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Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

‘A Modern Farewell’ had me cry-laughing all over again

Samantha Genzer March 31, 2025
The documentary reminds us that this show was not just about comedy. It was about relationships, the memories and the beautifully chaotic love that makes a family feel real. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Arbery case jolts hate crime law out of its slumber

Editors February 24, 2022
Now that the Arbery case has shown us a hate crime conviction is possible, the country must reckon with a hesitant legal system and discrepancies in how states approach the law.
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COVID-19 exacerbates Massachusetts DOC health care shortcomings

Colbi Edmonds March 11, 2021
Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Don’t defame our greatest president

Lincoln Son Currie February 11, 2021
If you consider Lincoln’s entire career, you’ll see he wasn’t a problematic president and an entirely bad man — certainly not one unworthy of having a school named after him. 
Purdue Pharma L.P. pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 to criminal charges for the company's marketing and selling of opioids, which led to a nationwide opioid crisis. NICOLAS TEPPER/DFP FILE

BU professors analyze Purdue Pharma shutdown, aftermath

Kyla Denisevich November 6, 2020
Around 450,000 people have died from opioids since the turn of the century, and many companies are to blame for the drug's overprescription and misuse.
Kimberly Budd addressed the press on Thursday after her nomination to chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court by Gov. Charlie Baker. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SJC chief justice nominee could be first Black woman to lead Mass. supreme court

Isabella Abraham November 1, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker nominated Kimberly Budd on Wednesday to serve as chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest appellate court. If confirmed, the SJC associate justice would be the first Black woman to hold the top position. 
Forge Design Studios, a graphic design student organization at Boston University, hosted a five-hour designathon on Saturday entitled “Catalyst.” COURTESY OF FORGE DESIGN STUDIOS

BU Forge Design Studios encourages creatives to find their voice

Irene Chung October 29, 2020

The field of digital design is changing, and at Boston University, students are finding opportunities to expand their skills and explore mediums with professional designers. BU’s Forge Design...

John Adams Courthouse. The Massachusetts Trial Court has postponed the earliest possible return of in-person jury trials from Friday to Nov. 9 due to COVID-19 concerns. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Courts delay permission to start in-person jury trials

Rin Velasco October 22, 2020
The Massachusetts Trial Court has pushed back its earliest possible restart date for in-person jury trials from Friday to Nov. 9 due to coronavirus concerns.
Diamonds and Rust: Blood on the tracks

Diamonds and Rust: Blood on the tracks

Joel Herbert October 15, 2020
Music is simply a catalyst — very powerful, but still simply a catalyst — that has the potential to unlock within us positive and possibly negative effects if we allow it to
A state judge upheld Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s ban on the sale of vaping products on Monday. CHRISTOPHER GOUGH/ DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

Court allows statewide vape ban to stand, for now

Angela Yang October 24, 2019
While the vaping ban survived a lawsuit filed by the Vapor Technology Association, a state judge ruled that Governor Baker must take steps to ensure he is not crossing legal boundaries.
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