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Protestors hold signs and wave flags at “No Kings on Presidents’ Day” protest Monday. Hundreds of protestors gathered at the Massachusetts State House to oppose recent executive orders and policy changes by the Trump administration, condemning alleged government overreach, attacks on human rights and the erosion of democratic norms. TALIA LISSAUER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Protestors demand end to ‘executive overreach,’ defend human rights

JenRacoosin February 18, 2025
Protestors gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to protest President Donald Trump's slew of executive orders and policy changes.
Protesters in front of a Tesla store on Boylston Street Saturday. Around 30 citizens gathered to protest the political actions of Elon Musk, a movement started by a Bostonian that is gaining national traction. JOSIE KALBFLEISCH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston-born ‘Tesla Takeover’ protest sparks national movement against Elon Musk

Lauren Albano February 16, 2025
Protestors gathered in front of a Tesla store on Boylston Street Saturday to demonstrate against the political actions of Elon Musk, a movement started by a Bostonian online that gained national traction.
People hold signs criticizing the United States immigration policies during a walkout against mass deportation on Friday. Boston University student groups organized the walkout which called for the University to condemn the Trump administration’s immigration policy and defend students against mass deportation plans. AVA RUBIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘It’s ridiculous to not do anything’: BU students hold walkout against mass deportation

Camille Bugayong January 26, 2025
Boston University students held a walkout at Marsh Plaza Friday in response to President Donald Trump signing executive orders targeting immigrants and enacting mass deportation, which have already been put into action across the United States.
A counter protester mocks participants of the Men’s March by dressing in an animal-like costume and wearing pads under his hat at Planned Parenthood. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Pro-life, pro-choice protesters collide on BU campus

Sarah Cruz November 19, 2024
The National Men’s March to Abolish Abortion and Rally for Personhood on Saturday started with protesters praying outside of Planned Parenthood on Commonwealth Avenue before marching to Boston Common.
Tents in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 23. After more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University were arrested during a pro-Palestinian encampment protest last Thursday, university students are now setting up their own encampments after Columbia called for students to replicate the protest. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Emerson, MIT student groups set up camp amid student arrests across country

Anna Rubenstein April 24, 2024
The first day of Passover happened rather unceremoniously in the 2 Boylston St. alley. Grape juice and paper seder plates bordered a dinner table thrown together with copies of Emerson College’s student newspaper, sprawled long across the brick ground. 
Members of the BUGWU strike gather outside CDS on Monday. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: First week of graduate workers strike commences

Sarah Cruz March 31, 2024

GALLERY: First week of graduate workers strike commences by Sarah Cruz, Brenda Gonzalez, Holly Gustavsen, Kate Kotlyar, Molly Potter, Sydney Roth and Zach Schwartz  See...

The Boston Police Department headquarters. The National Lawyers Guild Massachusetts Chapter filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department and the Boston Regional Intelligence Center for a violation of a public records request regarding a July 2022 white supremacist march that occurred in downtown Boston. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New lawsuit against BPD, BRIC shows a trend in lack of transparency

Charlie Johnson March 7, 2024
The National Lawyers Guild-Massachusetts Chapter recently filed a lawsuit against the Boston Police Department and the Boston Regional Intelligence Center for a violation of a public records request regarding a white supremacist march in July 2022.
A ceasefire rally outside the office of House Minority Whip Katherine Clark in Malden in November 2023. Cambridge and Somerville voted to call for a cease-fire in Gaza, although Boston has not. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Cambridge, Somerville formally request a cease-fire in Gaza, Boston stays silent

Daily Free Press Staff February 1, 2024
Recent calls for cease-fire in Gaza from Cambridge City Council and Somerville have prompted questions of whether Boston will join these cities in calling for an enduring halt to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Death by Pitchfork | On the Record

Addison Schmidt January 24, 2024
Condé Nast’s merge with champion music publication Pitchfork threatens to kill the spirited focus on the underground music scene that made Pitchfork worth reading.
Protesters stand together in a human chain in Boston Common

‘Bring them home now!’ event held to support Israelis held hostage

George Lehman October 24, 2023
On Monday evening, the Israeli American Council along with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Community Relations Council hosted a “Bring Them Home Now!: Hostage and Missing Families Forum” at the Boston Common, following the kidnapping of Israeli civilians by Hamas forces earlier this month.
Protesters hold up signs while listening to speakers during the Boston March for Our Lives last June. HUI-EN LIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

A look back on activism in Boston over the past year

Anna Rubenstein June 2, 2023
Protests on abortion access, gun reform, teacher wages and climate change all took place during the past year in Boston, making the city a microcosm of larger national movements and a champion for local issues. 
Earth Day Protest

Extinction Rebellion holds its annual Earth Day protest in Boston

Macie Parker April 28, 2023
Extinction Rebellion, an international movement to protest climate change, gathered 300 people for their Earth Day Protest on Friday to protest the building of new fossil fuel infrastructure in Massachusetts.
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