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The Daily Free Press

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Philosophical Soup: Like the art, hate the artist

Max Ferrandino April 8, 2021
Problematic artists like Kanye West can be valued and criticized at the same time.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: Hypocritical Republicans are finally getting their dose of karma

Gabriella Aponte October 8, 2020
The super-spreader event that led so many Republicans to become afflicted with coronavirus is the very event that could impede their main purpose for holding and attending it in the first place.
The Massachusetts Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team returned to Beverly on Sunday after being deployed to assess wildfire damage and locate survivors in Oregon. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. firefighters return from Oregon deployment

Joy Pereira September 22, 2020
Twenty-five Massachusetts members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Urban Search and Rescue team returned home Sunday after they were deployed to help with Oregon’s wildfires. Personnel and resources from 39 states and several Canadian provinces were sent to help the state.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: How does Trump make it about him every time?

Meredith Varner September 16, 2018

It’s been just over a year since Hurricane Irma hit, and the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria follows closely behind. While these storms impacted the mainland of the United States, no one suffered...

Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Trump fumbles Puerto Rico

Burke’s Bully Pulpit: Trump fumbles Puerto Rico

Patrick Burke October 11, 2017

Late September, Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, leaving the island without food, water or power. President Donald Trump has taken a strange approach to solving this ongoing crisis: stepping back and...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and the Boston Foundation announce the Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico fund Friday. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Massachusetts pledges aid to Puerto Ricans, prepares to help evacuees

Isabel Contreras October 3, 2017

Massachusetts will provide aid to the people of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in the last week by providing resources to those in need, as well as assembling a task force...

A map shows flood zones and evacuation routes in Boston. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Thursday that the City of Boston and the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region received $18 million in homeland security funding. ILLUSTRATION FROM CITYOFBOSTON.GOV

Boston receives $18 million grant for security

Amanda Burke April 6, 2015

The City of Boston and the Metro Boston Homeland Security Region received an $18 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help fund the Boston Mayor Martin Walsh's Office of Emergency...

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