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The impact of Silicon Valley Bank’s crash on Boston affordable housing

Adithya Iyer March 21, 2023
In the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank crash, the future of the affordable housing market in Boston remains uncertain. The recent crash marks the second-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Nightlife in Boston remains defined by racism

Editors November 1, 2021
It is important to acknowledge that Boston’s nightlife — just as any social structure dominating public life — is regulated by systemic racism that prevents everyone from having equal access to a care-free night.
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White Massachusetts residents more than twice as likely to own a business than Black, Latinx residents

Anna Stjernquist March 31, 2021
Less than half a percent of Boston’s 2014-2019 contract spending went to Black-owned business.
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Boston immigrant-owned businesses reflect loss amid COVID-19, policy makers provide fundings

Ashley Soebroto March 11, 2021
Approaching the year anniversary of the shutdown, immigrant-owned businesses in Boston reflect on challenges securing loans and staying afloat through unprecedented economic hardship.
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Boston food trucks reflect on waning business during pandemic

Samuele Petruccelli February 19, 2021
Even as chain restaurants enter the city’s mobile vendor industry, long-standing local vendors have struggled.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston University needs to raise wages for its employees

Editors January 26, 2021
After almost a year of living under pandemic restrictions, experiencing a record drop in employment and witnessing an increase in mental health problems as a result, a minimum wage raise to $15 an hour, or higher, is more crucial now than ever before.
East to West: Dec. 7, 2018

East to West: Dec. 7, 2018

Michelle Chan December 7, 2018

On this week’s episode of East to West, we discuss the fate of the Citgo sign, a decline in history majors, student debt at BU, environmental justice and Amazon facing a lawsuit from six former employees. This...

OP-ED: A hefty price to be paid yet again

OP-ED: A hefty price to be paid yet again

Editors March 14, 2016

Op-Eds do not reflect the editorial opinion of The Daily Free Press. They are solely the opinion of the author. Boston University has done it again — a “small” annual increase of 3.4 percent in...

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EDITORIAL: Boston University’s tuition hike hurts underprivileged students

Editors March 14, 2016

Boston University President Robert Brown announced an overall 3.4 percent increase in the cost of tuition for the 2016-17 academic year in an email sent to BU students on Friday. This includes a 3.7 percent...

A report released Tuesday from The Institute For College Access and Success found that college graduates' student-loan debt increased two percent from the class of 2013 to the class of 2014. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PAIGE TWOMBLY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As student loans rise nationwide, Dept. of Ed. announces new regulations

Kyler Sumter October 30, 2015

The U.S. Department of Education announced two new sets of regulations Tuesday aimed at helping borrowers pay off their student loans. The regulations will give students more freedom in choosing how...

A study published April 2 by EverFi and Higher One found that students are taking out more loans and are less prepared to handle their money. GRAPHIC BY MICHAEL DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students borrowing more loans, not prepared to handle finances, study finds

Keri McAlpine April 9, 2015

As students take out loans to fund their education, more are reporting feeling stressed and unprepared to deal with a lack of financial management skills or planning, a study released April 2 found. The...

Average student loan debt varies by college, region within the U.S., study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin December 8, 2013

A report by The Project on Student Debt released Wednesday found student debt varies by college and state, and many of the high-debt private colleges, such as Boston University, are concentrated in the...

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