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BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 14, 2023 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston University student anti-apartheid protestors in 1986. Photo of 2010 scan of a page from the April 30, 1986 edition of the Daily Free Press by Jason Pramas. Original Daily Free Press photo by Paul Callard.

And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986

Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and is giving a talk about him at BU today.

Her article paints a picture ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anti-apartheid movement, apartheid, Apparent Horizon, boston university, college, Column, Constitution, criticism, Divestment, free speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, Jason Pramas, John Silber, justice, Protest, Rachel Silber Devlin, south africa, student

“CAN YOU SEE THE STARS” HONORS MLK

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 10, 2022 Filed Under: MUSIC

The Boston Children's Chorus presents a tribute

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Art, chorus, justice, Martin Luther King Jr., Music, Youth

ADDRESSING WAGE THEFT IN SOMERVILLE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted February 1, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How can we continue to combat this persistent problem?

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: immigrant, justice, SOMERVILLE, wage theft, worker

JUSTICE FOR FLAVIA PRODUCES NEW MODEL MOU FOR SOMERVILLE SCHOOLS

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted December 23, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The document causes officials and community members to ask, what should the role of police be in schools?

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: education, justice, Police, SOMERVILLE

CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF REVISIONIST HISTORY

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted November 23, 2021 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Memory is a form of resistance. It's transgressive against glorified lies.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: history, justice, revisionist, thanksgiving

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: IN THE SHADOW OF THE HIGHWAY

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted November 21, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How immigrants and working-class people have been impacted by I-93, across the years

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Environment, Health, immigrant, justice, SOMERVILLE

OPERA IN THE KEY OF FREEDOM

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted June 18, 2021 Filed Under: MUSIC

The North End Music and Performing Arts Center will host a virtual event in honor of Juneteenth.

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Juneteenth, justice, Music, opera, race

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WOULD STRUGGLE UNDER PROPOSED DHS RULES

Written by WENJING DING AND HONGYU LIU Posted December 12, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Orwellian runaround

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Boston, DHS, emerson college, Homeland Security, international, Joe Biden, justice, Massachusetts, Protest, student, tufts university, visa

NO LEGAL JUSTICE WITHOUT ECONOMIC JUSTICE

Written by BILL SHELTON Posted September 15, 2020 Filed Under: Essay, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Income Inequality. Photo by mSeattle CC-BY-2.0.

Bridging the chasm between law enforcement and justice, part 4

Filed Under: Essay, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: criticism, history, justice, law enforcement, opinion, Police, sociology

THE HISTORICAL PURPOSE OF POLICING

Written by BILL SHELTON Posted August 6, 2020 Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Bridging the chasm between law enforcement and justice, Part 3

Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: criticism, history, justice, law enforcement, opinion, Police, slider, sociology

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