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The flight path from Boston to Palestine on Distance Calculator. Local organizations around Boston, such as HEAL Palestine, have been working to evacuate children from Gaza and provide them with necessary care and medical attention amid conflict in the area. ISABELLA OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Local humanitarian efforts provide recovery care to children evacuated from Gaza

George Lehman October 31, 2024
Humanitarian organizations in Boston have been evacuating children from Gaza for months to provide medical care in the City as conflict in the region persists.
Protestors and members of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union march down Commonwealth Avenue toward 1 Silber Way during a walkout on May 1. BUGWU, which has been on strike since March 25, demands higher waves, comprehensive healthcare, childcare funding and workload protections from the University’s administration. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Graduate worker strike continues: everything to know about BUGWU so far

Kayla Baltazar June 2, 2024
The Boston University Graduate Workers Union has entered its 10th week of striking against the BU administration. Here is everything you need to know about BUGWU so far.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Should America nationalize the oil industry? | Money Matters

Jaeyoung Choi February 21, 2023
While Americans were paying record high prices at the pump, companies like Exxon were padding their pockets with billions.
Starbucks protest

Commonwealth Avenue Starbucks stakeout ends, contradicting perspectives from corporate and union

Fiona Broadie September 23, 2022
The Starbucks workers striking at 874 Commonwealth Avenue concluded their picket line on Monday night, prompting claims of "victory" and status quo.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Extending the student loan freeze only delays the inevitable

Editors April 8, 2022
But this postponement amounts to a temporary band-aid on a much larger crisis. The looming student debt apocalypse still remains no matter how many times Biden kicks it further down the road.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

ENDORSEMENT: A vote for Michelle Wu

Editors October 21, 2021
We, as a paper, endorse Michelle Wu because we believe in her vision, and we trust in her ability to achieve it.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Burning Out: How to exploit your employees and get away with it

Yvonne Tang October 7, 2021
Passion — or general satisfaction — is not everything a human needs to survive, and it should be okay to admit that.
boston university college democrats spring panel

BU College Democrats hold annual Spring panel, discuss activism

Vanessa Bartlett April 16, 2021
Faculty and activists discussed the experiences and challenges faced when organizing for change.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

2021 Breakdown: Bipartisanship is a lose-lose situation

Gabriella Aponte January 27, 2021

It’s the dawn of a proverbial new day in the United States — a new president, a new administration and a renewed sense of confidence in the president’s ability to deal with the crises at hand. President...

Lincoln Son Currie

Minority Report: Hardly settling — Part 4

Lincoln Son Currie October 29, 2020
Character is the most important quality of a president. Since the beginning of the 2020 election cycle, former Vice President Joe Biden has made character a key issue of his platform.
Vanessa Bartlett/DFP STAFF

2020 Breakdown: To vote or not to vote? That is the question

Gabriella Aponte October 23, 2020
The massive faults of each candidate inspire very little confidence in the hearts of voters and it begs — to borrow some Shakespearean verbiage — the question: to vote or not to vote?
EDITORIAL: The two-party system can evolve to make third parties more prominent actors

EDITORIAL: The two-party system can evolve to make third parties more prominent actors

Editors September 17, 2020
Due to the complexities of the two-party system, the Green Party — along with other third parties — don’t stand a real chance at winning a presidential election.
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