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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

Who really cares what presidents wear? | Geek Chic

Anjola Odukoya March 4, 2025
If political history has taught us anything, it's that the fastest way to break a headline isn't record-breaking global heat or ongoing humanitarian crises — it’s a president wearing the wrong outfit.
Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

The paradox of Ukrainian security: The illusion of peace and the reality of justice | The Loop

Daria Romaniuk February 25, 2025
Locking your doors is what causes a break-in, at least according to President Donald Trump’s logic. His recent claim that Ukraine should have never started a war misses a crucial point: It was not Ukraine’s decision to wage war. A sovereign nation does not wake up one day and decide to be invaded.
Boston University Florence and Chafetz Hillel House. The results of the divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement by BU’s student government. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU SJP referendum results nullified, future divestment efforts uncertain

Truman Dickerson February 14, 2025
The results of a campus-wide divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement from Boston University Student Government.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Presidential candidates’ foreign policy is not so foreign | Con-Current Events

Frank Yang March 7, 2024
Who we end up electing as our president will directly affect the outcome of international turmoils. Let's vote, and vote wisely.
Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

Asia caught in the middle: The urgent need for U.S.-China peace to secure regional stability | Beyond the Compass

Kevin Mani March 15, 2023
It's impossible not to notice that Asian countries outside China are stuck in a precarious position. Their allegiance will ultimately decide the outcome of this growing Cold War between the U.S. and China, and it is their choices that will mute tensions.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Latest With Lin: Walking the tightrope, how much longer can India play both sides?

Michael Lin March 31, 2022
Although India’s ties to Russia have always been to the dismay of the U.S., the recent invasion of Ukraine has put a spotlight on this issue.
Yvonne Tang / DFP STAFF

OP-ED: Developing An Antiracist Foreign Policy

Editors December 1, 2021
It is beyond time to develop antiracist foreign policy — an approach which could lead to the end of systemic racism in world institutions.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: The temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol March 24, 2021
It’s always good to be cautious of health risks that could cause serious illnesses or even death.
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies hosted a panel Tuesday to encourage students to incorporate human rights into their career paths. COLE SCHONEMAN/ DFP FILE

Int’l relations professionals share how to break into human rights work

Caroline Bowden November 12, 2020

As public health, migration and climate crises persist around the globe, younger generations, including current college students, will soon take on the burden of these issues. A panel of experts...

STROINSKI: Leave North Korea alone

STROINSKI: Leave North Korea alone

Anna Stroinski April 18, 2017

Let's be honest — our relationship with North Korea has never, ever been good and we are unfortunately at fault for some of that. Now, don't get me wrong, North Korea is an abusive totalitarian state...

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton has right to play "woman card" as Donald Trump suggests

EDITORIAL: Hillary Clinton has right to play “woman card” as Donald Trump suggests

Editors April 28, 2016

It’s the same old sexism from Trump again. Republican candidate Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of playing the “woman’s card” and said, “If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she...

Puitzer Prize-winning author, reporter and editor Hedrick Smith speaks during “The Putin Challenge” Tuesday afternoon in the Trustee Ballroom. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Putin expert talks challenges, facets of Russian leader

Brianne Garrett November 11, 2015

Hedrick Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and Emmy Award-winning producer, spoke to Boston University students and faculty Tuesday about the “challenge” of Russian President...

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