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Welcome To The Greenhouse: Activism Burnout

Fiona Broadie February 23, 2022
You cannot continue to fight for something if you are losing a battle with your own mind.
WBUR protest

Protest outside WBUR calls for publication to retract opinion piece, issue public apology

Jesús Marrero Suárez February 14, 2022
The group said WBUR used its platform to "smear peaceful protesters," upset over Mayor Wu's vaccine policies.
East to West: Nov. 8, 2021

East to West: Nov. 8, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 8, 2021

It’s registration season! Today on East to West, we cover students with dietary restrictions commenting on BU dining options, students commenting on President Biden’s first year, WBUR Cityspace...

National Public Radio “founding mothers” Margaret Low, Susan Stamberg and Linda Wertheimer joined author Lisa Napoli to celebrate NPR’s 50th anniversary and discussed the women’s journeys in a virtual event hosted by WBUR CitySpace Monday night. COURTESY OF WBUR CITYSPACE

WBUR CitySpace hosts a virtual event celebrating women behind NPR’s foundation for its 50th year

Stella Tannenbaum November 3, 2021
Two the "founding mothers" joined author Lisa Napoli and WBUR CEO Margaret Low for the virtual event.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Sincerely, Ally: We shouldn’t send children to school too early

Alexia Nizhny October 21, 2021
The early 2000s phenomenon of redshirting, which encouraged parents to send their kids to school early in development, had more negative consequences than previously thought.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Seen on TV: Hurricane Ida reporting exposes media’s climate blindspot

Brian Foisy September 12, 2021
Extreme weather has always been big business for news networks, but oftentimes missing is the discussion of climate change.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: The downsides of returning to normalcy

Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol April 7, 2021
There is a disturbing trend between the rise of terrorism and the decline of COVID-19.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Paywalls act as deterrents to the public, but are necessary for financial prosperity in the journalism industry

Editors March 17, 2021
The paywall problem requires a delicate, balanced solution. Readers are responsible for financially supporting publications if they are able and publications are responsible for prioritizing public, reliable news over profit — if possible.
Angela Ao/DPF STAFF

Rio’s Reel: “Daredevil” on system action

Rio Reardon October 13, 2020
In a society where people are unheard by those in power, the only thing left to do is to defy that power — regardless of how the act of doing so violates societal norms.
EDITORIAL: President Trump’s NPR tweet is a look into autocracy

EDITORIAL: President Trump’s NPR tweet is a look into autocracy

Editors February 17, 2020
A free press is a crucial tenet of democracy. So while this may look like just another one of Trump’s hissy fits, it sets a dangerous precedent for the institution’s freedom to critique the country’s politicians. President Trump must understand that he is not a celebrity, and occupies the single most powerful office in the world. He does not need to be well-liked, so long as he executes what is objectively in our national interest. 
Steve Inskeep, host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “Up First” and Meghna Chakrabarti, host of WBUR and NPR’s “On Point,” co-host a live recording of “On Point” at WBUR CitySpace Thursday. DANIEL KOOL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

NPR’s Steve Inskeep examines history, present day politics at WBUR’s CitySpace

Cameron Morsberger February 10, 2020
NPR host Steve Inskeep, author of “Imperfect Union,” in a live recording of the program “On Point” with WBUR host Meghna Chakrabarti at WBUR’s CitySpace Thursday night, shared stories of John C. Fremont, a 19th century politician, in an effort to better understand current affairs and their relation to prior American strife.
Andrea Bernstein, co-host of the podcast “Trump, Inc.,” speaks about her new book, "American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power,” at WBUR CitySpace Wednesday. PERRY SOSI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Author Andrea Bernstein discusses the power of truth in journalism at WBUR’s CitySpace

Cameron Morsberger January 27, 2020
In an interview with Tonya Mosley at WBUR’s CitySpace Wednesday, Andrea Bernstein shared insight into the Trump and Kushner families’ corruption and what she called their flawed histories.
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