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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Labor union distributes food to recently fired Nine Zero Hotel employees

Madison Mercado April 5, 2021
The hotel fired 52 employees — more than two-thirds of its staff — in March.
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Mayor Kim Janey sworn in as Boston’s first woman, first Black Mayor

Anna Stjernquist March 26, 2021
Janey noted racial and economic disparities difficulties “laid bare” by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EDITORIAL: Boston University needs to raise wages for its employees

Editors January 26, 2021
After almost a year of living under pandemic restrictions, experiencing a record drop in employment and witnessing an increase in mental health problems as a result, a minimum wage raise to $15 an hour, or higher, is more crucial now than ever before.
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