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A Trump-Vance sign in Brookline, Massachusetts. While President-elect Donald Trump plans to make changes to reproductive, healthcare, education and immigration policies, Boston’s policies maintain protections. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How do Trump’s second term policies measure up to Massachusetts?

Emma Mullay November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump made many large-scale promises on policies concerning key voter issues both during his campaign and since his reelection — here’s how they shape up in Boston and Massachusetts.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Gavin Newsom is right: Traveling for abortions is not ‘trafficking’ | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano March 1, 2024
“Abortion trafficking” is a term meant to sensationalize and vilify adults who help pregnant women and girls get abortions. Meanwhile, the “right to travel” has always coexisted with the “full faith and credit” clause of the Constitution.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

The Intersection: The Fiscal Republican is Gone

Katie Harmon September 7, 2022

The current political parties in the United States have taken many forms over time and did not assume their current shape until the 1960s. Republicans and Democrats switched back and forth on their ideologies...

Spotify playlist of five songs by LGBTQ+ artists

Song Spotlights: Pride Edition

Katrina Liu June 25, 2021
As a music lover, it only felt right to highlight songs by queer artists for Pride Month.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: We shouldn’t celebrate a Chick-fil-A food truck

Editors January 29, 2021

If you’re on campus this semester and have walked past Boston University’s College of Communication, you might have seen a big, red food truck. At the beginning of the year, Chick-fil-A began parking...

Boston University’s school of Theology hosted the webinar “The Queer Art of Reading and Resilience: Uplifting BIPOC Trans Life and Spirit” Thursday, which included six BIPOC transgender panelists. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

STH celebrates resilience of transgender communities

Julia Furnari November 6, 2020

LGBTQ individuals experience higher rates of violence and death than their heterosexual peers, and this reality can take a toll. To celebrate trans resilience and address topics such as transphobia...

TENTINDO: Georgia and North Carolina religious freedom laws response to LGBT progress

TENTINDO: Georgia and North Carolina religious freedom laws response to LGBT progress

Will Tentindo April 4, 2016

Last year, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across the United States, and members of the LGBT community and their allies celebrated nationwide. The nation seemed to be at its proudest just in time...

Residents gather to celebrate Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision

Residents gather to celebrate Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision

Navraj Narula June 27, 2015

[mediagrid cat="20922"] Following a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriage across all 50 states, Boston-area residents celebrated Friday night at the Massachusetts State...

PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REYNOLDS: A Nation Against Discrimination Legislation

Rebecca Reynolds March 31, 2015

On Thursday, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, which would allow businesses to turn someone away on the basis of a religious belief. Over the next few days,...

LGBTQ graduate student group Cohort Q filed an amicus curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court on March 6. PHOTO BY CHRIS PHAN/FLICKR

BU student group to support same-sex marriage Supreme Court case

J.D. Capelouto March 16, 2015

Cohort Q, the LGBTQ student organization for the Boston University Graduate School of Management, will show support for legalizing same-sex marriage in the face of a case the U.S. Supreme Court will...

EDIT: The End of The Great Debate

EDIT: The End of The Great Debate

Editors January 20, 2015

One of the most divisive social debates of our time could soon be coming to a close, at least from a legal standpoint. The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the legalization of same-sex marriage in June,...

Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, a topic the U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed appeals of bans for in five states. PHOTO BY KENSHIN OKUBO/DFP FILE PHOTO

Supreme Court dismisses appeals on same-sex marriage bans

Remi Duhé October 10, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of five states seeking same-sex marriage bans Monday, a move that has increased the number of states that allow same sex marriage to 30. Indiana, Virginia,...

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