Boston University

Politics

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, author Political scientist Thomas Berger, War, Guilt, and World Politics after World War II

Faculty

When Nations Should, and Shouldn’t, Apologize

April 4, 2014

A Revolutionary Moment: Women’s Liberation in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s, Boston University women's onference

Gender Studies

Reliving a Pivotal Decade in Women’s Liberation

March 27, 2014

former mayor Thomas Menino, funeral procession route, Boston, Commonwealth Ave, Fenway Park

Politics

Former Mayor Menino Diagnosed with Cancer

March 17, 2014

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of State John Kerry, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ABE, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio KISHIDA, and Minister of Defense tsunori ONODERA

Voices & Opinion

POV: Obama’s Asian Pivot in Peril?

March 11, 2014

Ukraine, Crimea, Crimean War, Russian Occupation

Faculty

Whither Ukraine?

March 6, 2014

Boston Unversity BU, Point of View POV, opinion column, Arizona, Governor Janice Jan Brewer. proposition 102, discrimination, anti-gay, business discrimination

Faculty

POV: Religion Cannot Excuse Discrimination

March 4, 2014

Boston University BU, Andrew Bacevich, military spending decrease, smaller military defense budget

Science & Technology

What Will a Leaner Military Mean?

March 3, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, political science, professor Cathie Jo Martin, congressional gridlock negotiation

Politics

Could More Backroom Deal-Making Save Congress?

February 26, 2014

Boston University BU, opinion column, Point of View POV, Ukraine Kiev protests, Sochi winter olympics, Valdimir Putin, political protests

Politics

POV: Sochi, with a Side Trip to Kiev

February 25, 2014

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, associate professor Claudia Olivetti, exonomics, business, women professional mothers influence daughters

Politics

Like Mother, Like Daughter

February 24, 2014

faith based schools, rights, right to enforce faith based beliefs

lgbt

POV: Why Catholic Schools Have the Right to Fire Married Gay Staff

February 5, 2014

Boston University BU, professor of international relations Husain Haqqani, former Ambassador of Pakistan to Sri Lanka, author Magnificant Delusions

Politics

BU’s Haqqani Probes Rocky US-Pakistan Alliance

February 3, 2014

Boston University BU, student opinion YouSpeak, winter Olympic games Sochi Russia, Gay Rights Protests

lgbt

YouSpeak: Are You Planning to Watch the Winter Olympics?

February 3, 2014

Boston University BU, alumni journalist Thomas B. Edsall, political reporter Washington Post, New York Times opinion columnist

Alumni

Reflecting on a 40-Plus-Year Career Covering Politics

January 29, 2014

Qais Akbar Omar, A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story book, Afghanistan, Taliban

Culture

Carpet Seller, Storyteller

January 16, 2014

Dan McGrail, Sam Miller, Fabian Chang, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, SNAP Challenge

BUSM

SNAP Judgment

January 14, 2014

United Nations, UN, Arms Trade Treaty, international arms trade, international conventional weapons trade

Voices & Opinion

POV: To Stop Bad Guys, Ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty

January 14, 2014

Boston University BU, President Robert A. Brown, proposed boycott Israeli academic institutions, Palestinian conflict, American Studies Association ASA

Science & Technology

Brown Rejects Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions

December 23, 2013

gun law reform protest, anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Newtown Connecticut, David Schonfeld, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, at Drexel University College of Medicine, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Science & Technology

POV: After Sandy Hook’s Wake-Up Call, Did We Hit the Snooze Button?

December 13, 2013

Boston University BU, Iranian nuclear weapons missile deal, Islamic Republic of Iran nuclear program, POV opinion, College of Arts and Sciences CAS, professor of international relations former US ambassador to Lesotho professor Robert Loftis, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif

Faculty

POV: Iran Nuclear Accord Is a Good Deal

December 9, 2013

POV: Iran Nuclear Accord Is a Good Deal