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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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CFA faculty explores art, activism in Prison Arts Project event

Molly Farrar April 20, 2021
As part of the Prison Arts Project, BU groups held an event about how mass incarceration affects kids.
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BU College Democrats hold annual Spring panel, discuss activism

Vanessa Bartlett April 16, 2021
Faculty and activists discussed the experiences and challenges faced when organizing for change.
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Moving Forward: COVID-19 reignites religious faith in United States

Divya Sood March 30, 2021
The pandemic saw an uptick in religious faith, but it’s unclear if it will be unifying or divisive.
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Generation names explained

Veronica Thompson March 15, 2021
A “generation” is defined as a group of people born in the same time period, and generation names exemplify our human tendency to categorize ourselves. Here’s a brief, non-comprehensive list of the Western cultural generations.
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EDITORIAL: Activism must continue beyond social media

Editors February 2, 2021
With injustice neatly tied up into a slideshow post, performative activism has thrived.
Boston University School of Law alums Jonathan Allen and Sasha George discussed how some aspects of identity can put members of the Black community at a disadvantage in a BU Alumni and Friends Association’s intersectionality panel Tuesday. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU Law alums address identity, intersectionality within Black, queer communities

Nancy Jiang December 3, 2020
The Boston University Alumni and Friends Association held a virtual panel on Intersectionality on Tuesday where panelists discussed their personal experiences and how the Black community — particularly Black LGBTQ+ individuals — are at a disadvantage within larger systems.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: Eva Longoria’s statement reveals anti-Blackness in white Latinx communities

Bini Ollivier-Yamin December 3, 2020
To truly be anti-racist, we must cancel and dismantle the toxic structures that prevent us from seeing how we perpetuate anti-Blackness and are complicit in our country’s corrupt and violent systems.
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