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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Current Favorites: ‘Immune’ by Jensen McRae

Sam Thomas April 14, 2021
“Immune” invites us to consider what our lives will look like after COVID-19 is under control.
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.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: Why is a man in a skirt so upsetting?

Meredith Varner December 1, 2020
If you think a man wearing a skirt is enough to destroy an entire society, then it must be a very fragile society to begin with.
Some Boston University students and faculty are disappointed COVID-19 testing resources are not available to all members of the BU community. JACOB COLLING/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Faculty and students criticize testing policies, professor access to campus

Nick Kolev November 20, 2020
Despite BU's comprehensive COVID-19 testing policies this Fall, some BU community members are unable to reap the benefits of on-campus testing sites.
Bini Ollivier-Yamin

Canceled: Context clues and Trump’s disease-ridden body

Bini Ollivier-Yamin October 7, 2020
I’ll admit, it is rather harsh to wish death on another human being. But it is also rather harsh, and rather stupid, to pretend context doesn’t matter.
Boston University College Republicans released a statement on Instagram denouncing a Twitter thread by Ibram X. Kendi, director and founder of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU College Republicans receive backlash over statement against Kendi tweets

Nathan Lederman October 4, 2020
Student organizations and individuals on campus have expressed both outrage against and support for Ibram X. Kendi, director and founder of the BU Center for Antiracist Research, after a series of his tweets garnered attention online.
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