Voting Rights Have Never Been Equal. These 6 Reforms Would Help

“Voter ID laws, voter purges and poll closures have long been used as strategies to alter elections,” writes Rahsaan Hall ’98, director of the racial justice program for the ACLU of Massachusetts, in a co-authored piece for WBUR's Cognoscenti. “COVID-19 has just made it a little easier.”

Andover Democrat Fends Off Republican in Legislative Race

“I’m just so honored and humbled to have this opportunity to serve the district for a second term,” State Representative Tram Nguyen ’13 tells The Boston Globe upon her reelection in the 18th Essex District. “We have a lot of work to do on Beacon Hill."

How Biden Can Convince Americans to Wear Masks

Professor Wendy Parmet tells the National Journal there isn’t a clear way to enforce a national mask requirement: “I personally think that the nudging impact of a mandate at the federal level might be undermined by the almost inevitable political backlash and potential litigation quagmire.”

Michele Coleman Mayes to Keynote Women in the Law

Michele Coleman Mayes will deliver the keynote address at the School of Law's 12th annual Women in the Law Conference on Friday, May 15, 2020. A renowned speaker on the topic of diversity and inclusion, Coleman Mayes is vice president, general counsel and secretary for the New York Public Library. She is a co-author of the book, Courageous Counsel: Conversations with Women General Counsel in the Fortune 500. In 2012, Coleman Mayes received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer. In 2014, she became chair of the Commission on Women in the Profession of the American Bar Association.