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The Daily Free Press

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The entrance to FirstPoint Office. The U.S. Department of Education recently announced it will “penalize” schools that consider race in an array of activities, like offering scholarships, hiring faculty and more, by cutting federal funding sent to these institutions. LAUREN ALBANO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Education Department targets race-based programs at schools, BU groups assess potential impact

Amil Coutinho Amado March 2, 2025
The United States Department of Education announced in a Feb. 14 letter that schools had until Feb. 28 to cease all efforts considering race in decisions pertaining to scholarships, hiring, administrative support and more, threatening a potential loss of federal funding to institutions that do not comply.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor, Josephine Kalbfleisch | DFP Photographer, Lauren Albano | Campus Co-Editor

Musk Foundation donations to BU rocketry club launch debate

Lauren Albano February 28, 2025
Donations made by the Musk Foundation to a BU rocketry team uncovered by The Daily Free Press are igniting debates over private donorship and revealing intra-University tensions over the funding it receives.
The Massachusetts Turnpike. The Allston I-90 Multimodal project is expected to begin construction in late 2027. ISABELLE OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Allston Multimodal Project receives federal funding, raising questions for what’s next

George Lehman March 19, 2024
After receiving long-awaited federal funding, the Allston multimodal project is expected to break ground in late 2027. 
The Massachusetts Turnpike. The Allston Multimodal Project, which is currently waiting on an environmental review and federal funding, is expected to reconfigure the stretch of the I-90 through Allston-Brighton. ISABELLE OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Allston Multimodal Project will reconfigure the neighborhood if approved

Valeria Rivera February 2, 2024
Over a decade into its existence, the Allston Multimodal Project remains in the early stages of development, currently undergoing environmental review and awaiting federal funding. If given the green light, the project is expected to reconfigure the stretch of the I-90 through Allston-Brighton, in aims to inspire livability, mobility and economic growth.
Conley Container Terminal

Boston Harbor shipping terminal completed hunt for multi-year and multi-million investment to expand globally

Emilia Wisniewski October 6, 2022
The Paul W. Conley Container Terminal at Boston Harbor, raised nearly $850 million for infrastructure improvements and global expansion with funding coming from a variety of sources.
u-mart store in boston

Boston immigrant-owned businesses reflect loss amid COVID-19, policy makers provide fundings

Ashley Soebroto March 11, 2021
Approaching the year anniversary of the shutdown, immigrant-owned businesses in Boston reflect on challenges securing loans and staying afloat through unprecedented economic hardship.
symphony station

MBTA plans accessibility improvements to Green Line’s Symphony Station

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 5, 2021
Members of Green Line Transformation shared details of the station’s design at a virtual community meeting Wednesday, as the Symphony Station Accessibility Improvements project enters its final design phase.
Lenox Street Apartments public housing

Lenox Street Apartments affordable housing complex in South End to undergo $125 million renovation

Anne Jonas March 3, 2021
Originally built in 1939, the 285-unit building will be modernized through the infusion of nearly $125 million in financing and a partnership between Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority.
2,600 Massachusetts students with disabilities became eligible to receive free and reduced-price meals and qualify for Pandemic-EBT benefits this month. COURTESY OF HENRY KELLNER VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Massachusetts expands free, reduced lunch benefits for BPS students

Tanisha Bhat February 8, 2021
The extension of benefits comes almost a year after the outbreak of COVID-19, which forced many schools to transition to hybrid and remote learning — a change that has been uniquely impactful to students who relied on subsidized lunches to eat.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. If Walsh is confirmed by the Senate as Labor Secretary, he will look to take his labor- and community-oriented values to Washington. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE

Recap of Walsh’s mayoral legacy

Daniel Kool January 28, 2021
At 21, he joined Boston’s Laborers Local 223 Union, maintaining active involvement for over 20 years. Now, the 53-year-old is being pulled to D.C., where he awaits a likely confirmation as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor.
Harvard University prevailed in a court case against Students For Fair Admissions on Thursday, after the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the University's admissions process does not discriminate against Asian American applicants. MADHAV KOHLI/ DFP FILE

Appeals court rules Harvard does not discriminate against Asian-American applicants

Daniel Kool November 16, 2020
The First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sided with Harvard University in a yearslong discrimination case Thursday, ruling that the University does not intentionally discriminate against Asian-American applicants.
Rio’s Reel: Horror Movies — the last apolitical genre

Rio’s Reel: Horror Movies — the last apolitical genre

Rio Reardon October 21, 2020
It’s easy to see how all media, and really all of human activity, is political — every social activity involves making decisions, every set of humans is organized in some way and these organizations will influence the decisions that are made.
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