Unlike last year's Pride Festival, in which rain poured down on the event, rain visited Manchester the day before Pride on June 14th. By the time the morning of the 15th came around, the sky was clear, ready for the sun to shine on the pride parade which this year...
Just a few weeks ago, the New Hampshire Senate voted to pass a bill enabling widespread book bans throughout the state. The House has continued attempting to increase the income cap to use school vouchers or even remove it entirely. All while students and teachers...
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group, wrote an op-ed in MSNBC today reflecting on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, highlighting the need to recommit to strengthening NATO and...
When I was a senior in high school, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court voted to overturn the decades-long precedent of Roe v. Wade. I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing, and how I felt. I was in shock when I read the decision – a fundamental right I had been...
New Hampshire is a bit of an odd state, even by New England's standards. It hosts an increasingly aging population, has the lowest state minimum wage in the region (none at all), and features a diversity of taxable income sources rather than a state income tax. The...
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has repeatedly approved cannabis legalization only to see its bills die in the state Senate. For the first time ever, the Senate passed a legalization bill this month and the governor is on board. The House should not let...
Nathaniel Weixel of The Hill reported that the federal government was ending its program to offer free COVID vaccinations to underinsured and uninsured individuals. The program was meant to end in December 2024; however, it is set to end in August. Those who wish...
This next week, I hope Senate Republicans choose to pass HB 1711. Otherwise, they can name this past session “Opportunities Squandered”, as they will have once again blocked all efforts towards gun violence prevention. HB 1711 was filed in direct response to the...
In 2021, a group of white supremacists known as the “Proud Boys” and members of the neo-Nazi hate group, NSC-131, began disrupting Nashua School Board meetings. They flashed “white supremacist” hand signals and waved signs expressing opposition to teachers giving...
This past week, I had the chance to attend a public meeting for Manchester's Board of Mayor and Aldermen. I was interested to see what might happen after the city's Director of Housing Initiatives was mistreated, and given a settlement to resign after calling out...
