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Partisan Politics

You’ve Heard of Red States and Blue States. But What About Red and Blue Neighborhoods?

June 12, 2025

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Politics

BU Historian’s New Book Traces the Rise of Today’s Far Right Movement

June 5, 2025

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Elections

How Could the SAVE Act Impact Young Voters and Married People Who’ve Changed Their Name?

April 18, 2025

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Tariffs

“The Trade Deficit Isn’t an Emergency—It’s a Sign of America’s Strength,” Writes BU Economist

April 8, 2025

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Climate Change

Can Gold Reserves Help Pay for Climate Disaster Recovery?

January 22, 2025

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Expert Take

Cycling Can Make Older Adults Healthier and More Independent. Here’s How to Design Bikes and Networks That Meet Their Needs

January 6, 2025

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Religion and Ukraine

BU Student Researched How Russian Religion Fuels War in Ukraine

December 5, 2024

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Politics

What Could Donald Trump’s Second Presidential Term Mean for Science, Scientists, and Research?

November 21, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

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Housing Crisis

How Do We Solve America’s Affordable Housing Crisis? BU Research Helps Inspire a Federal Bill That Suggests Answers

July 25, 2024

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Arms Control

Missile Defense Won’t Save Us from Growing Nuclear Arsenals

July 22, 2024

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Expert Take

Permanently Expanding the Child Tax Credit Can Make Generational Change

February 13, 2024

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Human Rights

How War and Displacement Impact Women

January 30, 2024

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Immigration

Digital Cages: How ICE Uses Digital Surveillance to Track Migrants

January 26, 2024

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Climate Conference

Can the World Find Agreement on Fighting Climate Change?

December 11, 2023

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2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?

December 11, 2023

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Education

How Dickens and Other Authors Shaped Attitudes to Education—with Lasting Impacts

December 5, 2023

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Belt and Road

China Has Financed Power Plants, Airports, and Roads around the Globe—but Has It Made the World a Better or Worse Place?

October 11, 2023

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Expert Take

Balancing Budgets by Emptying Bellies: WIC Cuts Would Harm Our Youngest Children

September 15, 2023

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World War II

Broadway Singers, a Nazi Sympathizer, and the Doomed Flight of the Yankee Clipper

September 5, 2023

Broadway Singers, a Nazi Sympathizer, and the Doomed Flight of the Yankee Clipper