We march, we wave signs, we cry, we plead with politicians, we vote, we sit-in, we post on social media. We do everything we’re supposed to do and guns still win.
Our ideological democratic government should not have a platform for baseless conspiracy theories, loony lies and outdated racist ideology. Certainly, influential representatives and even the U.S. President should not be enabling those voices or uplifting those platforms.
Over the course of the last year, the Boston University community has taken steps to transform the institution’s physical and academic landscapes. In a period of time marked by a marred political climate, natural disasters and acts of terrorism that have caused contempt and frustration, the university administration has begun to implement new initiatives that will bring people and ideas together.
In a world with no guns, 438 students, administrators, teachers or security guards would not have been shot in while simply attending school since Sandy Hook. In a world with no guns, 8,900 teenage boys and men would not be able to take each other’s lives in a gang-related homicide each year. In a world with no guns, Trayvon Martin would not be famous. In a world with no guns, 96 people a day would not be killed by the pull of a trigger.
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre that killed 58 and injured more than 500, Massachusetts became the first state to ban bump stocks Friday.
Bump stocks, the gun accessory in question,...
In the wake of a tragedy, such as the shooting that just shattered Las Vegas, feelings of anger surface. Feelings of confusion. Feelings of hopelessness. And somewhere under there too — feelings of unity.
When...
Several experts shared firsthand stories about gun violence and offered solutions to ease the issue in a panel at the Boston University School of Medicine Thursday evening.
More than 90 BU students...
What a summer. The weather wasn’t too shabby. The Game of Thrones finale had more viewers than the population of Greece and Ireland combined. Hints of trigonometry were discovered in a 3,700-year-old...
