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Shortly before noon, the counter-protest Saturday against the so-called Free Speech Rally on Boston Common had a festive feel to it, with music, smiling faces, and colorful displays and signs. The atmosphere changed after a Free Speech rally goer apparently tried to engage in dialogue with counterprotesters, and ended up
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(UPDATED — 7:20 p.m.) BOSTON — Thousands upon thousands of counter-protesters ignored Mayor Martin J. Walsh's "avoid the Common" edict, descending upon the Hub's largest public space to shout down what had been dubbed a "free speech rally," exactly one week after
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BOSTON — Mayor Martin J. Walsh is urging the public to avoid Boston Common on Saturday, where a controversial midday free speech rally will be held that is expected to draw massive amounts of counter-protesters. Saturday's rally is slated to begin at 12 p.m., following a week'
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A national poll conducted immediately following last weekend's events in Charlottesville by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, in conjunction with National Public Radio, shows that a healthy majority of American adults still oppose the removal of statues and monuments honoring Confederate leaders. According to the poll, which
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BOSTON — An organizer behind a controversial free speech rally planned for Saturday on the Common announced Wednesday afternoon that the group has obtained a permit from the city. A 23-year-old Fitchburg State University media and communications student named John Medlar, who has emerged as a spokesman for the group, dubbed
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An odd fad emerged late last night on Twitter, as journalists took to their phones following President Donald Trump's decision to lay blame for a weekend of tragedy and mayhem in Charlottesville at the feet of both neo-Nazis and and what he dubbed the "alt-left." The
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By Phillip Stucky Political Reporter The Daily Caller News Foundation
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