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Boston University’s International Students and Scholars Office, which assists students with securing immigration classification. Boston University organizations and clubs plan to help protect students from President Trump’s mass deportation efforts amid ICE sightings on BU’s campus. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus organizations arrange efforts to educate, protect students amidst Trump executive orders

Veronica Hernandez February 4, 2025
Boston University students express concern over President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts after he signed an executive order Jan. 20 allowing federal immigration agents to enter “sanctuary” spaces, including schools.
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.
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.
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.
Protester Rania Belqaie gets her eyes washed with water after being pepper-sprayed by a Boston police officer during a march against police brutality in May. On Thursday, Massachusetts state representatives voted against an amendment that would have banned the use of tear gas and other chemical agents by police in the state. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. House debates, allows continued police use of tear gas

Inyeong Kim July 30, 2020
The Massachusetts House overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would've banned police use of chemical riot control agents, such as tear gas or pepper spray.
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.
An attendee listens to a personal story of unjust incarceration through a telephone at the ACLU of Massachusetts’ 100-year anniversary event in Copley Square on Saturday. ANGELA YANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

ACLU of Massachusetts hosts pop-up experience in Copley Square

Angela Yang September 23, 2019
The exhibits gave participants insights into the hardships faced by those incarcerated in America's justice system and detailed the history and future of voting rights in America.
The Boston Police Department’s Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross speaks at an event honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. in January 2017. Gross took to Facebook Sunday regarding his views on the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit against the BPD. PHOTO COURTESY OF JERRY SASLAV/ U.S. AIR FORCE

Boston police commissioner stirs controversy with Facebook post criticizing ACLU racial profiling lawsuit

Alex LaSalvia November 29, 2018

Boston Police Commissioner William Gross caused controversy when, on his private Facebook account, he criticized the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts for their Nov. 15 lawsuit against...

Modern Musings: The midterm results have much to teach us about democracy

Modern Musings: The midterm results have much to teach us about democracy

Ausma Palmer November 14, 2018

Last week’s midterm elections were groundbreaking in many ways. By voting to elect an unprecedented number of women and members of the LGBTQ community, flip the House of Representatives back to blue...

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s push to eliminate taxpayer-funded motels for the homeless was upheld in a recent decision by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. ILLUSTRATION BY SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Court rules to continue limit on tax-payer funded housing for homeless

Daily Free Press Staff October 14, 2018
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration could continue its policy of only housing homeless families in tax-dollar funded motels as a last resort.
A student hands in his voter registration form to professor Chris Fahy at a voter registration drive hosted by the College of General Studies and the World Affairs Forum. SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CGS sees increase in student voting interest

Pooja Peravali October 4, 2018
As part of an initiative to encourage students to vote in the upcoming midterms, Boston University’s College of General Studies Student Government Association held a voter registration drive in the CGS lobby Monday and Tuesday.

Marijuana expungement, market participation evaluated by Cannabis Advisory Board

Eleanor Ho February 9, 2018

  The Cannabis Advisory Board held a public forum Thursday morning to discuss draft regulations concerning the use of marijuana in Massachusetts. These regulations will address several aspects...

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