts U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley has come out in favor of giving $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks to inmates in prisons. A federal judge in northern California appointed by President Bill Clinton recently ruled that the Trump administration must stop withholding coronavirus checks from prisoners because the federal Coronavirus

Commentary

Amy Coney Barrett’s Religion Isn’t the Problem; It May Be Part of the Solution

"… reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." — George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

News

What’s It Take To Get An Endorsement? 10 Organizations/Unions Explain How

Political candidates tout endorsements, which raises the question: what exactly do they mean? When a candidate has an endorsement from an advocacy group or union, what does it say — particularly about their policy positions?

Commentary

Biden Takes Campaign to Country Club, But May Wind Up in Sand Trap

Of all the possible criticisms for Joe Biden to lob at President Donald Trump in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign, the Democrat and his campaign have settled on the complaint that the admissions policies at Trump's country clubs are too restrictive. "He's the

News

Five Questions Mike Pence Should Ask Kamala Harris In The VP Debate

There is no debate between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden this week, but Mike Pence and Kamala Harris will go head-to-head on Wednesday. The Republican vice president and the Democratic vice presidential nominee will debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Susan Page, Washington bureau chief

News

Kingston Pro-Life Independent Ed Mazzuchelli Running Write-In Campaign For U.S. Senate

If you drive through Marshfield or Pembroke, you might think that Ed Mazzuchelli is the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Massachusetts. He's not — that's Kevin O'Connor, a lawyer who lives in Dover. But Mazzuchelli's lawn signs appear frequently alongside those of

News

Ed Markey: Repeal Bush and Trump Tax Cuts To Give Universal Basic Income To Illegal Immigrants

Does Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) want to raise taxes? Yes. He wants to bring them back to Clinton-era levels, Markey said during a debate against Republican and Dover attorney Kevin O'Connor hosted by WGBH News on Monday night.