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The City of Boston will celebrate Black History Month virtually this year with events that follow a “Representation, Identity and Diversity” theme. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Black History Month goes virtual in Boston

Madison Mercado February 2, 2021
The Boston Public Library, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Historical Society are among several organizations hosting online lectures lectures and discussions throughout February.
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a virtual panel Friday in which professors discussed the impact of the U.S. presidential election on other countries. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

IR professors examine international impact of 2020 US presidential election

Rachel Do November 18, 2020
This year's election has fed much of American news coverage, but the race has also garnered attention far beyond U.S. borders.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: A precedented election

Lincoln Son Currie November 3, 2020
No matter who the president-elect is, he will have followed a precedent. I hope and expect 2020 will follow the precedent set in 1932, not 1948, by sending a Democrat to the White House following an economic disaster that began under a Republican president.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The Gadsden flag, and our campus

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 28, 2020
The Gadsden flag is racist. It is disgusting to see our administration — not just some random individual living on campus — display the flag so flagrantly. 
Granary Burying Ground on Boston’s Tremont Street. The City of Boston seeks the original locations of 11 gravestones through its Historic Burying Grounds Initiative. COURTESY OF WALLY GOBETZ VIA FLICKR

City investigates sites for displaced gravestones

Claire Williams October 20, 2020
Many of the gravestones date back to the 1600s and 1700s, and may have been repurposed as building materials or removed for maintenance.
Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development hosted a virtual panel on Thursday entitled, “Meeting the Moment: Teaching During Periods of Social Change,” in which Boston teachers and professors discussed the need for changing how the education system handles race. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston teachers, professors examine need for racial diversification in education system

Rachel Do October 18, 2020
In a time of great racial unrest, Boston educators gathered at Wheelock to discuss changes within their classrooms and among their students.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: It’s time to retire American reverence for Columbus

Editors October 9, 2020
As society and its morals evolve, there comes a time when Columbus’ time as an American icon of navigation and expansion should be no more.
Joel Herbert

Diamonds and Rust: Who Tells Your Story

Joel Herbert September 29, 2020
Understanding history through narratives is important, but there is also a danger in doing so. 
EDITORIAL: We must address racist fundamentals of American education system

EDITORIAL: We must address racist fundamentals of American education system

Editors September 24, 2020
Racism and hatred are learned behaviors, and we must do everything in our power to teach against them in the classroom.
EDITORIAL: #ScholarStrike should aim for lasting impact, not performatism

EDITORIAL: #ScholarStrike should aim for lasting impact, not performatism

Editors September 9, 2020
We should strive to prevent protests and strikes from becoming the societal norm, but the manner in which that quest will be achieved is still up in the air. Whatever that answer may be, it most definitely does not begin with performative activism on college campuses.
OP-ED: Should Fourth of July be Canceled?

OP-ED: Should Fourth of July be Canceled?

Editors June 29, 2020
We are in the midst of amplified tensions surrounding racism and police brutality, as well as a questionable response to a global pandemic from federal leaders. What exactly do we have to be commemorating right now?
British feminist and historian Sarah Knott spoke about “Mother is a Verb,” her 2019 memoir on female experiences of motherhood since the 17th century, at the Massachusetts Historical Society Wednesday. CAMERON MORSBERGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Feminist re-examines modern-day motherhood with historical perspective

Cameron Morsberger February 23, 2020
Sarah Knott, British feminist historian, shared her 2019 memoir titled “Mother is a Verb,” at the Massachusetts Historical Society on Wednesday evening. The work includes excerpts of letters and factual accounts of female experiences from the 17th century onward to establish a concrete history of the once voiceless women.
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