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And the Oscar goes to…your binge list: Six Academy Award-nominated movies to watch

Ananya Swaroop February 26, 2025
The anticipation around Oscar Day is high, so here is just the thing for you to get over the jitters — an Oscars binge list. This guide has some of the best movies of 2024 — from visually stunning sci-fi epics to exciting dramas and musical masterpieces.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

EDITORIAL: The Oscars aren’t just white — they’re on their way out

Editors February 3, 2023
Despite repeated pledges made on behalf of the Academy to diversify their nominees and move into modernity, recent failures continue to prove that the Oscars is unwilling to grow — possibly dooming themselves to obscurity in the process. 
East to West: Apr. 26, 2021

East to West: Apr. 26, 2021

Veronica Thompson April 26, 2021

Four days left! Today on East to West, we cover BUPD tackling an alleged suspect on campus, student reports of animals in their residences, a press conference about the Derek Chauvin trial verdict...

marty walsh speaking into a microphone

Senate confirms Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor

Madison Mercado March 23, 2021
City Council President Kim Janey stepped up as acting mayor — the first woman and person of color.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh discussed methods of expanding COVID-19 testing and vaccination, reforming the economy and tackling systemic racism during his final State of the City address Tuesday. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE

Walsh delivers final State of the City address

Isabella Abraham January 13, 2021
Walsh recognized health care workers, essential workers and the more than 1,000 Bostonians who died of COVID-19. After the unprecedented difficulties of 2020, Walsh said 2021 will be “a year for healing.”
The Boston Music Awards, which highlights musicians throughout the Commonwealth, will announce this year’s winners on the award show’s website on Dec. 11. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Local musicians gear up for annual Boston Music Awards, now digital

Nicole Bartuch November 12, 2020
There’s no tribute to talent quite like an awards show, and in terms of local talent, look no further than the upcoming Boston Music Awards, which will highlight musicians throughout the Commonwealth.
Kimberly Budd addressed the press on Thursday after her nomination to chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court by Gov. Charlie Baker. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SJC chief justice nominee could be first Black woman to lead Mass. supreme court

Isabella Abraham November 1, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker nominated Kimberly Budd on Wednesday to serve as chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest appellate court. If confirmed, the SJC associate justice would be the first Black woman to hold the top position. 
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker nominated Hélène Kazanjian to the Massachusetts Superior Court on Thursday. PHOTO BY BRITTANY CHANG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Baker makes nomination to Massachusetts Superior Court

Olivia Quintana April 25, 2016

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker nominated Hélène Kazanjian Thursday to fill a position in the Massachusetts Superior Court, according to a Thursday press release. The release stated that if confirmed,...

NADEL: Asking Ecuadorian students about American presidential race

NADEL: Asking Ecuadorian students about American presidential race

Olivia Nadel April 15, 2016

When I first tell people that I’m from the United States, the order of conversation usually proceeds as follows: me clarifying that no, I’m not from New York City but instead upstate New York, that...

GAMADES: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton too nice for media

GAMADES: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton too nice for media

Lucy Gamades April 12, 2016

Will the 2016 primary season ever end? After what seems like 100 years of campaigning, debates and petty fighting, we’re rolling toward the finish line. If the Republican race was a fictional TV drama...

EDIT: The Nobel Peace Prize: no longer noble

Daily Free Press Admin October 3, 2013

Who has a spotless record? Mahatma Gandhi? Nope. According to a Guardian story from January 2010, his misogynistic tendencies have left India one of the most sexually repressed in the world. And a Boston...

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