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Can “critical consciousness” in students close the opportunity gap?

Researchers study how schools engage students of color in analyzing and challenging racial inequity

Boston University’s top research of 2017

In 2017, researchers at BU tackled everything from brain…

A historian’s view of the current state of American politics

Well-paid consultants, anti-party candidates, mass media–driven campaigns — they all go back to the turn of the last century

On the trail of Boston’s missing “R”s

How did Bostonians drop their “R”s? A BU linguistics class that follows the path of dialects studied why

Survey of Mayors finds poverty a top issue, regardless of party affiliation

City leaders nationwide say minorities, immigrants being left behind

Trump immigration ban spurs anxiety and confusion

Boston University President Robert A. Brown’s letter to BU community says executive order “diminishes our nation”

Why do we love ranking stuff?

BU College of Communication professor John Carroll weighs in (in list form, no less).