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Government & Law

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox Scaled the Blue Wall of Silence

March 27, 2023

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Religion

A Public Theology: BU Alumni Pastors Bring Their Faith to Politics

January 27, 2023

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Government & Law

Zooming In on Wrongful Convictions

January 18, 2023

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Supreme Court

Supreme Court on Guns, God, Abortion, and Affirmative Action

November 3, 2022

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Urban Health

The MBTA Has Problems. This Alum’s Advocacy Group Has Answers

October 3, 2022

Demonstrators with Center for Popular Democracy and other organizations perform a mass civil disobedience in support of abortion access by sitting and blocking an intersection near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto via AP)

Reproductive Rights

The Battle for Reproductive Rights

July 1, 2022

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Women’s History Month

11 History-Making, History-Shaping Women from Boston University

March 2, 2022

In this handout photo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays a visit to the front line in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, February 17, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP

International Relations

Forced to Evacuate Ukraine, Nicole Jepeal (CAS’11) Worries about Those Left Behind

March 2, 2022

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Antidiscrimination Work

Opening Doors: Manjusha Kulkarni

January 27, 2022

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Climate Change

Communicating Conservation Under Biden Versus Trump

July 28, 2021

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Alumni in Politics

Meet 16 BU Alums in the Biden Administration

March 2, 2021

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Alumni

Opening Doors: Sandra Brooks Henriquez (CAS’72), CEO of the Detroit Housing Commission

February 9, 2021

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University Appointments

Trustee and Alum Endows New Antiracism Professorship at the School of Law

February 3, 2021

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Antiracism

In a Turbulent Time, Ibram X. Kendi and BU’s Center for Antiracist Research Will Help Lead the Way Forward

November 19, 2020

Photo of Robert Burdick (LAW’72), a School of Law clinical professor who directed the Civil Litigation & Justice Program for more than 40 years, standing in a suit, looking off into the middle distance. Bright blue skies are seen in a window behind him.

Tributes

A Quiet Legal Giant: LAW’s Robert Burdick

November 19, 2020

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Politics

Historic 2020 Election a “Momentous Episode in the Story of American Democracy”

November 4, 2020

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Politics

Squad Rules, Three with BU Ties Reelected to Congress

November 4, 2020

Photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (CAS’11) (D-N.Y.) campaigning in Queens, N.Y., on October 18, 2020. She wears a red mask and talks to a woman and a young girl to her left.

Politics

Candidates with BU Ties Run for Congress

October 29, 2020

Photo from Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, as delegates watch as the roll call vote of states continues after Vice President Mike Pence spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte. In the photo, large white posts with RNC branding with state names are seen, such as South Dakota, Guam, and US Virgin Islands. The back of a few people's heads are seen in the background.

Data & Politics

Alums’ Green Papers Website, 20 Years On, Is Still Tracking Election Returns

October 26, 2020

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Politics

Activist and BU Alum Barbara Lee Has a Mission: To See a Woman in the Oval Office

September 10, 2020

Activist and BU Alum Barbara Lee Has a Mission: To See a Woman in the Oval Office