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United States Passport. The “Trump 2.0 Travel Ban” was announced on March 14, which expands on Trump’s original 2017 executive order that restricted travel from seven Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘I just miss my family’: Trump administration’s proposed travel ban induces anxiety, fear for international students

Truman Dickerson March 26, 2025
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.
Boston University Admissions Office. Boston University reported a 6% decrease in the Black student population for the Class of 2028. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU’s Black first-year student enrollment falls to 3%

Mara Mellits September 12, 2024
Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, Boston University sees a drop in Black admitted students.
Elizabeth Warren

‘Just Majority’ campaign tour starts in Boston, calling for judicial reform

Emilia Wisniewski April 24, 2023
Elected officials and advocacy organization representatives spoke at Copley Square Monday morning on the first stop of the “Just Majority” tour to demand for a re-evaluation of the United States Supreme Court.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the convicted bomber of the 2013 Boston Marathon. The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision to reinstate the death penalty for Tsarnaev after nearly nine years of debate by federal prosecutors. COURTESY OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber

Seamus Webster March 17, 2022
The Supreme Court reinstates the death penalty for 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Sophia Flissler/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Shot for Shot

Lincoln Son Currie April 15, 2021
Mandatory vaccinations are the only option at this point, and I credit BU for a sensible mandate.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Minority Report: Judge like me

Lincoln Son Currie January 27, 2021
President Joe Biden has the opportunity to improve representation in the federal judiciary, and he needs to use his power to nominate more Asian American judges.
Legal experts say they do not think President Donald Trump’s election fraud-related lawsuits are likely to change the result of the election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Legal experts say Trump’s lawsuits unlikely to change results

Madison Mercado November 10, 2020
Trump has filed lawsuits challenging the validity of mail-in ballots in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, some of which have been dismissed by judges.
Yvonne Tang

Dear Men: New Supreme Court will endanger non-males in US

Yvonne Tang November 6, 2020
Though conservatives poke fun at us, calling us “fake feminists” for not supporting all women because of our distaste for Barrett, we know her confirmation unleashes a future filled with dismay.
Vanessa Bartlett/DFP STAFF

2020 Breakdown: It didn’t have to be this close

Gabriella Aponte November 5, 2020
If Biden’s campaign devoted even a quarter of the time it spent talking about restoring the soul of our nation to the policies and strategies they plan to implement, this race would have been a landslide for Biden.
Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Boston University’s School of Theology and recipient of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals or “DACA” program, spoke at a virtual panel on Tuesday hosted by the Latin American Studies Department on immigration reform. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors host ‘DACA’ panel, call for immigration reform

Yiran Yu November 2, 2020
Millions of Americans will have decided the next president by Tuesday night, and in an election as heavily contested as this year’s, a number of socio-political issues prevail on voters’ minds, including that of DACA.
Burt Glass, marketing and communications director at Boston University’s College of Communication, moderated a Virtual Speaker Series panel Wednesday entitled “Political Ads: What Do Candidates Get For $1 Billion?” hosted by COM. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

COM professors, political scientists say political ads can persuade low-interest voters

Mita Kataria October 16, 2020
With a presidency and 35 Senate seats to decide on in less than a month, candidates are leaving no stone unturned to appeal to their voters. Boston University’s College of Communication hosted a panel Wednesday entitled, “Political Ads: What Do Candidates Get For $1 Billion?”
Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: Hypocritical Republicans are finally getting their dose of karma

Gabriella Aponte October 8, 2020
The super-spreader event that led so many Republicans to become afflicted with coronavirus is the very event that could impede their main purpose for holding and attending it in the first place.
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