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POV: Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Worsen Health Inequities in All Reproductive Care
The burden of impact will be borne disproportionately by people of color
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Supreme Court Overturns New York’s Concealed Carry Gun Law
School of Law’s Cody Jacobs says decision reflects Court’s ideological goal to “get rid of firearms regulation”
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My Coming Out Story: David Chard
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Title IX Turns 50: It Changed Society—but Now It Must Go Further
In 1972, women comprised 15 percent of all student athletes, now it’s 44 percent, women were less than 10 percent of doctors and lawyers, today it’s more than 50 percent
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To Do Today: Roxbury International Film Festival
Support the work of filmmakers celebrating people of color around the world
June 22, 2022
Today’s Close-up
2022 Charlestown H.S. Graduation
Charlestown High School Class of 2022 salutatorian and Menino Scholar Chakaiya Harrison (CAS’26) (center) and friends Kaemani Hammonds (left) and Marley Gustama were among the school’s close to 200 seniors celebrating their graduation, held at BU’s Case Gymnasium June 22. A second CHS grad, Stephanie Pereyra (CAS’26), has also been named a Menino Scholar. The award provides a full-tuition merit scholarship for graduates of Boston public high schools, based on academic achievement, leadership, and merit.
Photo by Jake Belcher
Antiracism
Data Gaps for Race and Ethnicity Are Holding Back Antiracism Efforts, New Report Says
Ibram X. Kendi–led BU Center for Antiracist Research calls for new data standards to help confront racial inequities and injustice
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Interest Rates Are Up, Stocks Are Down. What’s Next for the Economy?
Questrom’s Jay Zagorsky and CAS’ Laurence Kotlikoff on what’s likely to be next for the roller coaster we’re on
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15 Great Summer Reads Sure to Keep You Turning the Pages
Our list of fiction and nonfiction has something for everyone
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BUTV10 Wins Big—Again
Students take home prizes in newscasting, magazine programming, and sports
June 20, 2022
COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccine for Children under Five Approved. Here’s What Parents Should Know
Pediatrician Elizabeth Barnett on whether to wait, why side effects are unlikely, and other questions
Voices & Opinion
POV: Antisemitic Mapping Project Likely to Lead to More Anti-Jewish Violence
“We cannot, and we will not, accept implicit or explicit calls for violence against Jews. Not from the Left, and not from the Right.”
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