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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.
Boston Police Department officers at a protest

Social justice protests echo through Boston’s history

Daniel Kool February 18, 2021
In its almost 400-year history, Boston has never been a stranger to unrest. Protests began in late May, following the death of George Floyd, and continued until the winter.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: The end of the Trump era

Meredith Varner November 13, 2020
There will never be a time when there is nothing to fix, so I will always have something to write about. I do see Trump leaving office as a closing of a chapter though, and I feel hopeful about the future of this country for the first time in four years.
Michael Siegel, a professor in the School of Public Health, discovered a link between a reduction in homicide rates and state laws restricting who can access guns rather than those that restrict the types of guns people have. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP STAFF

BU researchers study most effective gun laws

Amelia Murray-Cooper April 12, 2019
In the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings last month, New Zealand’s parliament voted to tighten the country’s gun laws. Across the United States, however, many policymakers dispute the best approaches to preventing gun violence.
The Black Market pop-up store in Roxbury. Racist graffiti reading “White Lives Matter” was recently written on to the side of the store. PHOTO BY VIOLET GIDDINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Racially charged graffiti found on Dudley Square’s Black Market

Sarika Ram April 23, 2018
Kaidi Grant was outraged to find the words “White Lives Matter” sprayed onto the side of Black Market, her pop-up shop located in Roxbury’s Dudley Square. She and her husband, Chris Grant, noticed the scribbled words when they looked at the photos they took of the run-down wall of their weekend-only market featuring primarily black, local vendors.
Lessons from the Left: Trump’s attack on the press is troubling

Lessons from the Left: Trump’s attack on the press is troubling

Anna Stroinski December 7, 2017

On Saturday, our president tweeted about CNN and “fake news” as usual. The multi-million dollar media network, whose parent company, Time Warner, is slated to merge with AT&T, Trump’s most...

Damon Davis speaks about his film “Whose Streets?” after the screening Wednesday night at the Tsai Performance Center. PHOTO BY YVETTE LOPEZ/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Film screening shines light on police brutality

JenRacoosin November 9, 2017

“Enjoy is not the word,” Damon Davis said to the audience. “Pay attention.” This is how Davis, the co-director of “Whose Streets?” — a documentary about police brutality — kicked...

The Boston Police Department’s body worn camera pilot program ends Sept. 12 after a year of practice. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BPD concludes body worn camera pilot program, prepares final report

Jordan Kimmel September 17, 2017

  The Boston Police Department officially concluded their body worn camera pilot program, a year-long trial requiring 100 Boston police officers to wear body cameras while on active duty on...

Derecka Purnell speaks at BUNITED's Student Diversity Conference Saturday afternoon about empowering young people to be culturally conscious. PHOTO BY CAROLYN KOMATSOULIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student-led diversity conference sparks conversation about race

Sabrina Schnur February 20, 2017

Approximately 130 local college students gathered for the BUNITED Student Diversity Conference featuring keynote speaker, third-year Harvard Law School student Derecka Purnell, in the George Sherman...

Supporters of Mary Holmes in her case against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority gathered at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Protesters gather at courthouse for MBTA police brutality case

Ashley Griffin November 10, 2016

Approximately 20 people gathered at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Wednesday afternoon to show support for Mary Holmes in her case against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority...

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology announced the discovery of a potential ninth planet Thursday. PHOTO COURTESY ROBERT HURT

Pluto who? Caltech researchers discover possible ninth planet

Allegra Peelor January 26, 2016

Many people all over the world were shocked and dismayed when the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to “dwarf planet” status at its 2006 convention. Now, researchers at the California...

BURSTEIN: Stop humanizing white terrorists

BURSTEIN: Stop humanizing white terrorists

Sarah Burstein December 3, 2015

Robert Lewis Dear opened fire in a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He wounded nine people and killed three, including one University of Colorado police officer who had two...

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