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Could the United States succumb to a fascist regime in the near future? | Hard Right Turn

Nathan Metcalf February 28, 2023
The Republican constituency continues to shrink due to demographic shifts and the rejection of MAGA Movement ideals ​​— but true conservative champions have still shown no qualms about democracy being collateral damage in their party's pursuit of greatness. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Minority Report: The filibuster or the franchise

Lincoln Son Currie September 28, 2021
Protecting the right to vote is more critical than any senate rule, no matter how respected.
Voters in line at Higginson-Lewis K-8 school

Activists call for equitable redistricting in Massachusetts

Samuele Petruccelli February 26, 2021
Panelists from Lawyers for Civil Rights, Massachusetts Voter Table and Worcester Interfaith spoke on the necessity for grouping residents in districts with the same vested interests.
The importance of the Census remains despite the 2020 Census having closed already. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA | DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Once in a decade: purpose and impacts of the US census

Rachel Do November 4, 2020

The 2020 census has closed, and the demographic data collected this year will shape the landscape of political representation in the country for another decade. The census, conducted by the U.S....

Jun Li/DFP STAFF

Canceled: True progressives cannot be friends with conservatives

Bini Ollivier-Yamin November 3, 2020
If we are able to exorcise Trump from office, your conservative friends will still be conservative, and that’s still gross. Stop being friends with gross people, or at the very least, stop bragging about your email exchanges with them on Twitter.
The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground hosted a virtual panel on Monday to address justice, community and racial reconciliation. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU antiracism scholars evaluate activism in the current moment

Ashley Soebroto October 2, 2020
On Monday, the Howard Thurman Center hosted the first panel in a new series that will address questions of justice, community and racial reconciliation.
The installation “Election.” The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA) features maps of gerrymandered districts across the nation. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tufts art exhibit ‘Election’ visualizes complexities of gerrymandering

Martha Merrow November 7, 2018
Colorful maps adorn white walls at Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts’ Well and Weems Atrium gallery. Vibrant hues of green, orange, pink and blue draw attention to the shapes. The bright colors and shapes, seeming randomly drawn, determine the future of United States politics.
Max vs. Media: Why I’m Not Voting

Max vs. Media: Why I’m Not Voting

Max Berman October 31, 2018

On Tuesday, our country will decide the fate of Trumpism. The House is up for grabs and the Senate is fleetingly within reach. The nation mourns the loss of many in the Jewish community and yet grows more...

Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max Berman October 10, 2017

When founding the United States as a constitutional democracy, the founding fathers’ inspirations were theoretical — there was no modern republic they were trying to emulate, only theories of the unalienable...

BERMAN: Dear Democrats: take action and hope that irony swings both ways

BERMAN: Dear Democrats: take action and hope that irony swings both ways

Max Berman November 17, 2016

On Nov. 8 at 7 p.m., optimism ran through my veins. I turned on CNN while I continued to study for a midterm scheduled for the next day. By 8 p.m., I brushed away some nerves, but I could no longer concentrate...

OP-ED: Student Government: not by the people, not for the people

OP-ED: Student Government: not by the people, not for the people

Editors March 14, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. I heard both sides of representatives in the Constitutional Reform Committee decrying,...

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