Professor Margaret Woo tells News@Northeastern that instances of violence against Asian Americans remain troublingly pervasive: “So often, these issues fall away, not because they have been resolved, but because readers’ attention span is short.”
An arrest warrant against Putin doesn’t guarantee a conviction, says Professor Alexandra Meise, an international law expert. Charging him for war crimes could take years.
As autonomous systems become more ubiquitous in daily life, instances of these systems behaving in unintended ways are also becoming more frequent—or are inherently flawed when behaving as expected. Professors Woodrow Hartzog and Rashida Richardson explore the failure points in these complex systems.
Calling Brittney Griner wrongfully detained “opens up options for engagement in her case, including potential diplomatic options,” says Professor Xander Meise.
Professor Rashmi Dyal-Chand is featured in WalletHub's review of the Capital One Savor credit card.
The major takeaway from Human Rights in Global Health is the need to understand the history, process, attitudes, and struggles that have either been overcome or continue to act as barriers to full integration of health policies in international law, writes Jennifer Huer, managing director of NUSL's Center for Health Policy and Law, in a book review for the Human Rights at Home Blog.
Congratulations to Professor Martha Davis whose work “An Experiment in Making Water Affordable: Philadelphia's Tiered Assistance Program (TAP),” has been recognized as a #TopCitedArticle in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
In her latest piece for the Human Rights at Home Blog, Professor Martha Davis addresses Justice Alito’s dismissal of an equal protection challenge to abortion restrictions.
In-game betting, which allows people to bet on specific plays during a game, is a particularly pernicious way that these companies have “deliberately engineered” the process to guarantee addicts stay hooked, says Professor Richard Daynard, president of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute.
”Punitive-damage awards in public-health cases are a way to change bad corporate conduct,” writes Professor Richard Daynard, president of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, in an op-ed for The Hill. ”They don’t tear down our society, they make it better.”