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2020 Breakdown: It didn’t have to be this close

Gabriella Aponte November 5, 2020
If Biden’s campaign devoted even a quarter of the time it spent talking about restoring the soul of our nation to the policies and strategies they plan to implement, this race would have been a landslide for Biden.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

Canceled: True progressives cannot be friends with conservatives

Bini Ollivier-Yamin November 3, 2020
If we are able to exorcise Trump from office, your conservative friends will still be conservative, and that’s still gross. Stop being friends with gross people, or at the very least, stop bragging about your email exchanges with them on Twitter.
Lincoln Son Currie

Minority Report: Hardly settling — Part 4

Lincoln Son Currie October 29, 2020
Character is the most important quality of a president. Since the beginning of the 2020 election cycle, former Vice President Joe Biden has made character a key issue of his platform.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: What is the future of the Democratic Party?

Gabriella Aponte October 29, 2020
The future of the Democratic Party is one with two defined factions: the moderate, incrementalistic faction that fights to maintain the status quo, and the progressive, democratic socialists who fight to change the system.
EDITORIAL: DNC erodes its own values with new rules

EDITORIAL: DNC erodes its own values with new rules

Editors February 2, 2020
This radical change in campaign financing opens the doors for self-funding candidates like Michael Bloomberg to the upcoming Nevada debate. It points to the demise of the grassroots-type campaigning that the DNC required for the last eight debates and in previous presidential races. 
HAGERTY: The power of role models: a conversation with Khizr Khan

HAGERTY: The power of role models: a conversation with Khizr Khan

Grace Hagerty December 12, 2016

On Saturday afternoon the Association of Pakistani Physicians of New England and Boston University Organization of Pakistani Students co-hosted an event in the Metcalf Trustee Center. The keynote speaker...

EDITORIAL: Violent threats against Melania Trump are unacceptable, unhelpful

EDITORIAL: Violent threats against Melania Trump are unacceptable, unhelpful

Editors November 13, 2016

A Saturday night anti-Donald Trump demonstration in front of the president-elect’s new Washington, D.C. hotel brought out the good, the bad and the simply uncalled for. Images of a protester holding...

Roy Wood Jr., Jordan Klepper, Desi Lydic, Ronny Chieng, Trevor Noah, Jessica Williams and Hasan Minhaj of "The Daily Show." PHOTO COURTESY GAVIN BOND

INTERVIEW: Roy Wood Jr. and Hasan Minhaj of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” talk 2016 election

Emma Parkinson November 8, 2016

Through his reporting and critical eye in the political world from 1999 to 2015, Jon Stewart crafted a credible and popular program for Comedy Central, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." Upon his departure...

In celebration of his 1,000 days in office, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh holds a live chat on Facebook Friday afternoon. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh celebrates 1,000 days in office with Facebook Live chat

Sarah Wu October 2, 2016

To commemorate Saturday being his 1,000th day in office, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh held a live Facebook chat on Friday to answer questions from residents as well as discuss an array of initiatives...

After Democratic National Convention, Obama may win more voters

Daily Free Press Admin September 11, 2012

After the Democratic National Convention, which featured representatives such as former President Bill Clinton and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, President Barack Obama may have won over more Americans’...

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