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Cots set up in the Melnea Cass Recreational Complex in Roxbury for migrants who have been sleeping on the floor of Logan International Airport. This recreation center is the fourth overflow center to open in Massachusetts within the last two months due to the state’s shelter system being at full capacity. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Emergency overflow shelter for migrants opens in Roxbury against backdrop of concern

Daily Free Press Staff February 1, 2024
Migrant families who have been sleeping at Logan International Airport began moving to a recreation center in Roxbury on Wednesday, sparking questions and concern from the Roxbury community.
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibitions

Graduating BU candidates exhibit stunning works of art in Stone Gallery

Sara Sonsini March 22, 2022
Students from the Master of Fine Arts painting and sculpting programs have their 2022 thesis exhibition until April 2.
hostile bench along commonwealth avenue

Hostile architecture remains an issue for Boston, Cambridge’s unhoused

Taylor Brokesh April 7, 2021
Self-proclaimed “Shlubs for Housing” removed armrests dividing benches in Cambridge train stops.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: MBTA consolidations pose disruptions, but are a first step in improving the city’s public transport

Editors February 16, 2021
Though the MBTA must address issues that disproportionately put certain residents and communities at a disadvantage, its plans to consolidate West Campus stations can at least improve BU transportation and bridge the ability gap.
A demonstrator stands in the road at the intersection of Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue protesting the lack of services the City offers to people facing drug addiction. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Neighbors organize Methadone Mile protest

Allison Pirog September 3, 2020
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.
Mayor Martin Walsh is working to improve the homeless emergency shelter system in Boston. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Walsh seeks to improve city’s homeless shelter system

Solange Hackshaw January 18, 2018

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday his plans to revitalize the city’s emergency shelter system for people affected by homelessness. The goal of the initiative is to modernize the current...

EDIT: Kids the cause for welfare cuts?

Daily Free Press Admin April 2, 2013

In the throes of rampant budget cuts throughout the nation, new legislation in Tennessee, if passed, would cut welfare payments to families 20 to 25 percent. The reason? Their children perform poorly in...

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