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A sign outside of Planned Parenthood in Boston. Boston residents remain divided about abortion rights following the 2024 Presidential Election. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘The Devil loves abortion’: Pro-life, -choice leaders in Boston stirred by reproductive rights after Trump’s victory

Lauren Albano November 8, 2024
Reproductive rights were a pivotal issue in Tuesday’s presidential election, with Boston voters either celebrating or grappling with former President Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Killers of The Flower Moon” author David Grann in “An Evening with David Grann,” a discussion held by BU’s Conversations in the Arts & Ideas on Wednesday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU alum David Grann, author of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ on his immersion into stories

Mara Mellits March 1, 2024
Grann, a staff writer for the New Yorker and the author of best-selling books such as “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Wager” and “The Lost City of Z” spoke to BU students and faculty about his work alongside Debbie Danielpour, a film and television professor in the College of Communication.
Sophomore Daisy Liljegren runs distance during the 2023 Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational.

Men’s and women’s track and field finish second overall in Patriot League Indoor Championship

Mark Fraenkel February 28, 2023
The men's and women's track teams placed second overall in the Patriot League Indoor Championship on their journeys to the national championship stage in March.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The profound connection between conservatorship, exploitation

Max Ferrandino February 24, 2021
The conservatorship system is fundamentally exploitative and does not have the interests of the conservatee at heart.
“The Liberator,” a four-part animated miniseries about World War II, was released on Netflix on Veteran’s Day. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘The Liberator’ animates WWII, offers unique visual perspective

Colin Boyd November 16, 2020

Aptly released on Veterans Day this year, “The Liberator” is a visually unique tale of the courage and heroism of U.S. Lt. Col. Felix Sparks and the 157th Infantry Regiment during World War II. The...

Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: The people have spoken, and they want progressivism

Gabriella Aponte November 13, 2020
The people have spoken and they want progressivism. It’s time the Democratic Party starts listening.
WBUR CitySpace on Commonwealth Avenue. On June 23, WBUR held a virtual town hall briefing to discuss COVID-19, racial tensions and the 2020 presidential election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

WBUR town hall discusses how pandemic, racial tensions may factor into presidential election

Nancy Jiang July 3, 2020
While libraries, universities, museums and other educational institutions remain physically closed in Boston, venues for discussion have been moving forward online. WBUR’s CitySpace has continued to hold weekly virtual town hall briefings, including a June 23 talk entitled “COVID-19 And The Presidential Election.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren embraces a supporter during her visit to Cambridge, where she voted in the Massachusetts primary Tuesday morning. VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Biden collects wins on Super Tuesday, Warren loses home state

Angela Yang March 4, 2020

Super Tuesday drew to a close in Massachusetts with former Vice President Joe Biden emerging victorious. The candidate took 33.7 percent of votes with 80.5 percent of precincts reporting, earning 31 delegates...

Lessons from the Left: Unions need to do better

Lessons from the Left: Unions need to do better

Anna Stroinski March 11, 2018

On Feb. 22, teachers across West Virginia went on a nine-day strike. Schools were closed. Students stayed home. Twenty thousand teachers and 13,000 school service personnel marched with pickets, chants...

BURKE: Gorsuch is as good a fit as any

BURKE: Gorsuch is as good a fit as any

Patrick Burke March 19, 2017

Judge Neil Gorsuch, 49, was appointed by President Donald Trump to be the next Supreme Court judge, replacing Judge Antonin Scalia who died in 2016. Gorsuch received his undergraduate degree from Columbia...

HAGERTY: We have a lot to learn from Oklahoma City’s Republican mayor

HAGERTY: We have a lot to learn from Oklahoma City’s Republican mayor

Grace Hagerty February 5, 2017

The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has been a major point of contention since it was signed in 2010. There are a lot of excellent regulations in this bill. However, this act contains 20,000...

EDITORIAL: In Holtzclaw case, we can only hope the jury is impartial

EDITORIAL: In Holtzclaw case, we can only hope the jury is impartial

Editors November 5, 2015

Many of us have seen that dreaded jury duty letter sit in the pile of mail on our countertops, waiting to be answered. We like to hope that it will go away. Even Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon hoped to be turned...

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