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Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: The BUPD promised us the perception of safety — not its reality

By Editors December 8, 2021
If we are ever to achieve true public safety, we can no longer rely on the BUPD — a violent institution with an egregious history and present of violence and racism.
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EDITORIAL: Abrupt end to Boston eviction moratorium paves the way for more comprehensive, long-term pandemic-affected housing relief

By Editors December 2, 2021
Boston’s housing crisis, combined with the looming threat of Omicron, means that many people will still need city protection from eviction.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Rittenhouse acquittal indicative of racist nature of criminal justice system

By Editors December 1, 2021
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse is based on a system that protects and perpetuates white supremacy.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Egg donation system is dangerously unregulated

By Editors November 16, 2021

As a college student with a uterus, it may seem like a good idea to donate your eggs. You may get paid an exorbitant amount of money and help out a family in the process.  You may have even seen an...

Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift

By Editors November 15, 2021
The release of Taylor Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 album “Red” reminds of the complicated, often circular conversations that surround the mega-star.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Colleges do not ‘have a guy problem’ – despite what The Atlantic wants you to think

By Editors November 11, 2021
Recent news coverage on the decline of male enrollment in college may speak more to societal anxieties about the increased educational access for women and people of color than provide any substantial insight of the gender divide in this country.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Tragedy at Astroworld reveals faults in concert organization

By Editors November 8, 2021
Questions have been raised about why the incidents at Astroworld unfolded — and who, exactly, is to blame.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Emerging Boston biotech industries have a responsibility to science — and to their neighbors

By Editors November 4, 2021
Given the lack of stringent and uniform federal regulations, Boston's emergent biotech lab industry have the responsibility to ensure they are operating with the safety of their neighbors in mind.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Nightlife in Boston remains defined by racism

By Editors November 1, 2021
It is important to acknowledge that Boston’s nightlife — just as any social structure dominating public life — is regulated by systemic racism that prevents everyone from having equal access to a care-free night.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: You cannot “clean up” a humanitarian crisis, Mayor Janey, Sheriff Tompkins

By Editors October 28, 2021
Boston’s new plan to forcibly remove people from their living encampments in the area near Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard is based on criminalization — an approach that may make things worse.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Kappa Sigma’s Student Activities Office-affiliation should be removed

By Editors October 25, 2021
A protest demanding the removal of Kappa Sigma’s university affiliation held last Saturday brings new questions to light about the place of fraternities on our campus and in our broader society. 
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: BU Barstool and the corporatization of memes — and rape culture

By Editors October 21, 2021
The recent campaign to shut down the BU Barstool Sports affiliate meme instagram page reveals deeper lines of misogyny and racism ingrained within Barstool Sports media, its founder, and the corporatization of memes.
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