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Dozens marched from Boston City Hall to the Boston Common on Thursday to demand immediate action on climate change. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Protesters demand climate justice at City Hall

Ele Berger October 16, 2020
Six social justice organizers spoke to the crowd at City Hall. The demonstrators then marched to Boston Common, chanting “stand up, fight back.”
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EDITORIAL: It’s time to retire American reverence for Columbus

Editors October 9, 2020
As society and its morals evolve, there comes a time when Columbus’ time as an American icon of navigation and expansion should be no more.
East to West: Oct. 9, 2020

East to West: Oct. 9, 2020

Justin Tang October 9, 2020

Today, we’ll cover extra steps for voters in isolation/quarantine housing, a professional fraternity under scrutiny for an unofficial gathering, young people causing an uptick in Boston coronavirus...

Joel Herbert

Diamonds and Rust: Columbus — The Myth, the Monster, the Man

Joel Herbert October 8, 2020
Centralizing blame on Columbus for all of the terrible things that came in his wake shifts accountability away from whole governments of people who have, and continue to, commit error.
The Christopher Columbus statue in the North End, beheaded in June, will not return to Christopher Columbus Park. Instead, a new statue that celebrates Italian heritage will take its place. COURTESY OF KATHRYN ROTONDO VIA FLICKR

Beheaded Christopher Columbus statue will not return to North End

Daniel Kool October 8, 2020
The repaired statue will instead relocate to a new affordable housing development funded by the Massachusetts Knights of Columbus.
The cover of “How the Brain Lost its Mind” by neurologist Allan Ropper and lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Brian Burrell, which looks at the stigmatization surrounding mental illness. COURTESY OF GOODREADS

Massachusetts authors discuss their book which examines the history of STDs

Cameron Morsberger October 10, 2019
Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell are trying to end this stigmatization in their new book, “How the Brain Lost its Mind: Sex, Hysteria, and the Riddle of Mental Illness.”
A pony with a dyed mane to reflect the flag of Italy attends the Columbus Day Parade outside of City Hall Sunday afternoon. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston confronts conflicted history with Columbus Day

Alana Fialkoff October 9, 2017

During the 80th anniversary of Columbus Day this past weekend, Bostonians took to the streets in celebration as well as in protest. To many revelers at the Columbus Day Parade on Sunday, the federal...

EDITORIAL: Let's redefine, reclaim Columbus Day for Native Americans

EDITORIAL: Let’s redefine, reclaim Columbus Day for Native Americans

Editors October 13, 2015

As we sit in our backyards with friends having barbecues and line up on the streets to take part in Columbus Day parades, many others are spending the day protesting the holiday in recognition of their...

PHOTO BY MINA CORPUZ/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDIT: Considering Columbus

Editors October 14, 2014

A general elementary school education consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic and the unquestionable knowledge that Christopher Columbus discovered America. We were told that this Italian man working...

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