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Environment

Will SCOTUS Cripple Climate Change Remedies?

February 23, 2022

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Women’s Sports

Huge Win for Equal Pay, as Soccer Federation Settles Discrimination Suit with US Players

February 22, 2022

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Business & Law

The Pros and Cons of Cryptocurrency

February 22, 2022

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US Supreme Court

Guns, God, Abortion, Affirmative Action: US Supreme Court’s Historic 2022

February 16, 2022

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Business & Law

US Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins Focuses on Victims of Human Trafficking at LAW Symposium

February 14, 2022

Photo of Dr. Angela Onwuachi-Willig - Dean of Ryan Roth Gallo & Ernest J. Gallo Professor of Law, BU School of Law at the SDO speaking at the podium during the Critical Race Theory (CRT) panel at Howard Thurman Center Feb 10. AOW wears a red jacket and has shoulder length locs.

Law

Defining, Not Debating, Critical Race Theory

February 12, 2022

Stephen Breyer (Hon’95) announcing his retirement from the Supreme Court last week as President Biden listened. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Business & Law

Who Will Replace Stephen Breyer on SCOTUS?

January 31, 2022

Photo of Julian Burlando Salazar (2L), from left, Clinical associate professor of law Naomi Mann, Director, A2J Clinic, from left, Associate Dean for Experimental Education Karen Pita Loor, lecturer and clinical instructor in the civil litigation justice program Jade Brown, and Marie Tashima (2L) watching LAW Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig speak during the White House hosted eviction crisis summit Jan 28. The small group gathered to watch Onwuachi-Willig (on a projector screen, at the back right of the room) from the Alumni Boardroom at LAW.

Government & Law

White House Honors Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Other Law School Deans for Helping to Avert Eviction Crisis

January 28, 2022

Rose Al Abosy (MED’23) commends improvements in MED’s abortion instruction, but says she never saw the procedure during her OB-GYN clerkship at Boston Medical Center. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Health & Medicine

With Roe v. Wade on the Line, BU Will Continue Abortion Education Regardless of Ruling

January 28, 2022

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Essay Collection

War? More COVID? Irreversible Climate Change? What 2022 Could Bring

January 20, 2022

Photo of BU law professor, Katharine Silbaugh on January 4, 2022. She clasps her hands, smiles, and leans against the trunk of a tree. She has brown hair and wears a blue, speckled jacket over a black blouse.

Law & Health

Can Brookline’s New Anti-Smoking Law Create a Tobacco-Free Generation?

January 18, 2022

Photo of Linda Calhoun (COM’80), a middle-aged Black woman with light brown, curly, shoulder-length hair. She wears a long, yellow, draping blouse and holds a DSLR camera as she stands in what looks like a studio.

Nonprofit Aiding Girls

Opening Doors: Linda Calhoun (COM’80)

December 14, 2021

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Race

“White Skin Privilege” in Rittenhouse, Arbery Verdicts

November 29, 2021

Boston public health officials encourage people to leave their tents in a homeless persons’ encampment near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard in Boston.

Urban Health

How to Address the Legal and Social Justice Challenges Raised by Mass and Cass Crisis

November 18, 2021

a photo of Scarlett Lewis (COM’20), with her son Jesse a few months before his death in the Sandy Hook shootings. He is mid-jump into her arms as she stands in a pool wearing a white floral bathing suit.

Sandy Hook

Mother of Six-Year-Old Sandy Hook Victim: “I Forgive Alex Jones” for Claiming Massacre Was a Hoax

November 17, 2021

Photo of Kenny Wolfam open carrying a pistol and wears a "Trump 2020" t-shirt while counter-protesting a "Moms Demand Action" protest in response to a new Texas gun law at Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston, Texas on June 17, 2021.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Massachusetts Must Be Proactive to Protect Public Safety Under Relaxed Concealed Carry Laws

November 3, 2021

A protestor stands in front of the Houston Police Department headquarters holding a sign that says 'We Demand Police Accountability! Progressive Workers Organizing Committee.'

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why Thompson v. Clark Matters for Racial Justice

October 12, 2021

Listen Now

What Would It Mean to Codify Roe v. Wade?

September 27, 2021

Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez escorts a family out of their apartment after serving an eviction order for non-payment

Government & Law

BU School of Law Joins Fight in Eviction Moratorium Crisis

September 8, 2021

Photo of Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. The protesters raise their fists and wear shirts that say "BANS OFF OUR BODIES"

Law

What the Texas Abortion Law Means for Roe v. Wade

September 2, 2021

What the Texas Abortion Law Means for Roe v. Wade