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GALLERY: 2021 March and Vigil for Black Trans Lives

GALLERY: 2021 March and Vigil for Black Trans Lives

Jasmine Li June 14, 2021

In the second annual march and vigil organized by Trans Resistance MA, demonstrators marched from Nubian Square to Franklin Park Playstead Saturday for Black transgender lives. Participants gathered afterward...

babam musician plays a tuba at an aclu march

Boston remains soundtracked by protest

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 8, 2021
The Boston Area Brigade of Activist Musicians draw inspiration from New Orleans street bands.
EDITORIAL: Michelle Wu’s run for mayor marks increased diversity and progression for Boston politics

EDITORIAL: Michelle Wu’s run for mayor marks increased diversity and progression for Boston politics

Editors September 16, 2020
When City Councilor Michelle Wu formally announced Tuesday that she will be running for mayor, residents rushed to express support. Many Bostonians have been hoping Wu would run for mayor for years now.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The BUPD — Part 2

Bini Ollivier-Yamin August 23, 2020
The solution to this is not as simple as instituting reforms and regulations for campus police. Municipal police officers are already limited by these regulations and accountability measures, and they are still brutalizing protestors and murdering Black people.
Bostonians march on Boylston Street during the Labor Day Rally Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO BY SOPHIA BROWN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hundreds gather on Boston Common on Labor Day in support of blue collar workers

Sophia Brown September 4, 2017

Labor Day morning, approximately 300 people gathered on Boston Common to march in support of strong labor unions and a $15 minimum wage, according to an official Facebook page for the rally. Organizers...

Boston residences gather Thursday night at First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain to "denounce the ongoing murders of black men, women and children." PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

First Baptist Church hosts vigil in support of Black Lives Matter

Carina Imbornone February 3, 2017

Approximately 500 people gathered outside the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain on Thursday night for the Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter. The silent vigil, which was the main focus of the...

Taiba Zahir and Marwa Sayed (CAS ‘17) march down Newbury Street in protest of police brutality Saturday. PHOTO BY ALLIE WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hundreds overtake Newbury Street in protest of police brutality in Ferguson

Monika Nayak October 27, 2014

Black Lives Matter: Boston, a social justice organization, led a group of 600 to 700 peaceful protestors down Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue on Saturday with the goal of bringing the issues...

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