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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Christie Ya-Chi Lee, Staff Reporter

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Davis spoke to the Northeastern community Feb. 15 about racial capitalism, education, abolition movements and the role of music in liberation movements.

Angela Davis discusses how students can work toward a liberated future

Christie Ya-chi Lee, news staff
February 19, 2021

Most students nationwide have only seen the name “Angela Davis” in their class readings and history textbooks. Northeastern students, however, had a chance to meet the abolitionist Feb. 15, when she...

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The Tufts Art Galleries held a panel on abolitionist expression in contemporary art.

Panel elaborates on abolition and discusses abolitionist practice in contemporary art

Christie Ya-Chi Lee, news correspondent
October 6, 2020

Black artists and academics clarified abolition and showed how art is used as a form of activism and community empowerment in an online program of the Tufts University Art Galleries on Sept. 17.  Moderator...

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The illness caused by the novel coronavirus was named Coronavirus Disease, or COVID-19, in February.

Coronavirus poses minimal threat in Boston despite local case

Christie Ya-Chi Lee, news correspondent
February 19, 2020

On Feb. 1, state health officials confirmed Massachusetts’ first case of coronavirus, or, COVID-19, making it the eighth to appear in the United States — the number of cases has since increased to...

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Little Women, a story that takes place in the mid 1800s, reflects contemporary struggles.

Review: What “Little Women” says about today’s society

Christie Ya-Chi Lee, news correspondent
January 29, 2020

In the opening scene of “Little Women” (2019), Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) accepts five dollars fewer than usual from her publisher, Mr. Dashwood (Tracy Letts). He tells her that her kind of work typically...

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Kristen Brennan and Hannah Magnuson, both employees at Brennans Smoke Shop, stand in front of the Massachusetts State House in protest of the menthol ban.

Boston Convenience Store Owners Association protests the menthol ban

Christie Ya-Chi Lee, news correspondent
November 13, 2019

The Boston Convenience Store Owners Association (BCSOA) rallied Wednesday, Nov. 6 in front of the Massachusetts State House to protest against the Boston Public Health Commission’s, or BPHC’s, proposed...

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