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EDITORIAL: Gen Z, 9/11 and grief

Editors September 13, 2021
Dear Gen Z: 9/11 parties demonstrate a fundamental lack of compassion
tom holland holds up a dollar bill in cherry

Cinephilia: Tom Holland rules, but the Russo Brothers’ ‘Cherry’ is an overdosed aesthetic

Andrew Harwood March 22, 2021
“Cherry” beholds incredible cast performances but overprioritizes visual appeal over context.
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.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: What is the future of the Democratic Party?

Gabriella Aponte October 29, 2020
The future of the Democratic Party is one with two defined factions: the moderate, incrementalistic faction that fights to maintain the status quo, and the progressive, democratic socialists who fight to change the system.
Abbigale Shi

Mind Your Business: Vote for Biden, but remember that we are settling

Abbigale Shi October 2, 2020
Those of us who are voting for Biden, no matter what, should remember that we are still settling by doing so.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: Is the president of the United States truly above the law?

Gabriella Aponte September 17, 2020
How many times have you turned on the television in the last four years to yet another news story about President Donald Trump possibly breaking this or that law?
Mass. Sen. Ed Markey in the WGBH’s Brighton studio after the first U.S. Senate primary debate against Mass. Rep. Joe Kennedy in Brighton Tuesday. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Markey and Kennedy spar in first primary debate for U.S. Senate

Matthew Sensabaugh February 19, 2020
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey faced off against Rep. Joe Kennedy III in their first televised primary debate Tuesday evening in the race for the U.S. Senate. Both candidates are competing for the Massachusetts seat.
STROINSKI: U.S. should get involved in Syria

STROINSKI: U.S. should get involved in Syria

Anna Stroinski April 9, 2017

Last week, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad gassed his own people. Yes, though the United Nations prohibits chemical warfare, Assad gassed his own people. He, or the Syrian military I should say, used...

Boston University history professors discuss research about the 19th century Opium War between China and Great Britain at a panel discussion Friday afternoon in the College of Arts and Sciences. PHOTO BY KANKANIT WIRIYASAJJA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

History professors discuss China and Great Britain’s relationship

Nathan Bindseil April 9, 2017

About 50 Boston University students and professors gathered for a panel about China and Great Britain’s 19th century Opium War and its current significance on Friday afternoon in the College of Arts...

YANK-JACOBS: Candidates clueless on foreign affairs, voters must care

YANK-JACOBS: Candidates clueless on foreign affairs, voters must care

Kobe Yank-Jacobs February 11, 2016

The global problems facing the next president include dealing with North Korean nuclear ambitions, holding Iran to the terms of the nuclear deal, maritime conflict in the South China Sea and a massive...

EDIT: Williams Chooses Celebrity Over Ethics

EDIT: Williams Chooses Celebrity Over Ethics

Editors February 10, 2015

In a move that shocked millions, Brian Williams, anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News,” admitted Wednesday that he lied about being in a helicopter that came under enemy fire in Iraq in 2003. After a Friday...

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