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Nathan Philips, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Earth and Environment, and Alice Arena hold signs at Philips’ demonstration at Marsh Plaza March 5. Philips regularly uses his office window on the fourth floor of BU’s College of Arts and Sciences to display political messages to passersby along Commonwealth Avenue. PHOTO BY PHOEBE MILLER

‘Say his name’: BU faculty, graduate workers reflect on University responses to political speech

Lauren Albano March 30, 2025
With the recent executive crackdown on universities for pro-Palestine activism, the incident with Phillips’ signage sparked dialogue among BU faculty and students over administrative responses to free speech on campus.
Questrom School of Business Rafik B. Hariri Building. Former Questrom Media Technician Jared May is under investigation for sharing a post of six DOGE employees with the caption “Wanted for Treason Dead or Alive” on social media platform X. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BREAKING: BU employee Jared May’s post about DOGE employees triggers national outrage

Lauren Albano February 5, 2025
Boston University employee Jared May is under fire after he posted online Monday about six young DOGE employees, garnering national attention and outrage.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

A love letter to the strangest show I’ve ever watched: ‘Twin Peaks’

Lea Tran January 29, 2025
“This is like some kind of miracle. A phenomenon,” shouted Deputy Gordon Cole, a “Twin Peaks” character played by the beloved David Lynch. And that’s what “Twin Peaks” was — some sort of phenomenon. It’s a show that proved TV could be a medium for artistic storytelling. 
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University. Akram speaks about how her upbringing impacts her work today and the importance of human rights law. COURTESY OF SUSAN AKRAM

School of Law director advocates for Palestinian refugee rights

Sara Sugita April 10, 2024
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the Boston University School of Law, said she saw generational trauma firsthand. Akram started teaching at BU in 1993, where she now supervises students representing international non-governmental organizations at the International Human Rights Clinic, IHRC.
Northeastern bombing

After Northeastern explosion, questions linger but no official answers

Daily Free Press Admin September 15, 2022
Community and law enforcement are still searching for answers regarding the Tuesday night package explosion at Northeastern University.
protesters at a mass action against police brutality national day of action

Activists continue calling for an end to police violence

Rin Velasco April 26, 2021
Mass Action held its third protest since the killing of Daunte Wright more than two weeks ago.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: The lack of promise in ‘Promising Young Woman’

Bini Ollivier-Yamin April 12, 2021
We must build a justice system that cares for sexual assault survivors, rather than rely on police.
demonstrator holds a stop the hate sign at a stop asian hate rally in boston common

State lawmakers call for clearer definition of hate crimes

Colbi Edmonds March 30, 2021
A proposed bill looks to create a clearer definition and punishment of a hate crime in the state.
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Cinephilia: Netflix’s ‘Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal’ is insightful but misses the mark

Andrew Harwood March 29, 2021
“Operation Varsity Blues” makes waves that aren’t big enough to get out of the shallow end.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Concepts of terrorism

Bini Ollivier-Yamin January 24, 2021
It’s important the crowd of mangy white supremacists who broke into the Capitol a few weeks ago are labeled as terrorists. But do the same for the cops letting them into the building and posing for selfies, the cops participating in the insurrection and the cops who engage in acts of terrrorism on the daily.
Andre Salkin

Skate On The Paradigm: Trump’s confused love affair with fascist paramilitaries

Andre Salkin October 6, 2020
Trump himself is not politically conscious enough to subscribe to fascism. Rather, his political motivations are mostly rooted in a selfish sense of opportunism, leading him to value personal loyalty over ideological preference. 
Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump in THE COMEY RULE, "Night Two". Photo Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/CBS Television Studios/SHOWTIME.

REVIEW: ‘The Comey Rule’ portrays real-life events with scary accuracy

Kyla Denisevich October 1, 2020
Two months before a high-tension presidential election, television is re-examining the Trump administration and controversy that’s since fallen out of the public eye.
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