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  • President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on police reform on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. But despite Biden’s order, many claim the hope of a “reckoning” for police has stalled, as legislation has failed in Congress and communities have reinvested in law enforcement. AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa.

    Two years after George Floyd’s murder, has anything changed in policing?


    President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on police reform on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. But despite Biden’s order, many claim the hope of a “reckoning” for police has stalled, as legislation has failed in Congress and communities have reinvested in law enforcement.
    • by Cody Mello-Klein   May 25, 2022
  • Northeastern law graduate Rachael Rollins will be ‘fair on crime, but she will be tough on crime’ if confirmed as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts, says law school classmate, Dan Jackson. Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

    Northeastern law grad Rachael Rollins in line for a senior Justice Dept. job in the Biden administration


    Rollins, a 1997 alum, was nominated to become the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, but she faces political headwinds in the Senate. If confirmed, Rollins and another Northeastern law alum, Maura Healey, the Massachusetts attorney general, will be the highest ranking law enforcement officials in the state.
    • by Peter Ramjug   October 21, 2021
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    What would it take to vaccinate the world against COVID-19?


    In a world of 7.9 billion people, some 5.57 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally. But in low-income countries, only 1.9% of the population has received even one dose. At the root of that vaccine inequity, say Northeastern experts, is an issue of who is calling the metaphorical shots and why.

    • by Eva Botkin-Kowacki   September 8, 2021
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    Northeastern’s law school rated top in the US for public interest law


    The recognition by a legal publication highlights Northeastern Law’s dual mission of social justice lawyering and experiential learning.
    • by Peter Ramjug   September 8, 2021
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    Why hate crimes are underreported–and what police departments have to do with it


    There are a number of problems collecting data on hate crimes, particularly when it comes to more high-profile incidents, says Jack McDevitt, director of the Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern. One is the tendency of police to dilute data in reporting crimes to the FBI.
    • by Tanner Stening   August 23, 2021
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    What would it mean to ‘defund’ the police–and what would come next?


    Questions on the future of U.S. police departments should be focused on reducing violence in disadvantaged communities, says Ben Struhl, executive director of the Center on Crime and Community Resilience at Northeastern.

    • by Ian Thomsen   July 8, 2020
  • Northeastern graduate George Benner has been feeding neighborhood kids in South Boston via his charity, Round Table, since 2008.Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

    The neighborhood kids were hungry. He planted a garden.


    For years, George Benner—a Northeastern graduate and merchandising director for the Celtic punk band the Dropkick Murphys—has been feeding and supporting adolescents and their families in South Boston via his charity, Round Table.

    • by Ian Thomsen   June 29, 2020
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    Here’s how policing in the US could be reformed


    Police departments need to increase diversity, create a system that allows officers to report racist behavior, and allow the public to have a voice in police oversight to prevent the unprovoked killing of Black people, says Jack McDevitt, the director of Northeastern’s Institute on Race and Justice who studies hate crime and racial profiling.
    • by Khalida Sarwari   June 2, 2020
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    Northeastern researchers team up with PayPal to tackle illegal firearm transactions


    In an effort to stem the epidemic of firearm-related violence, Northeastern professor Anthony Braga will lead a newly formed research team designed to evaluate how firearms are bought and sold on the black market, and what types of payment methods are used to finance them.

    • by Khalida Sarwari   February 11, 2020
  • Three Northeastern researchers are hoping to disrupt human trafficking in U.S. agriculture with an unusual approach: They are focused on the victims. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

    ‘How do we break the supply chain?’


    Three Northeastern researchers are hoping to disrupt human trafficking in U.S. agriculture with an unusual approach: They are focused on the victims.
    • by Ian Thomsen   November 18, 2019
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