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The Daily Free Press

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Boston Public Garden. The construction around the Boston Public Garden to improve accessibility and restore fountains has been ongoing for nearly five months. HALEY ALVAREZ-LAUTO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Construction to the Boston Public Garden fountains expected to finalize in summer

Madyline Swearing February 12, 2024
Construction to improve accessibility and restore fountains around the Boston Public Garden is expected to end this summer, marking nearly five months since its start in Sept. 2023.
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Don’t defame our greatest president

Lincoln Son Currie February 11, 2021
If you consider Lincoln’s entire career, you’ll see he wasn’t a problematic president and an entirely bad man — certainly not one unworthy of having a school named after him. 
Independent candidate Jon Lott ran against Democratic incumbent Rep. Stephen Lynch for Massachusetts’ 8th congressional district. COURTESY OF JON LOTT

Independent candidates challenge Mass. incumbents to push non-establishment ideas

Allison Pirog November 4, 2020
Voters casting their ballot this election may have noticed some unfamiliar names. Three independent candidates ran for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts this election to challenge the status quo and highlight issues they are passionate about.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: It’s time to retire American reverence for Columbus

Editors October 9, 2020
As society and its morals evolve, there comes a time when Columbus’ time as an American icon of navigation and expansion should be no more.
Hot Take: Political parties do more harm than good

Hot Take: Political parties do more harm than good

Matthew Drulias November 29, 2017

Possibly one of the safest, yet most widely ignored beliefs regarding American politics is that political parties are inherently bad — anyone with a primary school education can tell you that George...

Hot Take: Political parties do more harm than good

Hot Take: Political parties do more harm than good

Matthew Drulias November 29, 2017

Possibly one of the safest, yet most widely ignored beliefs regarding American politics is that political parties are inherently bad — anyone with a primary school education can tell you that George...

Hot Take: Political parties do more harm than good

Hot Take: Political parties do more harm than good

Matthew Drulias November 28, 2017

Possibly one of the safest, yet most widely ignored beliefs regarding American politics is that political parties are inherently bad — anyone with a primary school education can tell you that George...

STROINSKI: Should our historical monuments come crashing down?

STROINSKI: Should our historical monuments come crashing down?

Anna Stroinski September 4, 2017

History — well, history done right — is simply a fair analysis of the past, an analysis that usually involves an argument. Whether the argument is stated outright or embedded in the presentation of...

JOHNSTON: What food says about the 2016 political environment

JOHNSTON: What food says about the 2016 political environment

Andrew Johnston September 21, 2016

It’s not often that food consumption becomes a major topic of a tightly fought political race, but when you’re really stuck between two ridiculous candidates, it might be helpful to acknowledge their...

EDITORIAL: Rockefeller Foundation's "Hamilton" grant gives students unforeseen chance to "rise up"

EDITORIAL: Rockefeller Foundation’s “Hamilton” grant gives students unforeseen chance to “rise up”

Editors October 28, 2015

Students in low-income school districts around New York will be given the chance of a lifetime in early 2016: they will be seeing the continually sold-out production of “Hamilton” for the #Ham4Ham...

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