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Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. Boston University students held an independent town hall meeting at HTC Sunday, where speakers discussed community activism participation and the fate of the University-wide divestment referendum bill. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Resistance Network holds leftist student town hall in Howard Thurman Center

Eli Pekelny February 18, 2025
Boston University students held an independent student organizing town hall at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground Sunday, where speakers discussed participating in community activism and the fate of the University-wide divestment referendum bill.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: Unified Ireland?

Max Ferrandino March 17, 2021
Northern Ireland leaving the EU would create many problems that would be difficult to resolve, as if a unified Ireland is already a sensitive enough issue
OP-ED: The Free Laundry for All campaign is a disaster

OP-ED: The Free Laundry for All campaign is a disaster

Editors March 8, 2021
The University should do more to help low-income students, and it is worth exploring ideas and fighting for solutions. However, the BU Young Democratic Socialists' Free Laundry for All is not one worth pursuing.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

American Protest: Stop blaming progressives for your issues, Democrats

Meredith Varner November 19, 2020
Creating a government full of average citizens who understand their constituents on a deeper level is the key to fixing this country.
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: The people have spoken, and they want progressivism

Gabriella Aponte November 13, 2020
The people have spoken and they want progressivism. It’s time the Democratic Party starts listening.
Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2020
Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Independent candidate Jon Lott ran against Democratic incumbent Rep. Stephen Lynch for Massachusetts’ 8th congressional district. COURTESY OF JON LOTT

Independent candidates challenge Mass. incumbents to push non-establishment ideas

Allison Pirog November 4, 2020
Voters casting their ballot this election may have noticed some unfamiliar names. Three independent candidates ran for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts this election to challenge the status quo and highlight issues they are passionate about.
Kara Chen/DFP STAFF

Culture Shock: Polarization is ruining societal ability to function, progress

Colbi Edmonds November 3, 2020
The people, a collective force, are the ones who create change. We come together to protest, strike and vote for progressive action. If we cannot join forces across the spectrum of political ideologies, then this intolerance will only hamper our nation’s growth. We can have no progress without conversation. 
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: What is the future of the Democratic Party?

Gabriella Aponte October 29, 2020
The future of the Democratic Party is one with two defined factions: the moderate, incrementalistic faction that fights to maintain the status quo, and the progressive, democratic socialists who fight to change the system.
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