Massachusetts Makes a Losing Bet on Gambling

“There is no good reason to provide hundreds of in-game betting opportunities and relentless advertising other than to recruit and exploit people who are at risk of a gambling problem,” write Professors Richard Daynard and Mark Gottlieb ’93 in a co-authored op-ed for The Boston Globe.

Espada ’85 Wins 2021 National Book Award in Poetry

Congratulations to Martín Espada ’85, winner of a 2021 National Book Award in poetry for his collection, “Floaters,” which celebrates rebels and dreamers and condemns the poor governmental response to Hurricane Maria in 2017 in Puerto Rico, his father’s home country. “These poems remind us of the power of observation, of seeing everything,” all of it “worthy of song,” the judges said.