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The origins of American fascism | Hard Right Turn

Nathan Metcalf February 13, 2023
The interesting thing about fascism and socialism, despite being ideologically antithetical, is that since they're both a response to the failures of capitalism.
A surveillance camera. The Boston City Council’s Committee on Government Operations discussed an ordinance Thursday that would ban the use of face surveillance by the City. COURTESY OF PAWEL CZERWINSKI VIA UNSPLASH

City Council updates ordinance overseeing surveillance, information sharing at hearing

Olga Benacerraf October 12, 2021
The Boston City Council discussed surveillance oversight at a virtual meeting Thursday.
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Burning Out: The unconscious learning and unlearning of a fear of authority

Yvonne Tang April 26, 2021
The present teaches me to fear authority, but the past teaches me to do what I think is right.
employees around a table in a conference room

BU alumni discuss diversity, inclusion in modern workplace

Connor Allen April 6, 2021
Alumni from various BU majors spoke on their experience with inclusion in the workplace at a panel.
children light candles at a stop asian hate protest

Activists call for equity, representation in response to anti-Asian violence

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 28, 2021
Panelists discussed systemic inequity, the model minority myth and openly racist hate crimes.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

MLK, Coretta Scott King memorial planned for Boston Common

Olga Benacerraf March 25, 2021
Installation of the abstracted bronze figure is expected to take place in October of 2022.
john lewis mural at food for free in cambridge

Vandalized John Lewis mural finds new home at Cambridge nonprofit

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 15, 2021
A mural of civil rights icon John Lewis found a new home at Food for Free’s volunteer packing center in East Cambridge after being defaced in November.
demonstrators at a stop asian hate protest in boston common

Activists rally against racists attacks on Asian Americans

Madison Mercado March 15, 2021
The protest joined a growing list of rallies across the country. Spectators and protesters gathered around the Parkman Bandstand painting cardboard signs with messages such as “Stop Asian Hate” and “I am not a virus.”
prison cell block

COVID-19 exacerbates Massachusetts DOC health care shortcomings

Colbi Edmonds March 11, 2021
Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”
East to West: Mar. 1, 2021

East to West: Mar. 1, 2021

Justin Tang March 1, 2021

It’s the first day of March! Today on East to West, we cover the state’s decision to halt vaccine distribution at universities, new MBTA construction on BU’s West Campus, activists calling...

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.
student immigrant movement college access program

Student Immigrant Movement strives to support students seeking higher education

Divya Sood February 24, 2021
A Massachusetts-based grassroots organization led by immigrant youth — the Student Immigrant Movement — virtually relaunched their College Access Program Friday to support immigrant students’ seeking higher education.
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