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apartment building in Brookline

BU Public Health officials advocate for student tenant rights

Daily Free Press Staff September 10, 2021
Housing activists inform student tenants of their rights in hybrid meeting Thursday.
children light candles at a stop asian hate protest

Activists call for equity, representation in response to anti-Asian violence

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 28, 2021
Panelists discussed systemic inequity, the model minority myth and openly racist hate crimes.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker proposed the elimination of the “family cap,” a welfare rule that denies benefits to children born into families who already receive public assistance. COURTESY OF MARK HERLIHY/ HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE

Baker proposes lifting welfare cap on children

Anastasia Eremina January 29, 2019
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker included a provision in the state’s fiscal year 2020 budget that would end the “family cap,” a welfare rule that prevents children who are born to families that already receive public assistance from receiving benefits.
Participants paint as part of MABWorks, a vocational program for people with developmental disabilities, has raised complaints of discrimination against the MBTA. PHOTO BY SHANNON LARSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MABWorks, disabled community calls for change within MBTA

Shannon Larson May 3, 2017

Robin Cripps suffered from traumatic injuries as a result of a car crash in 1994, landing her in a coma for approximately one month. When she left the hospital, her entire world had changed. Cripps...

Ellen Parker is a Boston University alumna and executive director of Project Bread, a nonprofit organization to assist those in need of food. PHOTO COURTESY EMILY ABBOTT

TERRIERS INBIZ: Project Bread’s Ellen Parker on fighting statewide hunger

Michaela Johnston December 10, 2015

Terriers InBiz is a series that highlights Boston University alumni who have been innovative leaders in their field and have played a significant role in businesses, locally or globally. Ellen Parker...

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