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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

M&M’s and manufacturing consent | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf December 12, 2022
Megacorporations attempt to control public discourse in a way that manufactures consent for their actions and perpetuates their power. 
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

M&M’s and imperialism | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf December 5, 2022
Mars, Hershey and Nestle each source cacao from plantations where child slavery is practiced.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

The United States first union of working women | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf November 18, 2022
The most radical non-violent act you can do is withhold your labor and assert yourself as an autonomous being.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

America’s First Factory and the advent of capitalism | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf November 14, 2022
The Slater Mill and the Rhode Island System show us that capitalism at the time of its emergence was neither essentially good nor evil.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

The Home of the Brave | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf November 7, 2022
In theory the U.S. should be more than capable of housing its homeless population of approaching 600,000 people, yet homelessness rates have precipitously risen throughout the past decade.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

The Cost of Conflict | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf October 31, 2022
Most major conflicts of the modern age have indeed been fought for the pursuit or protection of profit, not by PMC’s, but by governments. 
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

The Deadliest Lie in History | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf October 16, 2022
If anyone was going to realize human activity was having an impact on rising global temperatures, you might suspect it would have been the most successful successor to the most ambitious oil and gas company to ever exist— and you would be exactly right.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

The Ludlow Massacre | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf October 10, 2022
The Ludlow Massacre, and other similar historic events, bring public attention to the protection of worker’s rights.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Cargill — The Best Company In the World | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf September 28, 2022
Being the largest privately owned enterprise in the United States, as far as companies go, Cargill is obviously one of the best. How, and why, is this allowed to happen?
Smaran Ramidi | Senior Graphic Artist

Busting Starbucks | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf September 22, 2022
Starbucks is the epitome of an idyllic coffee shop. A place where you can sip an expertly crafted caffeinated beverage, grind out some work on your laptop or just relax with a good book. However, to an increasing number of others, which hopefully will soon include you, it is known as one of the most aggressive union busting major players in the service industry today. 
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