Carmelyn Malalis Resurrected the NYC Commission on Human Rights

In an interview with City & State New York, Carmelyn Malalis ’01 reflects on her tenure as the head of the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Malalis stepped down from her role with the commission on October 1, after almost seven years of service. 

The Government’s Ability to Control the Pandemic is at Stake

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today about two of the Biden administration’s emergency Covid-19 regulations. At stake “is not only the future of the pandemic but also the federal government’s capacity to respond to continuing and future health threats,” writes Professor Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Health Policy and Law, in a guest essay for The New York Times.

Civil Rights Attorney Frederick Brewington ’82 Hails Arbery Guilty Verdicts

“While justice has been served today because of this verdict, we still have a long way to go in making our justice system more equitable,” Frederick Brewington ’82 , a civil rights attorney and principal of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, tells Black Star News. “It is every person’s duty to not run from the historical realities of racism that continue to divide us, but to address them and engage with each other to solve these deep-rooted concerns.”