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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Students walk by the Center for Computing and Data Sciences. The PILOT program requests that tax-exempt educational institutions, such as Boston University, make voluntary payments to support community and city services. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston’s PILOT program exempts private institutions from paying taxes

By Abigail Hassan April 4, 2024
In last week’s city council meeting, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn called for a hearing on the city’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, program. 
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Should America nationalize the oil industry? | Money Matters

By Jaeyoung Choi February 21, 2023
While Americans were paying record high prices at the pump, companies like Exxon were padding their pockets with billions.
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Question 1: Millionaire’s tax decoded

By Bailey Scott November 9, 2022
Q1, also known as the millionaire's tax, would add a 4% state income tax to all income over $1 million
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Public infrastructure is more important than it seems

By Editors September 14, 2021
It is worth asking how many accidents it will take for any significant progress to be made in public infrastructure?
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City Council committee holding meetings to review annual budget, hear public testimony

By Olga Benacerraf April 28, 2021
The recommended budget totals $3.75 billion, an increase of 3.9% over to FY21, which ends June 30.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Let’s Talk About: Normalizing travelers overstepping their visas

By Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol April 21, 2021
It’s important to be respectful and adhere to your legal obligations to the country you’re visiting.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Lowering the voting age also means increasing civics education in Boston Public Schools

By Editors April 2, 2021
Boston should pass the new voting age, followed by civics education and accessible resources.
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How on earth am I an adult?

By Michelle Tian March 29, 2021
Most of what school taught me will get me nowhere in the real world. Here are life skills I wish I learned in school.
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City approves more than $370,000 in Charlestown Community Impact Fund grants

By Daniel Kool March 24, 2021
Its Managing Committee approved “mini-grants” of $2,500 to $20,000 to local nonprofits.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Modern Toolbox: The Federal Reserve may have failed, but crypto is the way forward

By Jaeyoung Choi March 2, 2021
Control over your personal finances is a concern that I, as a liberal, believe to be a multi-partisan issue. No matter how you vote or what you believe in, your money should be yours, without anyone else’s control over it.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Boston Herald endorsement won’t sway voters, but does harm its own staff

By Editors October 29, 2020
The Boston Herald should have put more thought toward the impact their endorsement of Trump would have on its staff and community.
Jun Li/DFP STAF

Minority Report: Hardly settling — Part 3

By Lincoln Son Currie October 19, 2020
If you want fairer taxes for working-class Americans, you should vote for Biden in the November presidential election.
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