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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Map of Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan

BU students with ties to Israel and Palestine share personal stories, frustrations amid more than 230 deaths in Gaza, 12 in Israel before cease-fire

By Jesús Marrero Suárez May 23, 2021
The 11-day period of violence heightened antisemitism, Islamophobia and division in the region.
Police officers deploying a chemical agent

Councilors retry chemical, projectile crowd control reform

By Daniel Kool February 26, 2021
The proposed restriction would that police use chemical weapons and impact projectiles only if a supervising officer witnesses violence or destruction of property and determines the situation cannot be controlled or de-escalated.
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Diamonds and Rust: Bob Dylan was right, the times are a-changin’

By Joel Herbert February 17, 2021
Fifty-eight years ago, Bob Dylan released his protest anthem. Now, and forevermore, the times are a-changin’.
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