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Voices & Opinion

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about a national security initiative to announce that the US will share nuclear submarine technology with Australia from the East Room of the White House Complex as he is joined virtually by Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Ensuring Balance in US/Indo-Pacific Strategy

October 5, 2021

Pitcher Chris Sale practices on the mound while team mates watch. Red sox team members dressed in red and blue stand behind the mound, and Sale is seen mid pitch. The photo was taken during a practice on June 11, 2021 and the red seats in the stands are empty.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Three Jeers for the Anti-Vax Red Sox

September 28, 2021

Photo of Taliban fighters atop vehicles with white Taliban flags with black characters, parading along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. The cars are mostly dark colored trucks and the fighters all appear to be men.

Voices & Opinion

POV: My Service in Afghanistan and the Illusion of Hollywood Endings

September 22, 2021

Photo of Zak Schneider, in a black suit jacket and red and white checkered shirt behind a desk with a name tag on it, talking to a person who is blurred in the right foreground, who is identified as AEI Scholar Yuval Levin.

Student Voices

A Left among Rights: A Progressive Student’s Week at a Conservative Think Tank. What Did He Learn?

September 20, 2021

Afghan Refugees walk through the departure terminal to a bus at Dulles International Airport after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The Importance of Teaching and Learning about Afghan Refugees

September 20, 2021

Listen Now

With Space Tourism a Reality, Will Civilians Travel to Space? And When?

September 16, 2021

Photo of a youngish, Black woman, with curly almost shoulder length hair, wearing a white shirt, teaching at the front of a lecture hall. She is seen from behind.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Where Are the Tenured Black Female Professors?

September 14, 2021

Photo of a masculine person holding a trans pride flag behind their shoulders. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Who Is Forgotten in Our Discussion of Abortion?

September 11, 2021

Photo of the twin towers burning. A huge cloud of dark gray smoke stretches into the sky. A Pace University building is seen in the foreground at left.

Voices & Opinion

POV: 20 Years Later, Learning from 9/11

September 9, 2021

Photo of a printed photo of Halie Metz as a baby, laying on a bed with her father before he was killed on 9/11.

Remembrance

Her Dad Went to BU and Died on 9/11. Now She’s a Proud Terrier Too.

September 9, 2021

Photo of Angela Tsai with a white t-shirt with fish on it and black Vans sitting on a black staircase that may be a fire escape. She smiles wide and has long, dark hair.

Student Profile

Meet the Class of 2025: Angela Tsai

September 9, 2021

Voices & Opinion

How 9/11 Changed the World

September 8, 2021

Photo of Emily Chua’s class WR120 K8 Planet Ocean, a first-year writing seminar focused on ocean science in CAS September 22, 2020. Students sit in rolling desks and look at their laptops; many of them wear sweatshirts and all of them wear facemasks in the dimly lit classroom.

Voices & Opinion

POV: University’s Course Guidance for Fall Is “Wishful Thinking” and “Inadequate”

September 2, 2021

Photo of William Guo, left, Francis Kwok, Henry Lei, right, all of Alameda, and about a thousand demonstrators listen to speakers during an anti-Asian American hate march and rally at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, March 27, 2021. The march, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, started at city hall and ended at Union Square. They are dressed in fall clothing, many in black t-shirts that say "Stop Asian Hate" and face masks, and cardboard protest signs.

Voices & Opinion

POV: We Can’t Un-Coin “Chinese Virus,” but We Can Tell Our Stories

August 30, 2021

Photo of a parents holding signs that say “Parents Choice” at a Pennsylvania school board meeting on Aug. 25. They do not wear masks, and some appear to be yelling. Some children are also seated in the auditorium.

Public Health

Anti-Maskers Are Assaulting Teachers and School Leaders. What Can Be Done?

August 26, 2021

New Podcast

BU Today Launches Question of the Week Podcast

August 25, 2021

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris waves as she deboards Air Force Two in Singapore at the start of her trip to Southeast Asia.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Kabul Is Not Saigon

August 23, 2021

Student Voices

My Experience as a Transfer Student during a Global Pandemic

August 16, 2021

Photo of a supporter of US President Donald Trump, dressing in jeans, a tan vest and sweatshirt, carrying a Confederate flag in the US Capitol Rotunda during the insurrection on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Behind him, a security guard looks on.

Voices & Opinion

POV: January 6 Insurrection Has Evolved into a Racist Relapse

August 4, 2021

An aerial photo of the massive damage done to Beirut port’s grain silos (center) and the area around it on August 5, 2020, one day after an explosion. The yellow, orangey grain spills out of three large silos, and water pools on either side. In the background, the high-rise buildings of Beirut are seen as well as a few clouds in the sky.

Voices & Opinion

POV: One Year after the Beirut Port Explosion, Who’s to Blame?

August 3, 2021

POV: One Year after the Beirut Port Explosion, Who’s to Blame?