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An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: In recent weeks, the American public has been privy to the startling private communications of high-level executives and media…
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Healey, in bid to ‘ride out’ legal challenge, moves to stockpile 15,000 mifepristone doses in Massachusetts
April 11, 2023
Governor Maura Healey revealed Monday that the state took preemptive steps to bolster its mifepristone stockpile, putting in an order last week for 15,000 doses…
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How Do We Decide When to Punish Our Children?
April 11, 2023
Every sweet child in the world is in the criminal justice system. The unofficial one, that is; the one run by their parents or other…
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New documentary spreads false facts about US anti-BDS laws
April 11, 2023
An op-ed by Josh Halpern: As Israel Apartheid Week sweeps across American college campuses, BDS activists have a new weapon in their media arsenal. Boycott,…
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Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings
April 10, 2023
Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the…
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One City’s Escape Plan From Rising Seas
April 10, 2023
An article by Susan Crawford: Think of Charleston as sitting in a basin of water. A bathtub. As long as the bathtub has 7 feet…
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After years of planning, false starts, and a bitterly fought campaign to kill it, the fate of one of Massachusetts’ most important clean energy projects…
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On Thursday night, Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee state House of Representatives expelled two of three Democratic legislators who engaged in a peaceful protest on…
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A federal judge’s ruling to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s longstanding approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses threats to the U.S. government’s regulatory…
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New York City’s Budget; A Wild Day in Tennessee’s Capitol; Child Labor; The Good Friday Agreement at 25; #BL (Spring) Trees
April 10, 2023
Coming up on today’s show: Mayor Adams has called for city agencies to cut their budgets, but the Independent Budget Office found the city is…
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Two conflicting rulings Friday by federal judges in Texas and Washington over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone has left access to the drug…
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The Unequal Racial Burdens of Rising Seas
April 10, 2023
All true climate-change stories are about the abuse of power. Knowing this, Susan Crawford makes a plea for climate justice in “Charleston,” her sweeping case…
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When his post office started requiring that he deliver Amazon packages on Sundays in 2015, Gerald Groff told his boss he couldn’t do the shift:…
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‘It’s creating enormous chaos’: Legal experts, political leaders blast Texas court ruling that could affect access to abortion pill
April 10, 2023
Massachusetts political leaders and health advocates pledged an all-out defense of women’s reproductive rights Saturday following an order from a Texas judge Friday that experts…
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So you’ve been defamed by a chatbot
April 7, 2023
Add defamation to the long list of legal areas that are on a collision course with AI. Yesterday, the mayor of an Australian shire northwest…
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Nearly three decades old, HIPAA appears obsolete and riddled with new technology-induced gaps. Why it matters: With regulators unable and politicians unwilling to address the…
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Michelle Yeoh to speak at Harvard Law School’s Class Day
April 6, 2023
Harvard Law School announced that actress Michelle Yeoh will be its 2023 Class Day speaker. The Class Day ceremony will be held on May 24.
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Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
April 6, 2023
IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet…
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The U.S. government asked a North Carolina federal judge to deny a former assistant federal public defender’s deposition of Chief Circuit Judge Roger L. Gregory…
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Environmental Advocates Protest Outside EPA Headquarters Over the Slow Pace of New Climate and Clean Air Regulations
April 6, 2023
As supporters and opponents of Donald Trump traded chants of “Lock him up” and “USA” outside a Manhattan courtroom during the arraignment of the former…
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An article by Joe Bak-Coleman: Over the past month, generative AI has ignited a flurry of discussion about the implications of software that can generate…