The New England Beacon

Hundreds of Bostonians gathered in frigid weather this weekend to protest the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis - and to wonder whether their city would be next. Read more on the beginning of Boston’s fight against ICE: nebeacon.substack.com/p/boston-brace…

Introducing our new series: the Six-State Roundup! Every week, we’ll be gathering interesting happenings from across Yankeedom and bringing it right to your inbox — including politics, the arts, culture, and other ephemera worth noticing. substack.com/home/post/p-18…

Digging your car out today? You're not alone. This weekend's winter storm is likely to crack the region's top 10 worst - and it's our biggest storm in the past four years.

Canceled surgeries, flooded laboratories - Rhode Island's healthcare was never the greatest, but private equity has blown the doors down. Read more at nebeacon.substack.com/p/how-private-…

"We asked ourselves, 'what are the clear lessons we have learned to help us oppose the Trump administration?' After a year of chaos, there are some distinct takeaways." Read more at nebeacon.substack.com/p/opinion-less…

An already left-leaning region is shifting - get ready for 2026. Read more at nebeacon.org

Woonsocket, R.I., and Bentonville, Arkansas seem as different as can be. Woonsocket is poor, while Bentonville is vibrant. But they are both company towns for two of America’s largest corporations. Why has Woonsocket been left behind? Read more at nebeacon.org

Woonsocket, Rhode Island is home to one of America's largest corporations - but are residents benefiting? nebeacon.substack.com/p/cvs-calls-wo…

New England's leaders tout their green energy creds - but is the region actually as clean as it says it is? Read more at nebeacon.substack.com/p/new-englands…

A new party wants to secede from the US. But they're not in the South - they're in New England. Why? Read more at nebeacon.org.

Land ownership doesn't determine voting rights anymore -- except for in Brookline, N.H. Read more at nebeacon.org

The Native people of New England are here, and have always been here. Now, they want land back. Find out how they've been doing it. Read more at nebeacon.org

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Dark money has controlled New England's politics for too long. Here's how we fix it. Read more at nebeacon.org. (1/4)

It wasn't just you. This year's fall foliage sucked. Read more at nebeacon.org.

Can New England show the nation a new way forward during Trump 2.0? Read more at nebeacon.org.

Ed Markey is a progressive icon in Congress, and a strong representative for the Bay State. That is why he should resign. read more at nebeacon.org. (1/4)