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Modern Toolbox: Crypto is a silent protest

Jaeyoung Choi April 14, 2021
Crypto is a global movement to decentralize our finances and take back our economic power.
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Generation names explained

Veronica Thompson March 15, 2021
A “generation” is defined as a group of people born in the same time period, and generation names exemplify our human tendency to categorize ourselves. Here’s a brief, non-comprehensive list of the Western cultural generations.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: Bipartisanship is a bitter pill

Gabriella Aponte November 19, 2020
Compromise can result in good outcomes, and those are ultimately what we should support and strive for — not bipartisanship for bipartisanship’s sake.
Massachusetts dropped from first to seventh place among states with the highest employment in the United States from July to August. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts now has seventh highest unemployment in U.S.

Madison Mercado September 22, 2020
Massachusetts no longer has the country’s highest unemployment rate.
Pavement Coffeehouse on Commonwealth Avenue is one of many non-essential businesses that relies heavily on college students’ business and has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. JUSTIN HAWK/ DFP FILE

Boston businesses call for community support in midst of COVID-19 closures

Lily Kepner March 31, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic poses health risks for many individuals, but no amount of handwashing can protect businesses from the economic challenges it brings.
Majrila Gavrilov, Michael Brown, John Battaglia during the “#Finimized: Millenials and Banks” event in Boston on Friday. PHOTO BY FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Millennials prompt digital-first shift in banking industry

Samantha Drysdale February 21, 2018

As millennials have become more prominent in the workforce, they have been blamed for “destroying” innumerable American industries, including banking, according to an article from Tech Crunch....

BERMAN: Infuriating, terrible use of “unprecedented"

BERMAN: Infuriating, terrible use of “unprecedented”

Max Berman February 8, 2017

“Whatever” was ranked the most annoying word of 2016, for the eighth year in a row. Other contenders in sequential order are “No offense, but,” “Ya know, right?,” “I can’t even” and “Huge.”...

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(l to r) Andrew Garfield stars as 'Dennis Nash' and Michael Shannon as 'Rick Carver' in Broad Green Pictures upcoming release, 99 HOMES.
Credit: Hooman Bahrani / Broad Green Pictures

REVIEW: “99 Homes” plot has that many problems, but realism ain’t one

Caroline Aaron October 2, 2015

During the Great Recession of the 2000s, foreclosures were rampant and workers lost their jobs left and right. It was a terrible time for middle-class America, and we are still feeling the effects today. “99...

GAGNE-MAYNARD: The Language of Finance

GAGNE-MAYNARD: The Language of Finance

Benjamin Gagne-Maynard December 2, 2014

Maybe it was because I was sick of walking into the Boston University School of Management and feeling like an outsider, or maybe it was because I was sick of trying to figure out what the Occupy Wall...

Massachusetts gas prices have fallen 3 cents this week, which is a trend of decreasing prices at pumps across the country, according to a Monday press release from AAA Southern New England. PHOTO VIA FREEPHOTO.COM

Massachusetts gas prices continue to fall below $3 per gallon

Alexandra DelloStritto November 20, 2014

After years of high gas prices, drivers in Massachusetts will be able to fill up their tanks without breaking the bank. Gas prices in Massachusetts fell 3 cents last week, according to a Monday press...

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