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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The Boston Planning and Development Agency approves nine development plans for residential units. PHOTO BY RUI HUANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BPDA approves projects to create affordable housing units

Cynthia Fernandez March 22, 2017

The Boston Planning and Development Agency approved a total of nine new development projects, valued at approximately $157.7 million, according to a Friday press release from the BPDA. Of 91 new...

PHOTO BY KRISHNA SHARMA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Redevelopment Authority seeks extension for urban renewal plan

Kalina Newman March 22, 2016

The Boston Redevelopment Authority requested an extension Wednesday for a decade-old urban renewal plan, according to BRA representative Gina Physic. The original deadline of April 30 is approaching...

In response to two years of feedback from the Boston community, Mayor Martin Walsh announced reforms to the Boston Redevelopment Authority in an effort to create better relations between the agency and the people of Boston. PHOTO BY KRISHNA SHARMA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh announces reform for Boston Redevelopment Authority

Lavanya Prabhakar March 18, 2016

In an effort to establish trust in city planning, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced a plan Tuesday to reform the identity of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, according to a Tuesday press release. “This...

A panel, "Missing Voices, Daunting Choices,” was held in the Howard Thurman Center Thursday evening. PHOTO BY JAKE FRIEDLAND/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Experts, students review erasure of women in Black Lives Matter movement

Weihua Li November 6, 2015

Black women and the black LGBT community are still struggling for involvement in civil right movements such as the national Black Lives Matter campaign, said a group of panelists at the “Missing Voices,...

Boston University School of Social Work professor Phillipe Copeland speaks at “50 Years Later: A Discussion on Voting Rights and Mass Incarceration in 2015” at the School of Theology Tuesday. PHOTO BY OLEG TEPLYUK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Impact of voting rights, mass incarceration examined in panel

Mina Corpuz April 8, 2015

A group of community leaders and scholars spoke on a panel Tuesday at Boston University’s School of Theology about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its link to mass incarceration. The panel examines...

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