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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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I Call Foul Play: Ideologies that dismiss science are dangerous

Luca Becker February 26, 2021
This ideology of politicizing science — such as Trump’s politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic — already has and will continue to have large-scale consequences in the real world.
JOHNSTON: Stay confident?

JOHNSTON: Stay confident?

Andrew Johnston November 15, 2016

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” right? That’s what legendary four-time presidential-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt said as the country fought perhaps its most challenging crisis...

Know Tomorrow music festival rallies for solutions to climate change

Know Tomorrow music festival rallies for solutions to climate change

Kylie Obermeier October 6, 2015

­­­­­Speakers at the Know Tomorrow Music and Climate Festival repeated an essential phrase over and over — “the science is clear.” Festivalgoers gathered at The Ritz-Carlton on the Boston...

Naomi Oreskes, a historian at Harvard University, co-authored “Merchants of Doubt,” which inspired a documentary film. PHOTO COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES CLASSICS

REVIEW: “Merchants of Doubt” documentary puts heat on climate critics

Dagny Crepeau March 20, 2015

In some ways, “Merchants of Doubt” may be this decade’s heir to the climate change documentary throne, comfortably taking the place of its predecessor, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s “An...

GAGNE-MAYNARD: The Ugly Truth of the Midterm Elections

GAGNE-MAYNARD: The Ugly Truth of the Midterm Elections

Benjamin Gagne-Maynard October 30, 2014

The American experience is a collective experience. Our often nebulous, yet passionate conception of freedom has become a universal rallying cry. As historian Gunnar Myrdal pointed out in his book, “Black...

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