Letter from PILOT Action Group: NU, wealthy nonprofits should pay fair share
December 5, 2018
Dear President Joseph E. Aoun, We, the PILOT Action Group, are a coalition of Boston-area community, education, student, housing, faith and labor organizations. We thank you for your commitment to making Boston a city that provides education and opportunity for all. We thank you for striving to live u...
Column: U.S. must respect immigrant rights
November 28, 2018
By Melissa Wells, opinions editor When history looks back on Nov. 25, nobody will remember why the United States justified an attack on unarmed civilians. It will remember Maria Lila Meza Castro dragging her twin daughters away from tear gas, one barefoot, the other tripping over her mother’s dirt-covered shoes. The girls have nothing but t-shirts and diapers to cover...
Editorial: Keep on voting, America
November 28, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
The 2018 midterm elections were remarkable in terms of voter turnout. Almost half of the people in America who can vote, did. What’s particularly striking is that nearly a third of young people voted in this election — the highest proportion of this age group to vote in the last seven midterms. When the voting ...
Column: US must confront racist speech in politics
November 14, 2018
Right after the primary in Florida, Republican candidate Ron DeSantis appeared on FOX News to warn voters of his opponent, Democratic candidate and Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum. "The last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the ...
RETRACTED: Editorial: Birthright citizenship must be protected
November 7, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
Dear readers, It has come to our attention that one member of our staff plagiarized material published in this editorial. In accordance with our constitution, we are retracting this post and the person involved has been removed from staff. Integrity, truth and transparency are all values we take v...
Op-ed: Coach Madigan’s letter to the DogHouse
November 7, 2018
By Jim Madigan, head coach of Northeastern men’s hockey Dear DogHouse, I wanted to reach out and thank each and every one of you for your tremendous enthusiasm at last Thursday’s game against Boston University. Your energy was palpable from the opening puck drop to the final second of overtime, on...
Column: How did we get here?
November 1, 2018
America is under attack, and this time we’ve done it to ourselves. It’s no wonder voters are anxious as midterm elections approach—days like Oct. 27 don’t happen out of the blue. Words matter because they inspire action. We can no longer ask how we got here. Instead, we must ask how we ensure ...
Editorial: Violent rhetoric must end
November 1, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
A mass shooting at the Congregation Etz Chaim synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has reminded the nation how devastatingly rampant hate crimes are in the United States. This massacre was an atrocity that closely parallels a history of anti-Semitic terror, that we need to universally rebuke. The acc...
RETRACTED: Editorial: Freedom of the press must be protected
October 24, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
Dear readers, It has come to our attention that one member of our staff plagiarized material published in this editorial. In accordance with our constitution, we are retracting this post and the person involved has been removed from staff. Integrity, truth and transparency are all values we take v...
Editorial: We need to vote
October 17, 2018
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
In the United States, a country celebrated for its democracy, it is surprising how few people engage in the civic responsibility of voting. In fact, the United States ranks 31st out of 35 developed countries in voter turnout — a statistic that we, as college-educated students, have the power to chan...
