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People playing and relaxing in a big, open field of green grass in a city park

Health & Wellness

Going Green: Parks Can Help Everyone’s Well-being

June 29, 2021

Photo taken in in Arlington, Virginia on June 6, 2019, as members of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard” fold a flag during the funeral of World War II Army veteran Carl Mann on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Arlington National Cemetery. Soldiers in blue uniforms and white gloves fold an American flag together. Overlay reads "POV"

Voices & Opinion

POV: My Son Was Killed in Iraq 14 Years Ago—Who’s to Blame?

June 23, 2021

Voices & Opinion

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

June 18, 2021

Black and white image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. Numbers in white are seen around the edge of the image.

unidentified objects

Are UFOs Visitors from Space? Government Report Won’t Rule It Out

June 11, 2021

A photo of the Transgender Resistance Vigil + March on June 13, 2020

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why I’m Boycotting Boston Pride

June 11, 2021

Black and white photo of the author’s grandmother, Marie Moran, in Breezy Point, 1947. She wears a mid-thigh length skirt, hat, and pulls a wagon with a child in it.

Voices & Opinion

POV: I Know the Water Is Coming. But I Can’t Bear to Sell My Family’s Cottage

June 7, 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

Photo of protestors holding signs during an AAPI Rally Against Hate in Flushing, Queens on March 27,2021. The group of young people, most of them masked, hold signs that say “US Govt & Media STOP China Bashing, party of socialism and liberation,” “Dump Asian Hate!” “Respect the Asian Community,” “Stop Asian Hate! Stop White Supremacy! Stop Western Imperialism”

Voices & Opinion

POV: What We Need to Do to End Anti-Asian Racism

May 25, 2021

Photo of a cement building column that has the words "No means no" written in green chalk on it. A no smoking sign hangs above. In the background, a person in a red winter jacket, backpack, and bag in their hand walks down the sidewalk.

University News

Answering Students’ Concerns, Provost Pledges New Commitments on Sexual Assault Cases

May 24, 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

Politics

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

April 26, 2021

Gif of the helicopter recently flown on Mars by NASA. The small, drone-like option is surrounded by red dirt and rocks as its propellors spin.

Rhetoric

Manned Missions. Conquering Space. The Problem with Space Lingo

April 26, 2021

Journalism & Media

Food &: New MET Gastronomy Podcast Explores Food Studies Questions

April 23, 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

A photo of Derek Chauvin sitting in the courtroom as his guilty verdict is read.

Voices & Opinion

Chauvin Verdict: What Needs to Happen Next

April 20, 2021

Voices & Opinion

POV: Putting the “Mass” in Mass Media

April 16, 2021

An African American father talks to his son

Voices & Opinion

POV: What If White Parents Gave Their Kids “The Talk” That Black Parents Give

April 15, 2021

US Army soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division pick up their duffel bags after arriving home from a 9 month deployment in Afghanistan.

Politics

Pulling Out of Afghanistan: Is President Biden Making the Right Decision?

April 14, 2021

Pulling Out of Afghanistan: Is President Biden Making the Right Decision?