As graduation approaches this spring, a Boston University senior from Myanmar had hoped her mom — whom she hasn’t seen in two years — could travel to the United States to watch her receive her diploma.
If we ever hope to achieve a world in which left-leaning policies — disarmament, pacifism, racial reparations and gender equity — are actually implemented, we must start by holding our elected left-leaning officials accountable.
Forty-six years after the implementation of the ban on ivory, business is still booming. Once again, humans will use any means necessary to plunder the earth for its few natural resources.
For every viral image of overflowing passengers crossing an ocean or families packed into tents in a refugee camp, there are millions more people, unphotographed, experiencing the same suffering.
Shamso Hair Studio and Spa is the first women’s-only salon in Massachusetts. Owner Shamso Ahmed said she wanted to create a private, safe space where women of all ethnicities and backgrounds could find beauty and relaxation.
In the wake of President Donald Trump's new travel ban issued on Sept. 24, Boston University officials said they do not anticipate it will have much of an impact on the university's community, even...
Somalian refugee and longtime Roxbury resident Deeqo Jibril has recently declared her candidacy for Boston City Councilor of District 7.
Jibril, who graduated in 2011 from Emerge Massachusetts,...
U.S. colleges could lose up to $700 million in revenue per year if President Donald Trump's executive order, which prevents citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States...
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Many thought this moment would have never occurred in our present universe, but here it...
Approximately 2,600 people gathered at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury Sunday evening for a special service called, “Out of Many, One: An Interfaith Call for Dignity...
Members of local organizations that are working to address the global refugee crisis urged attendees at a panel on Tuesday to think deeper about the effects of the crisis and how they can offer help.
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If all movies from now on were built solely on Tom Hanks and xenophobia, worse things would have happened. After all, wouldn’t the true story of a soft-spoken New Englander and his brush with foreign...
