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East to West: Dec. 5, 2022

Ellen Maloney December 5, 2022

Last full week of classes! Today on East to West we cover a letter to rename Myles Standish Hall, student commentary on study period, city council petition to lower voting age, and more. Click here...

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EDITORIAL: Lowering the voting age also means increasing civics education in Boston Public Schools

Editors April 2, 2021
Boston should pass the new voting age, followed by civics education and accessible resources.
Boston University Professor Ibram X. Kendi discussed anti-racism in policymaking with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley in a Facebook Live event Thursday. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU’s Ibram X. Kendi, Representatives examine racial disparities in health, environment

Emily Stevenson February 5, 2021
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Ibram X. Kendi, director and founder of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Cali., hosted a Facebook Live event to discuss antiracist policymaking Thursday evening.
East to West: January 27, 2020

East to West: January 27, 2020

Justin Tang January 27, 2020

New semester, new theme music, new format! In the season premiere of “East to West,” we cover the grand opening of the new Howard Thurman Center, a new School of Public Health online Master’s...

A proposed Massachusetts bill would give cities the option to lower the voting age to 16 years old with the hopes of increasing voter turnout. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Mass. bill could give cities freedom to lower voting age

Angela Yang January 23, 2020
Massachusetts is considering a bill that would let individual cities lower minimum voting age to 16 in local elections.
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