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Photo of Zak Schneider, in a black suit jacket and red and white checkered shirt behind a desk with a name tag on it, talking to a person who is blurred in the right foreground, who is identified as AEI Scholar Yuval Levin.

Student Voices

A Left among Rights: A Progressive Student’s Week at a Conservative Think Tank. What Did He Learn?

September 20, 2021

Photo of a piece of paper that says “Census 2020” in a header at the top. Another paper with blue boxes is underneath and a black pen rests on top.

Politics

US Census Bureau Has Released Some 2020 Census Results: What’s Next?

September 15, 2021

Composite image. At left, there is a portrait of Judith Heumann, smiling. She wears purple-ish glasses that match with her sweater, which has a geometric pattern. Her hair is goldish; Judith is white and is a wheelchair user. At right is cover of her book "Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist". The title is in bright yellow font. The cover is a black and white photo of Judith sitting in her wheelchair with a pant suit on and her hand on her face. She smiles and looks into a mirror. At the bottom, “Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner” is written.

Disability

Diversity & Inclusion’s Learn More Series: Renowned Disability Rights Leader Judy Heumann to Speak

September 13, 2021

Photo of a masculine person holding a trans pride flag behind their shoulders. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Who Is Forgotten in Our Discussion of Abortion?

September 11, 2021

Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez escorts a family out of their apartment after serving an eviction order for non-payment

Government & Law

BU School of Law Joins Fight in Eviction Moratorium Crisis

September 8, 2021

Voices & Opinion

How 9/11 Changed the World

September 8, 2021

Photo of a black woman entrepreneur holding an chalkboard open sign at the front of her business. She wears a face mask and a stylish apron.

Business

COVID-19 Led to More Start-ups by Black Americans, BU Researcher Finds

August 30, 2021

New Podcast

BU Today Launches Question of the Week Podcast

August 25, 2021

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris waves as she deboards Air Force Two in Singapore at the start of her trip to Southeast Asia.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Kabul Is Not Saigon

August 23, 2021

Entrance to A Yellow Rose Project exhibit at Boston University's Stone Gallery where a wall displays the curatorial statement for the exhibit.

Arts on Campus

A Yellow Rose Project Marks Centennial of 19th Amendment

August 6, 2021

Photo of a supporter of US President Donald Trump, dressing in jeans, a tan vest and sweatshirt, carrying a Confederate flag in the US Capitol Rotunda during the insurrection on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Behind him, a security guard looks on.

Voices & Opinion

POV: January 6 Insurrection Has Evolved into a Racist Relapse

August 4, 2021

Virginia Sapiro sitting under a tree outside the Boston Universiy College of Arts and Sciences building.

Faculty

BU Political Scientist Gina Sapiro’s Retirement Blog Reflects on 46 Years of Teaching, Mentoring, More

July 7, 2021

Photo of an activist at a rally against Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), calling on them to eliminate the legislative filibuster and pass the “For The People” voting rights bill, outside the Supreme Court on June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. The event was organized by a group called the Poor Peoples Campaign. The man wears sunglasses and a blue face mask and holds a sign that says “STOP VOTER SUPPRESSION” written in red, white and blue.

SCOTUS

Supreme Court Decision Is Bad News for Voting Rights

July 1, 2021

Voices & Opinion

POV: Supreme Court Rules That over 400,000 Immigrants are Ineligible to Permanently Remain in United States

June 18, 2021

A photo of Trump supporters holding signs that read "Arrest the Traitors" and "Biden is Not My President"

Voices & Opinion

POV: America’s Greatest National Security Threat

June 3, 2021

Part of Greenwood District burned in Race Riots, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, June 1921

History

On Centennial of Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessons for Our Own Racial Reckoning

May 28, 2021

A man rides a bike past boarded up row houses in the Broadway East neighborhood on October 14, 2020, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Structural Racism

POV: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Must Curb Structural Racism

May 6, 2021

A photo of the Armenian and American flags at a rally commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian genocide

Voices & Opinion

POV: President Biden Confirms Armenian Genocide as “Historical Fact”

April 26, 2021

Aerial photo of a crowding gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. In the photo, many people are seen from above, as well as a mural painted on the ground that says “I Can’t Breathe, I Can’t Breathe” below a blue painting of Floyd as an angel. At the top, painting on the street reads “Justice for Daunte Wright”

Voices & Opinion

POV: With Chauvin Found Guilty, “We Must Keep Our Eyes on the Prize”

April 21, 2021

People celebrate the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square, on April 20, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Voices & Opinion

Derek Chauvin Trial: BU Community Reacts to the Guilty Verdict

April 20, 2021

Derek Chauvin Trial: BU Community Reacts to the Guilty Verdict