The Heights

DC to BC: A World in Purgatory

Nathan Thomas • October 28, 2025

From Russian aggression in Ukraine to ongoing bloodshed in Yemen and the genocide in Myanmar, pain and suffering has become alarmingly routine. Our society is almost in a state of purgatory. So is our awareness of it.

Acknowledge Sudan.

Connor McClung • October 27, 2024

Anywhere from 20,000 to 150,000 people have been killed. No one knows for sure because it's impossible to get enough reliable data. Over 7,500,000 people have been displaced—on top of the 2,800,000 in the country that were already displaced before this war.

BC’s Divestment Scandal: A Rejection of the Catholic Faith

Peter Swindal • February 12, 2024

Yet, while BC seems so publicly driven by the Catholic faith, it is clear that the University’s administration does not place the faith first when it comes to fossil fuel divestment.

Religion and Science Need Each Other

Peter Coquillette • January 28, 2024

Religion and science have a reputation for conflict. Religious institutions have long viewed scientific observation and discovery as threats to their authority, and the scientific community has long portrayed religious belief as naive because of its lack of empirical evidence.

College Democrats of BC Host Lecture on Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Isabel Sullivan • March 3, 2022

The effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are going to be long-lasting and devastating, according to Paul Christensen, a professor in the political science and international studies departments at Boston College.

Conde Lectures as Part of ‘Rights in Conflict’ Series

Grace Christenson • October 25, 2018

Victor Conde, an international human rights lawyer and educator, examined the global and national importance of international human rights law in the Center for Human Rights and International Justice Center’s Rights in Conflict Series.

Bordering on a New World

Ryan Duffy • February 16, 2017

"The West’s lurch to the right in recent elections might be a violent backlash to a fair perception that borders are too open or weak, but new leaders will quickly find the trends they are up against are irreversible and accelerating at a multiplying rate."