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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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EDITORIAL: Pope's words should be separate from politics

EDITORIAL: Pope’s words should be separate from politics

Editors February 22, 2016

The pope has spoken, and he may be speaking too much. Pope Francis spoke to the public and urged world leaders to improve conditions for inmates and abolish capital punishment at Sunday’s gathering in...

GAMADES: Helms Amendment repeal central to global abortion rights fight

GAMADES: Helms Amendment repeal central to global abortion rights fight

Lucy Gamades February 18, 2016

While Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have not been asked about abortion much in the primary debates, their campaigns have both pledged to take action against the...

Despite international panic about the spread of the Zika virus, Anita Barry, director of the Infectious Disease Bureau at the Boston Public Health Commission, said she believes Boston won’t “see much local transmission.” PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA

Zika virus continues to spread, reported in Boston

Jessie Levinson February 2, 2016

The World Health Organization announced Thursday that the Zika virus is “spreading explosively” throughout the Americas and could potentially affect about four million people by the end of the...

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