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Immigration

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Politics

What Have We Learned So Far from the Start of Trump’s First 100 Days?

January 29, 2025

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Politics

The First Presidential Debate Led to Biden’s Exit. Now It’s Harris vs Trump

September 9, 2024

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Business & Law

Human Trafficking Case against Local Pizza Chain Owner Got Help from BU LAW Clinic

June 24, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Biden’s Asylum Ban Is Legally, Morally, and Politically Wrong

June 12, 2024

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Venice Biennale

Louis Chude-Sokei Brings BU, Spoken Word, and Dub Reggae Sounds to Venice Biennale

April 16, 2024

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Politics

Biden’s Biggest Challenges to Reelection—Immigration, Gaza, and Even the Economy

March 28, 2024

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Arts & Culture

COM Student Wins Directors Guild of America Student Award

February 27, 2024

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Politics

Analysis: BU Experts on Presidential Politics after N.H. Primary

January 24, 2024

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Arts on Campus

A Narrative about the Filipino Immigrant Experience at the 808 Gallery

November 21, 2022

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Midterms 2022

Is DeSantis the New Trump? And Other Thoughts from the Midterms

November 9, 2022

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Politics

What Issues Will Decide the 2022 Midterm Elections?

November 1, 2022

Supporters cheered in June as the Massachusetts Senate overrode a veto of licensing undocumented drivers, but repeal of the license law is on the November 8 ballot. Photo by David L. Ryan/Boston Globe via Getty Images

Politics

Should Undocumented Immigrants Be Allowed to Get a Driver’s License?

October 21, 2022

Black and white photo: Eliza Davis of Cuba, Ala., and her eight children ranging in age from 5 to 17, weary and tired on their arrival in Hyannis, Mass. from the south, June 1, 1962. They stand in front of an old Greyhound bus as a white woman to their left looks on.

Racism

Six Decades after Reverse Freedom Rides, Ugly History Repeats

September 22, 2022

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Immigration

Florida Governor DeSantis’ Transport of Migrants to Massachusetts Is a “Crude Political Tactic…Playing with People’s Lives,” LAW Expert Says

September 16, 2022

Black and white photo of a group of Cubans aboard the Mary D. II wave as they embark for U.S. shores from the port in Mariel Harbor, 20 miles west of Havana, Cuba, May 1980. The wide, white boat is jam-packed with folks, most of who look off to the left and raise their arms. Some stand on top of the boat near the helm. A shore with other boats is seen of in the distance.

Immigration

Why Is the Cuban Immigrant Story in the US So Different from Others

August 1, 2022

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FIRST-GEN

My First-Gen Story: Hector Grande

May 18, 2022

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Refugee Crisis

First Afghans. Now Ukrainians. BMC Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Gets Ready to Help Again

April 29, 2022

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Student Voices

Border Studies Program Offers Chance to Learn about Migrants and Border Wall Firsthand

March 24, 2022

Photo of Joe Biden being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible, during his Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.

Politics

One Year after Joe Biden’s Inauguration, BU Experts Give Him a Mixed Review

January 19, 2022

Afghan refugees line up for food in a dining hall at Fort Bliss' Doña Ana Village, in New Mexico, where they are being housed.

Immigration

Boston Medical Center Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Prepares to Welcome Afghans

September 15, 2021

Boston Medical Center Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Prepares to Welcome Afghans