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‘Pretty Baby’ or ‘Pretty Terrible?’ — when it comes to children on social media, it’s the latter | On the Record

Addison Schmidt April 13, 2023
It rests on our collective conscience to avoid the unnecessary exploitation of a generation who cannot yet spell the word privacy — let alone understand its importance.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Sincerely, Ally: Authentic travel is a privilege

Alexia Nizhny February 4, 2022
In order for the tourism industry to be successful, it fundamentally relies on profiting off of the labor and exotification of locals. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Crypto is a silent protest

Jaeyoung Choi April 14, 2021
Crypto is a global movement to decentralize our finances and take back our economic power.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With a View: Ancient Greece and Italy share hospitality and xenophobia

Antonia Lehnert April 12, 2021
Before being hosted in someone’s home, one should feel welcomed in their country first.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Despite severity, the Boston Marathon bomber’s actions don’t justify the immorality of capital punishment

Editors March 23, 2021
The death penalty is immoral and an amplifier of existing racial inequities in our judicial system.
greater boston tenants union protestors outside the institute of contemporary art

Tenants of Fineberg Companies protest outside the Institute of Contemporary Art

Rin Velasco March 22, 2021
The owner of Fineberg Companies is a member of the ICA’s Board of Trustees and a major donor.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Cultural appropriation of tequila

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol March 3, 2021
If Kendall Jenner is receiving all the criticism in the tequila industry, shouldn’t we extend that scrutiny to all the other wrong-doers and shed light on other non-Mexican celebrities in the tequila-making industry?
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The profound connection between conservatorship, exploitation

Max Ferrandino February 24, 2021
The conservatorship system is fundamentally exploitative and does not have the interests of the conservatee at heart.
Abbigale Shi

Mind Your Business: Marketing targets people and their insecurities

Abbigale Shi February 25, 2020
It’s important to spread positive messages and stop setting impossible standards. It’s time to move into a new age of marketing and highlight the ways in which customers will legitimately benefit from using a product.

EDIT: “Ambition at a cost”

Daily Free Press Admin March 4, 2013

“Long hours and low pay go hand in hand in the creative class,” wrote The New York Times cheerily Friday. Apparently today’s young generation of aspiring professionals — especially those trying...

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