Rather than contain an epidemic, harsh, coercive policies often scapegoat already-marginalized populations and intensify panic rather than quell it, write Professor Wendy Parmet and Visiting Scholar Michael Sinha in a co-authored op-ed for The Washington Post.
Betty Francisco '98, general counsel at Compass Working Capital, is profiled as the co-founder of one of the most important networking organizations in Massachusetts’ fast-growing Latino community. “We could see there was a lot of talent,” she tells The Boston Globe. “But oftentimes, it was not very visible to those who could open a door for them.”
“Quarantines and travel bans have a really, really ugly history, Professor Wendy Parmet tells The Guardian. "" Everyone always wants to do it when people are scared. But the downsides are high and the risks are high.”"
Kelly Cooke ’19 is part of a class of 10 female officials who will work games this season in the American Hockey League. “My goal has always been to referee in the Olympics,” she says. “Hopefully, that will be in the cards.”
Commenting for PolitiFact, Professor Martha Davis cautions that the text of any law alone fails to capture the full picture of abortion availability in Europe.
“There is a very strong presumption that claiming innocence is a sign of denial,” Professor Daniel Medwed, a founding member of the board of directors of the Innocence Network, tells The New York Times.
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“People do need to hear some good news, but it can be dangerous to send the message that things are OK. We don’t want everybody to think ‘we got this,’ because we don’t,” Parmet said. “If this is a leap too far too fast, we won’t know that for a while.”