Learn More Series: “We’re Not Going Back”: Protecting and Advancing LGBTQIA+ Rights in 2022
Activists have described it as civil rights whiplash: Despite all of the progress in LGBTQIA+ rights, visibility, and acceptance in this new century, a wave of transphobia and homophobia is sweeping the nation. This year alone, more than 200 pieces of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation have been introduced in 36 states, the majority targeting trans and nonbinary […]
BU Today: “White Skin Privilege” in Rittenhouse, Arbery Verdicts
“If Kyle Rittenhouse had been Black, would he have even survived that night?” asks LAW Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig
The Atlantic: “There Is No Debate Over Critical Race Theory”
Pundits and politicians have created their own definition for the term, and then set about attacking it.
The New York Times: “We Disagree on a Lot of Things. Except the Danger of Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws.”
What is the purpose of a liberal education? This is the question at the heart of a bitter debate that has been roiling the nation for months.
The Chronicle of Higher Education: “The Far Right’s College Crusade”
How extremists are infiltrating — and fracturing — campus Republican groups.
Unpacking the Chauvin Trial: Police Accountability in America
The trial of Derek Chauvin over the murder of George Floyd can be seen as a proxy for the larger history of police in the United States brutalizing and killing Black people disproportionately and often with total impunity. A panel of BU scholars representing the Schools of Law and Public Health discussed the implications of the […]
Biden Repeals Trump-Era Ban On Transgender Troops
“‘It is my conviction as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces that gender identity should not be a bar to military service. Moreover, there is substantial evidence that allowing transgender individuals to serve in the military does not have any meaningful negative impact on the Armed Forces.'”
Biden’s restoring what Trump stole from LGBTQ Americans
“In the first hours and days of the Biden administration, something precious has been returned to us. That invaluable thing that has been restored to LGBTQ Americans — and many others — is hope.”
What President Biden’s LGBTQ Executive Order Does and Doesn’t Do
“It is now the policy of this administration that ‘[e]very person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.'”
Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Has Speech and Auditory Processing Disorders—Here’s What That Means
Plus, how she overcame them to deliver her moving poem, “The Hill We Climb.”