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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Minority Report: For Steve Wilks and other Black NFL head coaches, winning isn’t enough

Lincoln Son Currie February 1, 2023
There's a clear message to current and aspiring Black coaches in the NFL: your winning will not necessarily reward you.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: Banning books and axing APs — America’s anti-intellectualism problem

Editors January 25, 2023
As anti-intellectualism becomes more and more partisan, it also becomes harder to ignore.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

A Room With a View: Are protests effective in the modern era?

Antonia Lehnert April 25, 2022
If Putin didn’t factor in the international response to his actions, he surely wouldn't care to read the hundreds of slogans people are using against him in other areas of the world. 
Yvonne Tang | Daily Free Press Staff

I Call Foul Play: Addressing implicit bias starts with being aware of our language

Luca Becker April 23, 2021
To reduce implicit bias, we should be conscious of not only the way we think but also how we speak.
Seema Thakkar/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston Police’s overtime budget is out of control, in desperate need of fewer officers, reallocation

Editors April 15, 2021
We must stop spending hundreds of millions paying the criminals, abusers and killers who “protect” us.
elizabeth warren and ibram x kendi in a school of public health event at boston university

SPH, Center for Antiracist Research host three-part lectures on health policy, racial inequities

Olga Benacerraf April 12, 2021
The series featured discussions with Ibram X. Kendi, Ayanna Pressley and Elizabeth Warren.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

OP-ED: Environmental racism is a legacy of white supremacy

Editors April 6, 2021
BU, hen will you uphold your sustainability and anti-racist mission and divest from fossil fuels?
stop asian protest in nubian square

Activists rally against anti-Asian hate in Nubian Square

Sam Trottenberg March 28, 2021
The event was part of a National Day of Action — similar rallies took place in more than 60 cities.
The liberator abolitionist newspaper

BU Center for Antiracist Research partners with The Boston Globe in new anti-racist publication

Yiran Yu March 25, 2021
“The Emancipator,” a multimedia site set to launch this summer, seeks to focus on racial justice.
Harvard College lawn

Boston-area universities not entirely successful at diversity efforts

Sam Trottenberg February 18, 2021
The first African American graduate from Harvard College was Richard Theodore Greener in 1870. Today, the current Harvard College freshman class is 14.7 percent African American.
Martin Luther King Jr statue at Marsh Chapel

Black students, faculty, staff reflect on their experiences at BU

Madhri Yehiya February 18, 2021
Black students, staff and faculty at Boston University shared their experiences as members of a minority group on campus and their thoughts on the University’s handling of racism in recent months.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The University’s ‘diversity’ marketing is misleading, hurtful

Editors February 18, 2021
BU’s marketing — and the handful of diversity victories — it clings to is not representative of its reality. Though it may be implementing anti-racist policies, the change is not visible in classrooms, on campus or at an administrative level.
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