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The Daily Free Press

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The Home of the Brave | Bad Business

Nathan Metcalf November 7, 2022
In theory the U.S. should be more than capable of housing its homeless population of approaching 600,000 people, yet homelessness rates have precipitously risen throughout the past decade.
Homeless individuals use umbrellas and tarps as shelter. Boston struggles to handle the substantial homeless population on Massachusetts Avenue. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP STAFF

Mass and Cass sees growing number of homeless encampments

Zach Schwartz September 26, 2022
The City has not announced any new initiatives for tackling specifically Mass and Cass despite a growing unhoused population on the intersection.
Jan. 31, 2022

Jan. 31, 2022

Ellen Maloney January 31, 2022

EPISODE DESCRIPTION We survived the blizzard! Today on East to West, we cover student complaints with Disability Access Services, student concerns over dining hall hygiene, the extension of the Boston...

Michelle Wu smiling to supporters Nov. 2 following her mayoral victory. Since the mayoral election, Boston University students have expressed high expectations of Wu, who will officially take office Tuesday. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DFP FILE

BU students share strong expectations for Michelle Wu, celebrate win for minority representation in Boston

Talia Lissauer November 15, 2021

Boston’s mayor-elect Michelle Wu, who made history as the first woman and person of color to be elected to the position, will officially take office Tuesday, and students at Boston University expressed...

Jose Diener stands in front of his sister's tent on Atkinson Street Wednesday, in the area commonly known as the Methadone Mile. The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts sued the City of Boston for clearing tents and ordering the unhoused out of the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. KAITO AU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts ACLU sues Boston for clearing tents at Mass/Cass

Bella Ramirez November 12, 2021
The ACLU of Massachusetts sued the City for clearing tents of unhoused individuals at Mass/Cass.
Boston mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George speaks during the Boston mayoral student forum Friday at Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. COURTESY OF JORDAN KREINDLER/ BOSTON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Mayoral candidates field questions from college students at BU StuGov, BIG forum

Daily Free Press Staff November 2, 2021
Mayoral candidates Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George attended a college student forum Friday.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: You cannot “clean up” a humanitarian crisis, Mayor Janey, Sheriff Tompkins

Editors October 28, 2021
Boston’s new plan to forcibly remove people from their living encampments in the area near Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard is based on criminalization — an approach that may make things worse.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

ENDORSEMENT: A vote for Michelle Wu

Editors October 21, 2021
We, as a paper, endorse Michelle Wu because we believe in her vision, and we trust in her ability to achieve it.
East to West: Oct. 18, 2021

East to West: Oct. 18, 2021

Veronica Thompson October 18, 2021

Technology is making an impact on climate change! Today on East to West, we cover CleanTech Club’s new green initiatives, Diversity and Inclusion Discussion history of disability movement, the...

Wu and Essaibi George debating

Wu, Essaibi George butt heads on police reform, public safety at first televised mayoral debate of 2021 election

Phil London October 15, 2021
Mayoral candidates Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu competed in their first televised debate.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: The closing of Methadone Mile ‘comfort station’ is a life or death issue

Editors September 3, 2021
Politicians should provide actual treatment options for people with substance abuse issues rather than removing essential resources that mean life and death for the residents of the Methadone Mile.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

OP-ED: Trans Emergency Fund is doing good work

Editors September 2, 2021
Pride Month came and went, but the work required for true trans liberation is not even close to being over.
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