Black Americans did NOT start buying more guns after 2020. Read Geoff Holtzman’s analysis in The American Prospect.
Jennifer Beard and Monica Wang published an article in The Brink describing the importance of public scholarship for rebuilding trust in science.
The language we use to talk about global health often perpetuates colonial power dynamics. Ifeanyi Nsofor and Sowmya Rao publish an Inter Press Service News Agency commentary arguing that the words we use in our research matter.
New laws threaten educators who teach history. Where does that leave our democracy? Kaylene Stevens publishes commentary in Cognoscenti.
When we teach Black history, facts matter — and so does narrative. Caty Taborda, Program Director in the Office of Narrative, publishes oped in Cognoscenti.
In case you missed it: It’s time to end catch-up culture in American schools. Olivia Poulin, from the CAR Narrative and Policy Offices, evokes bell hooks’ plan for supporting students and teachers in The Emancipator.
Police, metal detectors wrong answer in Boston Public Schools. Andrew King, post-doctoral associate in the CAR Policy Office, and colleagues publish oped in Commonwealth.
As Drew King (CAR) and his co-authors, Jakira Rogers (Massachusetts Advocates for Children) and Erin Stewart (CFJJ) show: “The poll only presented metal detectors and school police, two flawed approaches that don’t improve school safety, as solutions to school safety concerns. This ignores the broad and diverse range of evidence-based, school safety solutions that center students’ […]
Families make us who we are. What remains after they’re gone? Jennifer Beard, faculty lead for Public Scholarship Shop, publishes reflection in Cognoscenti.
Documenting Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Is First Step to Promoting Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an epidemic of anti-Asian hate crimes. Between 2019 and 2021, hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) escalated by 89%. Hate crimes against AAPI have taken many forms, including physical assaults and near-fatal stabbings. Hate crimes do not include other discrimination like being called a racial slur, nor crimes that go unreported.