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Government & Law

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Public Policy

New BU Institute on Cities Study Shows Most Mayors Worried about 2020 US Census Undercounting Residents

September 22, 2020

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Voter Registration

Don’t Wait—Register to Vote This Week. It’s Easy

September 21, 2020

Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2013

Voices & Opinion

POV: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fought Tirelessly for What She Believed Was Right

September 20, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: COVID-19 Has Unmasked an Unprecedented Housing Crisis—Here’s How to Fix It

August 28, 2020

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WeChat & TikTok Bans

If TikTok and WeChat Bans Go into Effect, Will It Be a Crime to Use the Apps in the United States?

August 24, 2020

In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, center, stands with his defense attorneys as a death by lethal injection sentence is read at the Moakley Federal court house in the penalty phase of his trial in Boston, Friday, May 15, 2015. Tsarnaev, center holds his hands in front of him and looks sternly, the court room occupants are seen behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: How to Ensure Only Impartial Jurors Decide between Life and Death

August 21, 2020

Politics

BU Alum Leads a Very Different Democratic National Convention

August 17, 2020

Screenshot of a zoom call in which Ferren Winarto (CGS’23) (top left) and Victoria Fernandez (CGS’23) (top right) interview congressional candidate Jesse Mermell as part of The Politica’s podcast series.

Politics

Meet the Candidates Running in the Massachusetts 4th Congressional District Democratic Primary

August 17, 2020

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Vaccine Race

Does Russia Really Have an Effective Coronavirus Vaccine?

August 14, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore National Monument Friday, July 3, 2020, in Keystone, S.D. Trump stands at the podium and the faces of Mt. Rushmore are seen behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Trump’s Call for a National Garden of American Heroes Misses the Point

August 4, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Somerville, Mass., Delivers a Big Victory for Those in Polyamorous Relationships

July 30, 2020

Voices & Opinion

POV: Racist Symbols Have No Place in Massachusetts

July 24, 2020

Climate Action

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In

July 21, 2020

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Trump vs. WHO

Why Withdrawing the United States from the WHO “Is a Terrible Decision”

July 17, 2020

Andrew Sellars, director of the School of Law’s Technology Law Clinic, seen in a file photo meeting with students (from left) and Luke Sutherland (LAW’19), Courtney Merrill (LAW’19), and former senior program coordinator Jess Martinez.

Law

BU and MIT Renew Partnership on Technology Law

July 16, 2020

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Gun Culture

New Gun Subculture Is on the Rise in Liberal States with Stricter Gun Laws

July 15, 2020

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Wage Gap

Salary History Bans Help Narrow Racial, Gender Wage Gaps

July 8, 2020

Photo of a computer with speakers from Boston University's Day of Collective Engagement to Reflect on American Racism, hosted on Zoom. On screen, Ibram X. Kendi, Paula Austin, Louis Chude-Sokei, and Saida Grundy as they speak during the opening plenary.

Racism

Pain, Anger, and Hope as BU Comes Together to Talk Race and Racism

June 24, 2020

Voices & Opinion

POV: Militarization of Policing Risks Turning US Cities into Battlespaces

June 19, 2020

A photo of workers and volunteers loading up vehicles at a food distribution center in Compton, Calif.

Voices & Opinion

POV: COVID-19 Has Exposed Serious Gaps in the US Social Safety Net

June 18, 2020

POV: COVID-19 Has Exposed Serious Gaps in the US Social Safety Net