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Protestor carrying a Black Lives Matter Flag at a Mass Action Against Police Brutality Protest in Boston

Protestors demand conviction in trial of Derek Chauvin

Sam Trottenberg March 7, 2021
Dozens of protesters gathered before 1 p.m. at Peters Park two days before the trial of Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd last May.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Perhaps post-election unrest is unavoidable, no matter who wins

Editors November 5, 2020
Regardless of who clinches the presidency in 2020, it will take our nation a very long time to heal from the extreme polarization that has shot to the forefront of all discussion over the past four years. Things may die down, and we might eventually return to a more conventional presidency, but the cracks in our country may never quite mend.
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.
Police barricade an exit out of the Boston Common while Rally for the Republic demonstrators leave the park at the end of the protest. Counterprotesters yell "Who do you serve, who do you protect?" at the police officers. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Free speech rally once again brings controversy to the Common

Breanne Kovatch November 20, 2017

  Mirroring the Boston Free Speech rally in August, the Rally for the Republic brought controversy to the Boston Common Saturday afternoon. Heavily regulated by Boston police officers, around...

Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max vs. Media: Abolish gerrymandering altogether

Max Berman October 10, 2017

When founding the United States as a constitutional democracy, the founding fathers’ inspirations were theoretical — there was no modern republic they were trying to emulate, only theories of the unalienable...

BERMAN: The truth: Trump’s greatest enemy

BERMAN: The truth: Trump’s greatest enemy

Max Berman September 7, 2017

What a summer. The weather wasn’t too shabby. The Game of Thrones finale had more viewers than the population of Greece and Ireland combined. Hints of trigonometry were discovered in a 3,700-year-old...

GAMADES: Republican Party bound to implode

GAMADES: Republican Party bound to implode

Daily Free Press Admin March 4, 2016

Not to sound arrogant, but some friends and I predicted the death of the Republican Party when we were in high school. We were 17 and naïve, but loud enough that the couple in the booth behind us at this...

BURSTEIN: It's Donald Trump's duty to reject David Duke endorsement

BURSTEIN: It’s Donald Trump’s duty to reject David Duke endorsement

Sarah Burstein March 3, 2016

Happy March, everyone, and happy primary election season! It’s gotten to that point in the election year when I cannot believe we have to endure eight more months of this, when the media is completely...

EDITORIAL: In grieving for Paris, we have brought Beirut to light

EDITORIAL: In grieving for Paris, we have brought Beirut to light

Editors November 16, 2015

Paris remains in a state of emergency today after attacks Friday night by the group known as the Islamic State. Schools and museums will reopen on Monday, according to The New York Times. The death toll...

PILLEY: Treat yourself as an ever-changing being

PILLEY: Treat yourself as an ever-changing being

Katelyn Pilley October 6, 2015

Remember when you were in the seventh grade and you said something awful to your mother? Remember how right you thought you were? How justified you felt slamming your door? Take in all those cringe-worthy...

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