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Five-year-old released from ICE custody with his father

February 10, 2026Makayla Mahoney

Makayla Mahoney Connector Editor On Sunday, Feb. 1, five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander were released from an ICE processing center after being held there for more than a week. Their release comes after days of national… Continue Reading →

News dhs, government, ice, Makayla Mahoney, news, politics, trump

American citizens killed in Minneapolis ICE raids

February 10, 2026Aaliyah Afolabi

Benjamin Heffner Connector Editor On January 7th, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed an American citizen during an immigration raid in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The victim, identified as 37-year-old mother and poet Renee Nicole Good, was in… Continue Reading →

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Government shutdown continues

October 28, 2025UML Connector

(Photo courtesy of Jacob Levin) “Effects of the shutdown in Salem” Elias Arachiche Connector Contributor As we enter day 24 of the government shutdown (only 11 days short of the longest in American history), about 1.4 million government employees are… Continue Reading →

News government, government shutdown, politics

Trump follows through on his promise to attack universities on DEI

February 11, 2025UML Connector

(Photo courtesy of NPR) “Trump signing an executive order to end all DEI programs and policies” Tristin Henson Connector Staff Trump signed an executive order that stated diversity, equity, and inclusion policies for recipients of federal grants would end. This… Continue Reading →

News, Politics DEI, federal, federal funding, government, umass lowell

Government websites censor gender related information

February 11, 2025UML Connector

(Photo courtesy of AP) “Screenshots of the United States Census Bureau displaying error messages when searching for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Information” Tristin Henson Connector Staff Trump’s administration made the order to strip “gender ideology” from websites, contracts and… Continue Reading →

News, Politics cdc, censorship, government, lgbtq, LGBTQIA

Supreme Court adopts new Code of Ethics

November 21, 2023UML Connector

(Photo courtesy of TheRoot). “Members of the Supreme Court.” Michael Makiej Connector Staff On Monday, November 13, The Supreme Court of the United States adopted a new code of ethics. Signed by all nine Justices, the code was implemented in… Continue Reading →

News, Politics ethics, government, Michael Makiej, supreme court

Analyzing the 2023 United States Elections and What They Mean for 2024

November 21, 2023UML Connector

(Photo courtesy of WSHU). “Freestanding sign that reads ‘VOTE HERE’.” Eric Schultz Connector Staff On November 7, 2023, Americans in several states took to the polls to cast their votes on Election Day. Generally speaking, odd-numbered election years in America… Continue Reading →

News, Politics election day, Eric Schultz, government, politicsal

House of Representatives faces major speaker crisis

October 24, 2023UML Connector

(Photo courtesy of WSJ). “The Speakers platform in the House of Representative.” Michael Makiej Connector Contributor It has now been several weeks since former United States Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his position on Capitol Hill.… Continue Reading →

News, Politics american politics, government, house of representatives, speaker of the house

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