For the third event in the “No Kings” series of demonstrations condemning President Donald J. Trump’s administration, at least 2,500 gathered in Newton Centre as millions protested across the country amid heightened tensions over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions, a government shutdown, and the war with Iran. The turnout…
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“Healthcare Not Warfare.” “Hate Won’t Make Us Great.” “Santa Hates ICE. These are just some of the many messages that members of the Highlanders Visibility Brigade spell out from a bridge over the segment of the Mass Pike (I-90) that passes through Newton. Since June 2025, the group, sponsored by…
Twenty to thirty protesters weathered the weather on February 7 for the weekly Saturday noontime gathering at the intersection of Beacon and Centre Streets in Newton Center.
The Newton Dems Environmental Committee will host a Zoom webinar, What’s in Your Energy Bill & What Can the State Do?, on Sunday, February 22, 5PM-6PM. Register here. Energy affordability is a key issue right now: bills are sky rocketing, and the Massachusetts State Legislature wants to do something to…
Sharon Stout, President MA Electors and Chair of the Newton Democratic City Committee and Emerge MA, will speak in Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture Series on Friday, February 27 at 3PM in the Community Room of Cabot Park Village (280 Newtonville Avenue, Newtonville). Cabot Park Village’s Black History Lecture…
Join State Representative 11th Middlesex District Amy Mah Sangiolo at the Cooper Center (345 Walnut Street, Newtonville) for a chat and coffee on Friday, March 20 at 10:30AM. RSVP at 617-796-1660 or [email protected].
At noon on Saturday, January 31, despite 14°F weather, 122 people gathered in Newton Centre for what has become a weekly protest against Trump administration policies. People lined the sidewalks around all sides of the Centre Street / Beacon Street intersection. They held signs, danced, and chanted — and were…
Get ready for the Third No Kings Day in Newton Centre on March 28, 12-1:30PM (speakers at 1PM). Invite your family and friends to join millions in showing the world that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings. RSVP is not required (but it helps organizers plan). Showing up…
Congressman Jake Auchincloss, drawing a direct line to the American Revolution, said Friday he supports using the Massachusetts National Guard to counter federal immigration enforcement operations if they escalate in the state. “250 years ago, we refused to quarter the King’s troops,” Auchincloss said in a Fig City News Podcast…
On January 28, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke to a packed house of over 400 at the Newton JCC’s Riemer Goldstein Theater about his new book, Where We Keep the Light: Stories From a Life of Service. Shapiro is an influential governor widely speculated to be preparing a 2028 run…