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In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, center, stands with his defense attorneys as a death by lethal injection sentence is read at the Moakley Federal court house in the penalty phase of his trial in Boston, Friday, May 15, 2015. Tsarnaev, center holds his hands in front of him and looks sternly, the court room occupants are seen behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: How to Ensure Only Impartial Jurors Decide between Life and Death

August 21, 2020

A screenshot of Jack Weinstein from a DNC video on national security. Text reads "Jack Weinstein, Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret.) (1982-2018)

Politics

Pardee’s Jack Weinstein Touts Biden at Democratic Convention

August 19, 2020

A photo of desks in an empty classroom at Boston University

Voices & Opinion

POV: False Advertising and the In-Person Experience

August 19, 2020

A photo of suffragettes holding a sign that reads "Votes for Women"

Voices & Opinion

POV: As We Mark the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, One Question Looms

August 18, 2020

A photo of street signs in Milwaukee outside of the Democratic National Convention

Politics

The Democratic Convention Starts Monday: What to Look For

August 17, 2020

Photo of a #MeToo sign on a stick, painted in black on a white background. Photo was taken when protestors gathered against gender-based and sexual violence called by the Effronte-e-s Collective, on Republique square in Paris, France, on October 29, 2017.

Voices & Opinion

POV: What the Battle for Women’s Suffrage Tells Us about #MeToo 100 Years Later

August 13, 2020

California Senator Kamala Harris sitting in front of United States flags with her chin resting on her hand.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Selection of Kamala Harris for VP Marks “the End of a Void”

August 12, 2020

Photo of a stack of The Daily Free Press newspapers stacked in COM building on Friday, February 15, 2019. The headline reads "One for the Record Books" and has an image of BU Hockey team celebrating.

Journalism & Media

The FreeP Turns 50

August 5, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore National Monument Friday, July 3, 2020, in Keystone, S.D. Trump stands at the podium and the faces of Mt. Rushmore are seen behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Trump’s Call for a National Garden of American Heroes Misses the Point

August 4, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Somerville, Mass., Delivers a Big Victory for Those in Polyamorous Relationships

July 30, 2020

Voices & Opinion

POV: Racist Symbols Have No Place in Massachusetts

July 24, 2020

Photo of Defund Police Protestors Camp Outside NYC City Hall NEW YORK, NY on June 25, 2020. A multi-racial group of protestors hold various signs calling for the NYPD to be defunded. A group holds a large BLACK LIVES MATTER BANNER in the bottom of the frame.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The America I See Is Not the Same One My White Friends See

July 15, 2020

Portrait of CAS Religion Professor Kecia Ali in an office surrounded by books. She shits in an armchair holding a book, and doesn't wear shows.

Gender

Kecia Ali to Examine Gender Bias in Academia

July 15, 2020

Photo of a man holding a cross and in the background, a group of people praying outside the Supreme Court on July 8, the day the court handed down decisions giving religious groups broad discretion in firing employees and denying contraceptive coverage. Behind the Supreme Court building the sky is clear and sunny.

Politics

Religion versus Other Rights: The Supreme Court Weighs In

July 10, 2020

Photo of an empty classroom from inside CAS March 18, 2020, after campus cleared out due to the pandemic. A professor's podium sits at the front of a classroom of rows of teal single-person desks.

Voices & Opinion

POV: BU Should Go Fully Online This Fall

July 9, 2020

A photo of Natalie Guerrero sitting at a table with an open book in front of her

Social Media

BU Alum Turns to Social Media to Raise Funds in Support of #BlackLivesMatter

July 8, 2020

Student Stories

Five Things on My Mind As I Enter Senior Year

July 7, 2020

Photo of a daycare classroom where some students raise their hands.

Reopening Childcare

POV: We Need to Focus on Children’s Rights as We Grapple with Reopening Childcare in Massachusetts

July 6, 2020

Photo of the Emancipation Statue in Park Square with Abraham Lincoln on May 21, 2013 in Boston, MA. The statue depicts Lincoln with his hadn extended as a man of color kneels at his feet. The buildings of Park Square and an overcast sky are seen in the background.

Voices & Opinion

POV: A Monument to White Supremacy Stands in Our Own Backyard

June 26, 2020

Image of soldiers dressed in army camouflage in an army parade. In the shot, only the road, army boots, and lower half of the soldiers are seen.

Voices & Opinion

POV: It’s Time to Eradicate White Nationalists from the Military

June 23, 2020

POV: It’s Time to Eradicate White Nationalists from the Military