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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Could the United States succumb to a fascist regime in the near future? | Hard Right Turn

Nathan Metcalf February 28, 2023
The Republican constituency continues to shrink due to demographic shifts and the rejection of MAGA Movement ideals ​​— but true conservative champions have still shown no qualms about democracy being collateral damage in their party's pursuit of greatness. 
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Mayoral misinformation— a time capsule back to the 19th century

Editors April 6, 2022
Boston may have been progressive enough to elect Wu, but it hasn’t been progressive enough to treat her with basic human decency. 
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Seen On TV: AT&T and OAN, an unlikely love affair

Brian Foisy October 18, 2021
How could AT&T, under its Warner Media empire, fund both CNN and the right wing media source OAN?
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Hail, Biden

Lincoln Son Currie March 25, 2021
Biden has done a fantastic job with vaccine distribution and his presidency thus far.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Canceled: Concepts of terrorism

Bini Ollivier-Yamin January 24, 2021
It’s important the crowd of mangy white supremacists who broke into the Capitol a few weeks ago are labeled as terrorists. But do the same for the cops letting them into the building and posing for selfies, the cops participating in the insurrection and the cops who engage in acts of terrrorism on the daily.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

2021 Breakdown: Actions must have consequences, especially for those at the top

Gabriella Aponte January 15, 2021
Actions must have consequences, especially for those at the top who bear the responsibility for inciting the insurrection at Capitol Hill on Jan. 6.
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

Canceled: True progressives cannot be friends with conservatives

Bini Ollivier-Yamin November 3, 2020
If we are able to exorcise Trump from office, your conservative friends will still be conservative, and that’s still gross. Stop being friends with gross people, or at the very least, stop bragging about your email exchanges with them on Twitter.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: The Gadsden flag, and our campus

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 28, 2020
The Gadsden flag is racist. It is disgusting to see our administration — not just some random individual living on campus — display the flag so flagrantly. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: ‘Coups’ is a dangerous term for groups protesting the presidential election

Editors October 28, 2020
We have the right to protest, boycott and strike, which are all vital to preserving the voice of the people. But, if we begin without a plan, then we have all the chaos without any of the results.
American Protest: American democracy is facing a potentially violent crisis

American Protest: American democracy is facing a potentially violent crisis

Meredith Varner October 20, 2020
While Trump's words carry their own dangers and empower those who believe women and other minorities are below them, the recent push toward violence and fascism has strengthened more than ever before.
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