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Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

OP-ED: The Mapping Project being awful notwithstanding, Zionism is still a colonial project

Guest Writer March 15, 2023
Yonaton Manor was correct that the Mapping Project is antisemitic. But as the criticisms of the project linked above indicate, this is not specifically because of the Mapping Project’s anti-Zionism. Rather, it is because the project blames Jewish community institutions for a range of social ills including general US imperialism, militarized policing and gentrification. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

I Call Foul Play: Earth should come before Mars

Luca Becker March 5, 2021
Musk and Bezos, with their wealth and influence, have the power to be major players in humanity’s fight against climate change. They should use their resources for good rather than to tackle the next frontier.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The profound connection between conservatorship, exploitation

Max Ferrandino February 24, 2021
The conservatorship system is fundamentally exploitative and does not have the interests of the conservatee at heart.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: The end of slavery — Part 3

Max Ferrandino November 17, 2020
The U.S. and China are two global powers that have continued to hoard the DRC’s resources, and cobalt is just the latest in their mineral addiction.
Demonstrators marched from Nubian Square to Copley Square Wednesday evening to protest President Donald Trump potentially contesting the results of the presidential election. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Protesters demand all votes are counted, advocate for progressive policies

Daniel Kool November 5, 2020
Hundreds marched from Nubian Square to the steps of the Boston Public Library Wednesday night, rallying behind an array of progressive causes and protesting a false declaration of victory by President Donald Trump as the election remained too close to call.
Dozens marched from Boston City Hall to the Boston Common on Thursday to demand immediate action on climate change. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Protesters demand climate justice at City Hall

Ele Berger October 16, 2020
Six social justice organizers spoke to the crowd at City Hall. The demonstrators then marched to Boston Common, chanting “stand up, fight back.”
Jun Li/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: It’s time to retire American reverence for Columbus

Editors October 9, 2020
As society and its morals evolve, there comes a time when Columbus’ time as an American icon of navigation and expansion should be no more.
Joel Herbert

Diamonds and Rust: Columbus — The Myth, the Monster, the Man

Joel Herbert October 8, 2020
Centralizing blame on Columbus for all of the terrible things that came in his wake shifts accountability away from whole governments of people who have, and continue to, commit error.
Hannah Bohn

Let Your Hair Down: How to understand the impacts of race and ethnicity

Hannah Bohn September 30, 2020
Race and ethnicity force us to split who we are into separate pieces — to define ourselves through arbitrarily crafted methods built by changes in society over time.
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