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Highway to Health: Fossil fuel harvesters bring harm to Indigenous communities through decades of greed

Bailey Salimes April 25, 2022
Preserving biodiversity and allowing for multicultural equity should be at the top of each of our priority lists.
Boston University Student Government discusses Divest BU endorsement proposal

StuGov discusses BU’s divestment from fossil fuels, election updates in weekly meeting

Anna Vidergar March 2, 2021
Boston University Student Government committed to endorsing Divest BU in a Zoom meeting Monday night.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: The appalling disenfranchisement of Native Americans

Meredith Varner October 22, 2018

With all of the elections coming up in the United States, it seems everyone is talking about how important it is to go out and vote. They would be right. Voting as an American is a civic duty that everyone...

EDITORIAL: President Brown should uphold sanctuary campus’ principles without title

EDITORIAL: President Brown should uphold sanctuary campus’ principles without title

Editors January 26, 2017

President Donald Trump stepped into the Oval Office and immediately sat down to fulfill the plans he made while on the campaign trail. Within his first few days, Trump signed 12 executive orders, ranging...

Protesters approach the Morton County Sheriff’s Department on Nov. 4 to fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. PHOTO COURTESY SCOTTY SCHENK/ THE HUNTINGTON NEWS

Northeastern students participate in DAPL protests at Standing Rock

Alyssa Meyers November 30, 2016

Instead of going home for Thanksgiving, a group of 13 Northeastern University students traveled to North Dakota to participate in the protests at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, according to Austin...

Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline march through Boston on Sept. 19. PHOTO BY ALYSSA MEYERS/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Opponents of DAPL continue protests in Boston

Alyssa Meyers November 29, 2016

Two local activists took action to encourage TD Bank to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline by blocking the entrance to the bank’s Downtown Crossing branch on Friday morning, according to a press...

An exhibit demonstrates the value of human rights at Amnesty International’s Northeast Regional Conference on Saturday. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Amnesty International conference inspires attendees

Haley Fritz November 13, 2016

Hundreds of Amnesty International volunteers and activists traveled from all over the country Boston last weekend for the organization’s Northeast Regional Conference, which took place in Cambridge...

STROINSKI: Clinton should speak on tribal sovereignty

STROINSKI: Clinton should speak on tribal sovereignty

Anna Stroinski September 16, 2016

On Sept. 9, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama temporarily halted construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, a proposed crude oil pipeline that would stretch from North Dakota...

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