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The Daily Free Press

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The Associated Press Website. The White House raised concerns among journalists after announcing it would be selecting which journalists are included in the press pool. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘A profound misunderstanding’: BU faculty members voice concerns on White House AP ban

John Tatum February 28, 2025
From the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the Associated Press has been at the forefront of breaking news as a part of the White House press pool — until this month. White House officials declared Feb. 14 that AP journalists would be banned from “limited spaces, like the Oval Office and Air Force One” indefinitely.
Planned Parenthood - Greater Boston Health Center. June 24 will mark two years since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision that ended the federal right to abortion, overturning a nearly 50-year precedent. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Two years post-Roe: Greater Boston assesses local impact, looks ahead to November

Lauren Albano June 1, 2024
In the face of increased restrictions on abortion nationwide, since the case was overturned, Massachusetts continues to legally protect abortion. Greater Boston community members and leaders recognize how two years post-Roe have impacted Massachusetts and how abortion may affect the 2024 presidential election.
Smaran Ramidi | Senior Graphic Artist

Biden’s Marijuana Pardon and the Path to Decriminalization | Latest With Lin

Michael Lin October 13, 2022
When put into this context, Biden’s pardon seems to be more political fluff than substance.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Minority Report: Loving won

Lincoln Son Currie March 31, 2022
We should recognize and appreciate the progress that’s been made on a very important issue — love — in just the past 55 years.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: If your choice to wear balaclavas is just a matter of aesthetics, check your privilege

Sujena Soumyanath February 1, 2022

It's that time of year again when the temperature has dropped so low that Boston University students have adopted the informal uniform of Canada Goose jackets while sporting  perpetually frozen expressions...

Jose Diener stands in front of his sister's tent on Atkinson Street Wednesday, in the area commonly known as the Methadone Mile. The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts sued the City of Boston for clearing tents and ordering the unhoused out of the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. KAITO AU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts ACLU sues Boston for clearing tents at Mass/Cass

Bella Ramirez November 12, 2021
The ACLU of Massachusetts sued the City for clearing tents of unhoused individuals at Mass/Cass.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: The closing of Methadone Mile ‘comfort station’ is a life or death issue

Editors September 3, 2021
Politicians should provide actual treatment options for people with substance abuse issues rather than removing essential resources that mean life and death for the residents of the Methadone Mile.
Flags in the Questrom School of Business at boston university

Boston observes first Arab American Heritage Month

Molly Farrar April 14, 2021
The Boston City Council declared April Arab American Heritage Month during its April 7 meeting.
prison cell block

COVID-19 exacerbates Massachusetts DOC health care shortcomings

Colbi Edmonds March 11, 2021
Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”
Massachusetts legislators approved a police reform bill Tuesday that creates a statewide oversight committee and bans chokeholds. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

State Legislature creates police standards commission, bans chokeholds

Taylor Brokesh December 3, 2020
After months of debate, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a police reform bill banning chokeholds, creating a state-level oversight committee and allowing officers to report each other’s inappropriate or violent conduct.
Max Ferrandino

Politics Philosophized: The marijuana industry is not inclusive of BIPOC businesses

Max Ferrandino November 23, 2020
We must reexamine an industry where white-owned businesses profit off of a substance that is putting POC behind bars.
Boston University’s Warren Towers dormitory. On May 11, the BU Coalition for Decarceration created a petition to turn currently unoccupied student residences into housing for individuals recently released from incarceration. NICKI GITTER/ DFP FILE

BU coalition petitions for university to house released prisoners amid pandemic

Ellie Yeo May 27, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has left BU near-empty with deserted dormitories. A group of decarceration advocates are proposing a new use for these spaces.
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