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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Bridging the gaps — Keeping productive between classes

Isabella Lapriore September 11, 2023
Productivity is still achievable whether you have 20 minutes or two hours to spare.
The Pavement Coffeehouse in Brighton

Brighton Pavement Coffeehouse management accused of LGBTQ+ discrimination

Sydney Spottiswood April 13, 2023
Former workers of Brighton Pavement Coffeehouse have come forward with allegations of mistreatment and intimidation by management towards queer and transgender workers.
East to West: Sept. 26, 2022

East to West: Sept. 26, 2022

Ellen Maloney September 26, 2022

The longest strike in Starbucks’s history has come to an end! Today on East to West we cover a stabbing at the College of Fine Arts, students' thoughts on longer FitRec wait times, the historic Starbucks’s...

Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Esports pros need collective bargaining, too

Nick Speranza March 25, 2021
We need to establish esports unions so we can support players and give them more freedom.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: The Federal Reserve may have failed, but crypto is the way forward

Jaeyoung Choi March 2, 2021
Control over your personal finances is a concern that I, as a liberal, believe to be a multi-partisan issue. No matter how you vote or what you believe in, your money should be yours, without anyone else’s control over it.
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.
Women Leaders Gathering is a monthly meeting for women in business to get together, network and celebrate their accomplishments. COURTESY OF WOMEN LEADERS GATHERING

Women Leaders Gathering motivates women to reach professional goals

Emma Vacirca October 30, 2020
Men hold 71 percent of senior leadership roles in business, leaving many women absent from those senior-level positions. One Boston real estate agent is attempting to address that.
The MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board released a report Tuesday detailing the steps that need to be taken to get back on track following last winter. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DFP FILE PHOTO

‘Deep-seated’ problems plague MBTA, control board report finds

Alexandra David September 25, 2015

Underlying problems with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority are “even more serious and deep-seated” than expected, the first report by the agency's Fiscal and Management Control Board...

CEO of Boston 2024, Richard Davey, sits in a city council meeting about operations financing and venue development Thursday. PHOTO BY AMANDA BURKE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Financing, management on agenda at City Council meeting on 2024 Olympics

Amanda Burke June 27, 2015

Further exploring the possibility of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Boston City Council held a meeting Friday morning to review details of a new proposal from the organizing group Boston 2024...

College students leave Boston after school, study says

Daily Free Press Admin April 3, 2013

Graduates from Boston-area colleges and universities are more likely to leave the city to find jobs after graduation, according to a study released Friday. Michael Lake, executive director of the World...

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