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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston honors LGBTQ+ military personnel with “Always ask, Proud to Tell Day”

Samuele Petruccelli September 21, 2021
Boston lawmakers deemed Sept. 20 a day of honor and visibility for LGBTQ+ military personnel.
Massachusetts is ready to deploy pop-up hospitals again if necessary as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

Massachusetts prepares to reopen field hospitals as COVID-19 cases rise

Katarzyna Jezak November 13, 2020
Five temporary medical sites operated this spring in Massachusetts, including Boston Hope on Boylston Street, as well as sites in Lowell, Dartmouth and Worcester. 

BENNAIM: It’s time for a change in military spending

Amid Bennaim October 28, 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama did something that he doesn’t usually do on Thursday: he vetoed a bill, which he has done only five times since taking office in 2008. The defense policy bill aims to fund...

GAGNE-MAYNARD: Serving Those Who Serve

GAGNE-MAYNARD: Serving Those Who Serve

Benjamin Gagne-Maynard November 12, 2014

Every Nov. 11, the pomp and circumstance of American patriotism arrives in full and resounding force. Newspapers are littered with tales of heroism and humility, HDTV screens show just how billowing and...

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