By Loraine Aceto According to History.com, “In 1774, British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city’s residents pay for the nearly $1 million […]
Government Shutdown Technique: From Boston Port Act Blocking Harbors and Winning by Force
Immigrant Voting Rights
By Morgan Dyer On Jan. 26, I was lucky enough to meet with Portland At-Large Councilor Pious Ali at Coffee ME Up on Cumberland Avenue to learn about an initiative of his. […]
Board Game Review The Quiet Year by Avery Alder
By Elliot Clark Play Time: 4 hours (with optional rules for a 2-hour game) Players: 2 – 4 people Themes: Map-Drawing, Narrative, Cooperative, Indie. Cost: $6 (PDF only) or $25 (physical booklet […]
Workers’ Strikes and Canada’s Colonizing Claw
By Liam Woodworth-Cook While our government was shut down, two major strikes were occurring in North America. Just south of Brownsville, Texas, in the Mexican city of Matamoros, more than 25,000 Mexican […]
14 Eyes and VPNs
By Cole Horne Security? Privacy? Why not both? VPNs are used to achieve both of these. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are a way to encrypt and transmit your data over a public […]
Season of Cabin Fever
By Magella Cantara Its January in Portland, Maine, where there is more snow falling than people who fall in love in their lifetime. There’s black ice like the intentions you can’t decipher […]
Taking a Transition Backwards
By Magella Cantara Since the 1980’s our country has fought against discrimination against the LGBT community. It’s been a hot topic recently that transgender people deserve their equal rights just as anyone […]
Astrology Check
By Celina Simmons Time will feel like it’s flying faster than ever this month since we all know February is the shortest month of the year. A few more weeks of this […]
Study Abroad with the George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program
By Celina Simmons Have you ever wanted to study abroad but have no clue where to start? Well, do we have some news for you! The George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program grants […]
Students 4 Democratic Socialism: An Anti-Capitalist Love Group
By Liam Woodworth-Cook Dear peers, with my utter pleasure I’d like to introduce a new group on campus. Students 4 Democratic Socialism (S4 for short) is a student collective brainstormed by Maximillian […]
The SMCC Beacon 