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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Florida man yaps about Florida | Con-Current Events

Frank Yang April 8, 2024
A woman’s right to choose, America’s marijuana incarceration rate and the presidential election are all within our own grimy Floridian reach. Let’s not waste this opportunity.
MassGen

Woman’s death sparks changes to Massachusetts hospitals

Sujena Soumyanath May 3, 2023
A new Massachusetts law requires hospitals to improve accessibility by the end of the year, following the 2016 death of Laura Levis, who could not find her way inside the emergency room whilst suffering from an asthma attack. 
The Massachusetts State House.

Massachusetts to receive $41 million in multi-state settlement with Juul

Braedon Blumfield April 20, 2023
Massachusetts is set to receive $41 million after a multi-state lawsuit found e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs Inc. liable for their role in promoting nicotine products to youths.
March for Our Lives

Boston’s latest March For Our Lives protest featured activists, teachers, student speakers

Adithya Iyer April 6, 2023
March For Our Lives, a youth-led movement dedicated to eliminating gun violence, held a protest Tuesday at Harvard University’s campus.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Could the United States succumb to a fascist regime in the near future? | Hard Right Turn

Nathan Metcalf February 28, 2023
The Republican constituency continues to shrink due to demographic shifts and the rejection of MAGA Movement ideals ​​— but true conservative champions have still shown no qualms about democracy being collateral damage in their party's pursuit of greatness. 
alcohol tax

Legislation seeks higher alcohol taxes in Massachusetts to cover the cost of drinking

Sujena Soumyanath February 20, 2023
State legislators have pushed to raise taxes on alcohol in a legislative briefing on Feb. 9, backed by a December report that drinking caused almost 5% of all deaths in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2019.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Make the State of the Union boring again

Lincoln Son Currie February 7, 2023
By the time this is published, President Joe Biden will have given his State of the Union address. I have zero interest in his speech— and neither should you. 
People holding up a sign with a heading that says "Peligro Danger," surrounded by other protestors holding signs

Residents, environmental activists protest East Boston substation

Sydney Spottiswood January 31, 2023
East Boston residents and environmental activists continue to gather in protest Wednesday over the construction of a substation near the Chelsea Creek.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley speaking on the COM lawn

Rep. Ayanna Pressley seeks to protect abortion access with EACH Act

Daily Free Press Staff January 31, 2023
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley helped reintroduce the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Healthcare (EACH) Act on Jan. 26 at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
OPINION (1) 9.13.22

Why Your Vote Matters in the Fight for Reproductive Rights | Latest With Lin

Michael Lin September 13, 2022

The United States Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this summer, deciding that the Constitution does not uphold the right to an abortion. The decision...

Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Bipartisanship is unattainable with Trumpism still ruling the Republican Party

Luca Becker April 2, 2021
Until the GOP rids themselves of Trumpism, true bipartisanship is unattainable.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: Governments banning cryptocurrency demonstrates it can become a powerful financial revolution

Jaeyoung Choi March 31, 2021
A governmental ban only tells me cryptocurrency is a powerful threat and an imminent future.
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