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Implicit Bias

Getting Police Officers to Trust Implicit Bias Training

June 13, 2024

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Business & Law

Supreme Court Upholds Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

June 13, 2024

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Politics

Should Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas Recuse Themselves from the Supreme Court’s Insurrection Cases?

June 7, 2024

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Politics

Trump Is a Convicted Felon. Does That Actually Mean Anything?

June 3, 2024

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Law

Donald Trump Convicted on All 34 Counts in Hush Money Trial

May 30, 2024

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Abortion

Permanent Birth Control—Vasectomies and Tubal Ligations—Up following Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

May 15, 2024

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Expert Take

Should People Be Fined for Sleeping Outside?

April 18, 2024

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University News

BU Marks 50 Years of Changing Lives behind Bars

April 8, 2024

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Voices & Opinion

POV: If We Ban TikTok, What’s Next?

March 18, 2024

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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Five Trailblazing Alums to Celebrate during Women’s History Month

March 13, 2024

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Antibiotic Resistance

CARB-X Funds 100th Project—a Milestone for BU-Based Nonprofit Leading Antimicrobial-Resistance Fightback

March 6, 2024

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Politics

In a Win for Trump, Supreme Court Rules That Former President Can Remain on the Ballot

March 4, 2024

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Supreme Court

Can Civilians Own Automatic Weapons? Supreme Court Takes Up the Issue of Bump Stocks

February 27, 2024

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Alabama Court Ruling

Alabama Court Ruling That Frozen Embryos Are Children and Its Impact on the Future of IVF Treatment

February 22, 2024

Photo: Jennifer Crumbley, a white woman with blonde hair wearing a white cardigan, whose son killed four students at his Michigan high school in 2021, was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday, the first time in the United States that a parent has been found guilty of such a crime after their child committed a mass school shooting.

LAW

Mother’s Conviction in Son’s School Shooting Sets a Troubling Precedent, BU LAW Expert Says

February 7, 2024

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Immigration

Digital Cages: How ICE Uses Digital Surveillance to Track Migrants

January 26, 2024

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Forced Displacement

Video: The Global Problem of Statelessness

January 24, 2024

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2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?

December 11, 2023

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Expert Take

US Forest Service’s Dangerous Carbon Disposal Plan Would Foul Our National Forests

December 7, 2023

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Supreme Court

“We All Owe a Debt of Gratitude to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor”

December 4, 2023

“We All Owe a Debt of Gratitude to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor”