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Boston University professors featured on Turning Point USA’s “Professor Watchlist” webpage. This page is available for most universities and features professors TPUSA deems biased and radical.

‘A badge of honor’: Boston-area professors remain on Turning Point USA watchlist as free speech debate grows

By Kiyoung Haavisto and Anika Kapasi October 1, 2025
As debate surrounding free speech intensifies, the death of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk has renewed attention surrounding a watchlist targeting an array of Boston professors for their political perspectives.  
Real or cake, but now it’s … news? | Terms and Conditions

Real or cake, but now it’s … news? | Terms and Conditions

By Elyse Bloom September 19, 2025
According to the Pew Research Center, 54% of Americans report they consume at least some news from social media sources. These sources include anything from YouTube and Instagram, all the way to X and Truth Social. 
Thousands gathered outside of the Massachusetts Statehouse to honor political conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Boston vigil is one of the many events following the widespread uproar of conservative groups around the country in the wake of Kirk’s assassination.

Thousands gather for Charlie Kirk vigil, sparks counter protest

By Katherine Wu and Isabelle Zhang September 19, 2025

More than 3,500 mourners, many clad in red MAGA hats and carrying candles, gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts Statehouse to honor conservative political activist Charlie Kirk Thursday evening.  The...

Boston college campuses react to rise in political violence

By Brie Foster and Isabelle Zhang September 17, 2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept. 11 sent shockwaves across higher education, leaving universities grappling with the implications of escalating political violence.  
The perverted ideology of ‘political violence’ | The Dissenting Opinion

The perverted ideology of ‘political violence’ | The Dissenting Opinion

By Lucio Maffei September 12, 2025
We have constructed a political discourse so detached from historical reality that we cannot acknowledge what every serious student of social change knows: Significant transformation has rarely occurred through purely peaceful means. 
Questrom School of Business Rafik B. Hariri Building. Former Questrom Media Technician Jared May is under investigation for sharing a post of six DOGE employees with the caption “Wanted for Treason Dead or Alive” on social media platform X. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BREAKING: BU employee Jared May’s post about DOGE employees triggers national outrage

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief February 5, 2025
Boston University employee Jared May is under fire after he posted online Monday about six young DOGE employees, garnering national attention and outrage.
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