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The hidden people: Middle Eastern and North African erasure in U.S. demography | Loud People, Quiet Spaces

Banu Mammadli April 27, 2023
In ignoring the racial identity of MENA people, we are effectively ignoring their stories, voices, culture, value, humanity, vast contributions to American society and all that they have endured at the expense of white supremacy.
A Boston voter submits their ballot. Mayor Kim Janey challenged the 2020 City of Boston Census count this week following recent research from Boston’s Planning and Development Agency citing the count underreporting the city’s student, incarcerated and foreign-born residents. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Mayor Janey vows to contest 2020 Boston Census

Hailey Pitcher October 26, 2021
Acting Mayor Kim Janey challenged the 2020 U.S. Census count for Boston in an Oct. 21 letter.
Voters in line at Higginson-Lewis K-8 school

Activists call for equitable redistricting in Massachusetts

Samuele Petruccelli February 26, 2021
Panelists from Lawyers for Civil Rights, Massachusetts Voter Table and Worcester Interfaith spoke on the necessity for grouping residents in districts with the same vested interests.
A child plays with toys.

City and state lawmakers jumpstart child care agenda

Samuele Petruccelli February 22, 2021
The Mayor’s Office will conduct its second Boston Childcare Survey alongside this year’s Annual Resident Listing. Meanwhile, a separate bill pushing to establish universal child care in Massachusetts is circulating the statehouse.
In a Thursday panel hosted by the Boston University School of Public Health, health experts discussed public policy issues that affected the U.S. coronavirus response. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School of Public Health hosts panel discussing health care under Biden administration

Connor Allen February 8, 2021
BU's School of Public Health hosted experts in sociology, medicine and public health in a panel last Thursday to discuss potential policy changes the Biden Administration could adopt to improve health care in the United States for all.
2,600 Massachusetts students with disabilities became eligible to receive free and reduced-price meals and qualify for Pandemic-EBT benefits this month. COURTESY OF HENRY KELLNER VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Massachusetts expands free, reduced lunch benefits for BPS students

Tanisha Bhat February 8, 2021
The extension of benefits comes almost a year after the outbreak of COVID-19, which forced many schools to transition to hybrid and remote learning — a change that has been uniquely impactful to students who relied on subsidized lunches to eat.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: Networking and nepotism are both OK as long as we recognize the impact of our connections

Alexia Nizhny December 2, 2020
The reality is this: who we know has a huge impact on our careers, and in order to better prepare ourselves to be successful, we have to appreciate what, and who, got us there.
The importance of the Census remains despite the 2020 Census having closed already. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Once in a decade: purpose and impacts of the US census

Rachel Do November 4, 2020

The 2020 census has closed, and the demographic data collected this year will shape the landscape of political representation in the country for another decade. The census, conducted by the U.S....

EDITORIAL: Not voting is counterintuitive to societal change

EDITORIAL: Not voting is counterintuitive to societal change

Editors October 2, 2020
Many young, leftist voters have expressed their burning disdain for the government and are protesting the upcoming election by not voting. But, it is an unproductive use of their constitutional right as a citizen.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at a Stop & Shop worker’s strike in April. Walsh recently announced the 2019-20 Spark Council which oversees increasing civic engagement among young adults. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Walsh announces his picks for this year’s Spark Council

Gabriella Finocchio October 10, 2019
The spark council will work to "fill gaps" in the community while encouraging Boston's young adults to register to vote, participate in the 2020 Census and get involved in the community.
Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 2-Nov. 5

Campus Crime Logs: Nov. 2-Nov. 5

Sophia Brown November 9, 2017

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Nov. 2-5. Wellness check requested for student in Warren Towers A caller from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...

Thomas Perls, professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, was added to the United States Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Monday. PHOTO COURTESY THOMAS PERLS

BU professor chosen to assist with 2020 Census

Sekar Krisnauli October 21, 2015

Boston University School of Medicine professor Thomas Perls has been named one of three new members of the United States Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations,...

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