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A conversation on ‘One Child Nation’

Rachel Zhong April 13, 2023
"One Child Nation" is a documentary that follows the aftereffects of China's one-child policy that limited a family to have only one child.
BU international adoptee club

BU International Adoptee Club focus on membership, branch out to more diverse communities

Mia Knezevic September 28, 2022

The Boston University International Adoptee Club strives to provide a space for adopted students to share common experiences and connect further with their roots. A year after its founding, members of...

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Looking back at my college essay

Thalia Lauzon September 27, 2021
I thought I had to be something I wasn’t and over exaggerate a problem I never really saw as one.
puppy on a leash

Boston’s animal shelters adapt to pandemic, struggle with funding

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 29, 2021
Decreases in animal availability have come as the demand for adoptions increased with the pandemic.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: America, please do not jeopardize our reproductive rights

Meredith Varner September 27, 2020
Now that President Donald Trump has nominated conservative federal judge Amy Coney Barrett, the Court has the potential to be as conservative as it last was in the 1930s.  
The Museum of Fine Arts. Museums, casinos, movie theaters and gyms opened Monday as Massachusetts entered Phase Three of its reopening plan. BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DFP FILE

Massachusetts gyms, movie theaters, museums reopen Monday

Daily Free Press Staff July 6, 2020
On Monday, Massachusetts entered Phase Three of reopening. Boston will follow suit on July 13.
EDITORIAL: In vitro fertilization access can’t be separated from privilege

EDITORIAL: In vitro fertilization access can’t be separated from privilege

Editors February 9, 2020
The treatment isn’t just exclusive in a semantic sense. Pregnancy shouldn’t have a literal price tag when someone needs help along the process. The ability to comfortably participate in this gamble is something afforded only to class-privileged individuals, which often are not people of color. When you are being depended on for financially supporting your existing family, how selfish must it feel to burn through money in an endeavor that is likely to fail and non-essential.
Season five of Netflix’s adult animated comedy “Bojack Horseman” premiered Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX

REVIEW: New “Bojack Horseman” season addresses tough topics like addiction, abuse

Megan Antone September 16, 2018
BoJack Horseman is one of the most flawed individuals on television. Now, he’s back for a fifth season of Netflix’s Emmy award-nominated comedy “BoJack Horseman,” and it does not disappoint.
PHOTO BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TAMOLA: Give Me All the Woofers

Katie Tamola October 8, 2014

The worst thing about people is their ability to talk. Just kidding!…Sort of. But really, nobody likes somebody who has something negative to say about everybody. There’s always that person that can...

FONTANA: Commiserating loves company

Daily Free Press Admin April 18, 2013

I’ve never quite understood the phrase, “misery loves company.” I’ve said it for years, relying on the idiom for poignancy and humor when need be, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever believed it. Does...

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