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August 10, 2022 0

A Healthcare Clinician and a Community Provider Fear for the America’s Women

Across the country, many people have been outraged by the U.S Supreme Court’s recent decision in overturning Roe v. Wade, an almost 50 year precedent. In the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision, the Court ruled that “the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives. Abortion was first legalized throughout the United States in […]

August 9, 2022 1

Samurai Summer II: The exciting festival returns to Boston

by Sonia Cavazos

Filmmakers fight for inspiration. Directors dream and build their vision for the screen but each is influenced. Whether it is by a person or a culture, everyone is sparked by another work, and the Coolidge Theatre is showing just how much Japan has influenced film with a dazzling line up in their Samurai Summer II. This sequel is a carefully planned follow up to the debut in 2021. Created as a celebration of their 30th anniversary, the Coolidge Theatre began […]

August 8, 2022 0

Meeting Our Neighbors at the Chinatown Summer Ice Cream Social

by Christopher John Stephens

Tufts University Government and Community Relations hosted an Ice Cream Social in the neighborhood on the Health Sciences Campus in Chinatown on July 21st. It was a great opportunity to beat the heat and meet our neighbors. This reporter had the opportunity to interview Liza Perry, Deputy Director, Tufts University Government and Community Relations, about the past, present, and future of Tufts University’s role in the Chinatown community. What initiatives are you hoping to launch after the summer’s over? We […]

August 7, 2022 0

World Health Organization Declares Global Emergency as Monkeypox Spreads

by Jeff Millman

It all started in Wisconsin. A three-year-old child was bitten by a prairie dog purchased from a local pet store. Shortly after, the child developed a high fever and a strange rash and had to be hospitalized. The child’s parents also developed the rash, but were otherwise asymptomatic. The Milwaukee Health Department tested the child and the prairie dog and confirmed that the cause of the child’s symptoms was the monkeypox virus, first discovered in crab-eating macaque monkeys in 1958. […]

August 7, 2022 0

Boston’s Racist Sports Culture is Changing

by Sandy Battulga

With teams like the Celtics and Red Sox, Boston houses some of the most passionate sports fans in the United States. As much as Boston is known for athletic excellence, however, the city has also been subject to criticism over its racist past and present. Legendary Boston Celtic superstar player and coach Bill Russell, who died July 31, 2022 at the age of 88, knew all too well the scourge of racism that was thrown at him during his time […]

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August 5, 2022 0

The Silent But Urgent Problem of Food Insecurity in Massachusetts: The Daily Fight Against Hunger

by Max Wei

When considering the term “food insecurity”, one may at first think this is referring to paying the bills for food. The notion of food security certainly has to do with financial capability. If we have money we can prevent ourselves and loved ones from starving. However, the problem of food insecurity is deeper than that. Basically, it refers to one’s ability to regularly access nutritious and healthy meals and implement best eating practices into their lives. If we can’t do […]

August 5, 2022 0

Preserving Chinatown, One Row House at A Time

by Lydia Lowe

To afford the average purchase price of a Boston home, a household would need to earn at least $181,000 a year, according to a recent Boston Globe story. In Chinatown, property values have skyrocketed since the luxury development boom and remain high despite the current recession. What has that meant for Chinatown’s immigrant, working class residents? The signs of gentrification now visible throughout the city took root early in this community. American Community Survey data for 2017 revealed that the […]

August 5, 2022 0

The August Moon Festival 2022: What’s Happening, Where, and When

by Sampan Staff

The Chinese August Moon festival is traditionally celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar. It is believed that the roundness of the moon represents the reunion of family in Chinese minds. For over 2000 years the usually three day celebration has been a time for a post-Autumn harvest celebration giving thanks to the gods for the blessings of hard work and family. Foods served include mooncakes, pumpkin, river snails, taro, wine fermented with […]

July 27, 2022 0

New Normality after Shanghai Lockdown?

by Yang Yang

[Editor’s note: Our Shanghai correspondent continues to report on the lifting of COVID restrictions in Shanghai.} A month after Shanghai officially lifted the city-wide lockdown, Covid cases ceased to be zero at one point but has unsurprisingly started to resurge again. One positive case was found out in one of the buildings in my compound so that the building was under a new round of 2-week lockdown. Luckily, it is only one building rather than the whole compound. This is […]

July 26, 2022 0

Gun Rights in Massachusetts: What are the Next Steps After the Supreme Court Decision?

by Moninisha Yadav

In the span of less than two weeks, two mass shootings made headlines across the country. These attacks at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and a grocery store in Buffalo, NY, killed 21 and 10 people respectively. However, these are not the only ones. According to the Gun Violence Archive, as of July 4th, there have been 313 mass shootings in the United States since the beginning of the year — including a shooting at an Independence Day parade […]

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