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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston City Hall. City Councilors passed a “Day of Care” resolution to honor Kyre Ambrose and addressed the ongoing housing crisis in Boston, which has been exacerbated by new developments. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City Council honors Kyre Ambrose, discusses housing displacement concerns

By Alina Fairlie January 29, 2025
The Boston City Council passed a resolution Wednesday to recognize Jan. 18 as “Day of Care” and discussed displacement resulting from plans for future housing development.
East to West: Mar. 25, 2022

East to West: Mar. 25, 2022

By Ellen Maloney March 25, 2022

April showers came early! Today on East to West, we cover the “Free Palestine” banner draped off the CAS roof, StuGov discussing plans for sexual assault on campus, investigation into East Boston...

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.
Lenox Street Apartments public housing

Lenox Street Apartments affordable housing complex in South End to undergo $125 million renovation

By Anne Jonas March 3, 2021
Originally built in 1939, the 285-unit building will be modernized through the infusion of nearly $125 million in financing and a partnership between Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority.
Street in Jamaica Plain neighborhood

Boston remains highly gentrified despite housing efforts

By Madison Mercado February 18, 2021
Boston was ranked third most intensely gentrified city in the United States between 2013-2017. Neighborhoods like East Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park and South Boston were most affected.
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