Braden Peters used his fame to prey on a vulnerable teen
Braden Peters pleaded not guilty to raping a 17-year-old, but his history of commodifying bodies reveals a predator who believes his status grants him immunity.
By Maya Ellison ·
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Judge William Sullivan rightly rejected Kevin Reddington's motion
By denying the defense request to ignore the record, Judge William Sullivan upheld the integrity of the legal process against Kevin Reddington's tactical shortcut.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Patrick Clancy confronts grief after a Massachusetts mistrial
Patrick Clancy spoke to CBS News about forgiveness and loss after a mistrial, showing how postpartum psychosis fractured his family while public accusations deepened the pain of his grief.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Judge William Sullivan must end the Lindsay Clancy mistrial
The ledger of human tragedy rarely gets more grisly than the case of Lindsay Clancy.
By Grant Colby ·
Tim Cruz ignores the 11-1 split and chooses cruelty over truth
The legal system is designed for people whose brains are functioning on a standard operating system.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The Lindsay Clancy mistrial is a failure of the jury system
Howie Carr is selling a fantasy.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Lindsay Clancy is a patient, not a monster for the jury
The basement of a home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, is where the medical system’s failure finally hit the floor.
By Josie Calloway ·
Judge warns rules governing Lindsay Clancy case 'will be enforced'
The notion of "misunderstanding" is, in my experience, one of humanity’s most persistent and comforting lies—a linguistic sedative we administer to ourselves when reality proves…
By Elena Rossi ·
80-year-old senator fends off younger challenger. See live results
The Massachusetts Democratic primary was not a contest over competence; it was a performance of pedigree.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Ed Markey's victory proves institutional capital beats novelty
The headlines—that an 80-year-old Ed Markey defeated a 47-year-old Seth Moulton in Massachusetts’ Democratic primary—sound like a story about age and vigor. They are not.
By Grant Colby ·
Massachusetts court deadlock reveals law cannot manage moral ambiguity
What we observe in the Massachusetts court regarding Lindsay Clancy—the deadlock after days of agonizing deliberation over three counts of first-degree murder—is not a failure of…
By Klaus Berger ·
Canada must withdraw from Safe Third Country Agreement for Haitians
The moment a nation’s laws become instruments of exclusion, they cease to be law and become violence.
By Sophie Naimi ·
ChatGPT in Massachusetts mirrors suspicion from the Reign of Terror
The spectacle unfolding in Massachusetts—a seventeen-year-old charged with double murder after using an AI chatbot for "gothic novel-kind of stories"—is not a story about technology.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Lindsay Clancy: Diagnosis cannot negate free will in Massachusetts
The American legal system, bless its earnest heart, seems perpetually unprepared for anything that cannot be neatly categorized into a balance sheet or a tariff schedule.
By Bram de Vries ·
Airports, nursing homes and schools brace for disruption without Haitian workers
The American system—the one that keeps our lights on and our elderly cared for—is not designed by bureaucrats in D.C. It is built by people, doing hard work, day after day.
By Grant Colby ·
New study ranks all 50 states. See where yours landed
The latest wave of state rankings—whether it arrives via americadashboard.com’s composite scores or U.S.
By Emilio Quesada ·