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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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A sign outside of Kilachand Hall which was the polling location for Precinct 10. The most important issues to voters this presidential election were reproductive rights, the Israel-Palestine conflict, economy and foreign policy. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston voters reflect on explosive election cycle, critical issues in Trump vs. Harris race

Lauren Albano November 6, 2024
Boston residents reflected on the historic, months-long campaigns and national-scale issues that impacted their votes, as they cast their ballots in the 2024 Presidential Election on Tuesday.
The entrance to the polling location for Precinct 10 inside Kilachand Hall. Policy stances and historical significance are motivating Massachusetts residents to vote in the 2024 presidential election. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Historical stakes, key issues motivate Boston voters during presidential election

Samantha Genzer November 5, 2024
Massachusetts voters turned out on Election Day, motivated by historic stakes and issues in party loyalty, women’s rights and the candidates’ character.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Presidential candidates’ foreign policy is not so foreign | Con-Current Events

Frank Yang March 7, 2024
Who we end up electing as our president will directly affect the outcome of international turmoils. Let's vote, and vote wisely.
Kamala Harris speaks at Pipefitter’s Local 537 in Dorchester on Thursday.

Kamala Harris visits Dorchester union workers, met by protestors calling for Gaza Strip cease-fire at campaign event downtown

Crystal Yormick November 9, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris was in Boston on Thursday to meet with members of the registered apprenticeship program, a government-run career pathways program, ahead of next week’s national apprenticeship week, but was met by hundreds of protesters later in the afternoon.
Demonstrators marching to the gates of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Nov. 4

Boston students join tens of thousands in march on Washington, call on Biden, Netanyahu for cease-fire

Matthew Eadie November 7, 2023
WASHINGTON — Students from universities and colleges across Boston joined tens of thousands of people from all around the country in a march on the nation’s capital on Nov. 4, calling on President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
Protesters stand together in a human chain in Boston Common

‘Bring them home now!’ event held to support Israelis held hostage

George Lehman October 24, 2023
On Monday evening, the Israeli American Council along with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Community Relations Council hosted a “Bring Them Home Now!: Hostage and Missing Families Forum” at the Boston Common, following the kidnapping of Israeli civilians by Hamas forces earlier this month.
Zach Anderson

Dialogue and discomfort: BU senior creates documentary about antisemitism on college campuses

Emily Wyrwa April 24, 2023
Zach Anderson, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, plans to release “Antisemitism: Here On Our Campus” on May 2 on YouTube.
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