Baker, DeVar and Prakash Launch the Initiative for Energy Justice

Between the grassroots communities at the frontlines of the climate justice fight and the policymakers who determine the rules and regulations that govern clean energy there is often a deep and dark gap in terms of information and evidence. To shine light on that space, Professor Shalanda Baker ’05 is joining forces with Shiva Prakash ’16 and Subin DeVar to launch the Initiative for Energy Justice. The Kresge Foundation and Surdna Foundation are providing seed funding to the Initiative, which is sponsored by Northeastern University in conjunction with the Sustainable Economies Law Center.

RFK Jr. Allies Claim Momentum as Florida Targets Vaccines: ‘Fight Is Coming’

While attacks on vaccines at the state level and in litigation have been ongoing, the growing federal attacks led by Kennedy have made this a “multipronged attack” on vaccine infrastructure, Professor Wendy Parmet, faculty co-director of Northeastern University Law‘s Center for Health Policy and Law, tells The Washington Post.

Demand for Food Delivery Has Skyrocketed. So Have Complaints About Some Drivers

The switch by food delivery drivers to motorized two-wheeled vehicles “is really an attempt to make low-wage, high-risk labor available so that all of us can have cheap goods and services,” Professor Hilary Robinson tells the Associated Press. “It’s perhaps one of the reasons why people are starting to realize that there really is no such thing as a free lunch.”