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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Fighting for abortion rights is exhausting | The Perfectly Imperfect Human Condition

Lillian Chapman November 12, 2023
The exhausting struggle for reproductive rights makes it hard to be excited about Ohio Issue 1 because Republicans are already promising to try and reverse it.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Why the ‘You’ finale is very problematic | Picture This

Ariadna Sandoval April 6, 2023
“You” wants us to concentrate on the main character's pain instead of the pain of his victims. 
You

REVIEW: ‘YOU’ season four

Lydia Evans February 14, 2023
“YOU” season three ended with Joe killing Love and following Marienne, the newfound victim of his deadly passion. It should have ended with Love killing Joe, so we could watch her as the new main character of the show.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Rittenhouse acquittal indicative of racist nature of criminal justice system

Editors December 1, 2021
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse is based on a system that protects and perpetuates white supremacy.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Divine Politik: How the death penalty punishes us all

Caroline McCord November 12, 2021
It is no ones right to take away another persons right to live, let alone disregard their religious rights.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Letter from the Editor: We have no justice in a broken system

Colbi Edmonds April 22, 2021
I’m happy about Chauvin’s guilty verdict, but I will not become complacent in this one victory.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With A View: Suicide is not a philosophical matter

Antonia Lehnert March 29, 2021
There is nothing philosophical about the voluntary death of nearly 800,000 people every year.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Despite severity, the Boston Marathon bomber’s actions don’t justify the immorality of capital punishment

Editors March 23, 2021
The death penalty is immoral and an amplifier of existing racial inequities in our judicial system.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: It is time to stop responding to women’s complaints, fears with ‘not all men’

Meredith Varner March 18, 2021
If you are a man, you need to actively contribute to making the world a safer and better place for women. It is not enough to simply say you will not partake in the behaviors that end with us getting attacked or killed. You cannot be a bystander.
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.
“Trial 4,” a Netflix docuseries released on Wednesday, follows the four trials of Dorchester native Sean Ellis in a famous Boston murder case from 1993. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘Trial 4’ brings attention to famous Boston murder case

Connor Allen November 13, 2020
Netflix’s newest docuseries recounts the 1993 murder of Boston police Detective John Mulligan and the trials of Dorchester’s Sean Ellis.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: Prison reform starts with enfranchisement of felons

Meredith Varner October 6, 2020
The disenfranchisement of incarcerated people and former felons silences a large portion of America’s voice. Incarcerated individuals deserve their vote back — especially since so many are locked up for minor charges. 
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