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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Supreme Court slashes affirmative action: what should come next?

Editors September 11, 2023

The Supreme Court voted 6-2 on June 29 on the case Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard College in a decision which determined that affirmative action in higher education violated the Equal Protections...

Meredith Varner

American Protest: The end of the Trump era

Meredith Varner November 13, 2020
There will never be a time when there is nothing to fix, so I will always have something to write about. I do see Trump leaving office as a closing of a chapter though, and I feel hopeful about the future of this country for the first time in four years.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Political leaders are sabotaging democracy with barriers to voting

Luca Becker October 29, 2020
While the people and governments of the United States champion the democratic value of voting, voter suppression has plagued this nation since its founding.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Packing the Supreme Court is necessary to maintain fair democracy

Luca Becker October 14, 2020
As our founding fathers intended, adding more seats to the Supreme Court would force our judicial branch to be less partisan and more democratic.
Max Ferrandino

Politics Philosophized: Addressing partisan politics in the Supreme Court is more complicated than it seems

Max Ferrandino October 2, 2020
There are two viable options for altering the future state of the Supreme Court: setting term limits and court packing.
Lincoln Son Currie

Minority Report: Democrats, reject the last acceptable prejudice

Lincoln Son Currie September 29, 2020
No person should have their faith used against them as proof that they are or are not loyal to America. I hope Democrats do not spout the dual loyalty lie and preserve the last acceptable prejudice.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The BUPD — Part 7

Bini Ollivier-Yamin September 24, 2020
Abolishing the BUPD does not mean abolishing all University services and leaving it at that. Abolishing the BUPD requires that we create and fund more effective alternatives.
Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson holds an open roundtable with journalists from college newspapers and talked about gentrification as well as education. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tito Jackson hosts media roundtable with college newspapers

Shannon Larson February 3, 2017

Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson engaged in a discussion with a group of student newspaper representatives at City Hall about how President Donald Trump’s executive orders will affect Boston. Jackson...

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