Boston’s City Council voted on March 12 to officially designate the city as a sanctuary for transgender individuals and the wider LGBTQ+ community. Out of 13 councilor members, Councilor Ed Flynn was alone in voting “no” in the 12-1 decision, raising concerns among Boston residents.
A group of high school students from Boston, Malden and Quincy published an open letter Sept. 21 demanding educators and superintendents take action against rising anti-Asian sentiments.
In an interview with The Daily Free Press Tuesday, Councilor Andrea Campbell discussed how she hopes to address systemic racism and listen to community members when looking for solutions, as well as how she is campaigning during a pandemic.
Residents of Roxbury and the South End took to the streets Thursday to express their concerns about Methadone Mile, a stretch of Massachusetts Avenue popular for drug use and dealing.
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.
Divest BU held a town hall in CAS Saturday to discuss the importance of divestment from fossil fuels and examine the ways BU students can change the university’s policies on fossil fuel investments.
America may run on Dunkin’, yet the company has some of its closest ties to Boston. Dunkin’ Donuts was founded in 1948 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and former Dunkin’ Brands CEO Nigel Travis returned to the Boston area Thursday to talk about his new book, “The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback.”
Do you keep seeing the acronym FYSOP but have no idea what it stands for? Wonder no longer — FYSOP is the First-Year Student Outreach Project, a weeklong community engagement program for first-year students, including freshmen, transfer students and, this year, students entering Boston University as part of the BU-Wheelock College merger.
More than 50 graduate and undergraduate students gathered at the School of Education Auditorium Tuesday night for a discussion on the psychological impact and legal procedures for undocumented children....
