By Anika Kapasi, City Co-Editor
• January 20, 2026
In his 1967 keynote address at the National Conference for New Politics, Boston University alumnus Martin Luther King Jr. said “three evils were plaguing” American society: poverty, racism and...
City Council authorized $500,000 for a new high school data analytics curriculum, proposed pedestrian safety measures and recognized April as Fair Housing Month in its Wednesday meeting.
A “generation” is defined as a group of people born in the same time period, and generation names exemplify our human tendency to categorize ourselves. Here’s a brief, non-comprehensive list of the Western cultural generations.
Dozens of protesters gathered before 1 p.m. at Peters Park two days before the trial of Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd last May.
In a society where people are unheard by those in power, the only thing left to do is to defy that power — regardless of how the act of doing so violates societal norms.
By 2024, the country’s workforce will be more diverse in almost every demographic category. On Monday, BU graduates discussed what this inclusivity is and will look like within the communications field.
On the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum presented a live video-mural that illustrates gun violence and views toward guns in America.
Mass Action Against Police Brutality is still defending victims of police gun shootings — and now, they’re recognizing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for encouraging similar activism.
Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights activist and Boston University alumnus Martin Luther King Jr. BU has held multiple events throughout the week to honor his life and legacy, including lectures, prayer services, panels and a concert.
In his famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” Martin Luther King Jr. said he would “watch God's children in their magnificent trek … through the wilderness, on toward the promised...
In the basement of the George Sherman Union, several members of the Boston University community meet regularly to create a podcast called the Common Thread, a program aimed at discussing issues of...
