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11.14.2017 Frost on a window pane obscuring the view outside

Preventing Utility Shut-off Related Deaths in Massachusetts

Cold weather kills. Utility shut-offs because of lack of payment do happen frequently in Massachusetts, though protection laws exist. From November 15 to March 15, heat cannot be shut off for non-payment.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

11.03.2017 Book cover "Protest Stencil Toolkit"

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Public Health Advocacy or Propaganda?

Recent research focuses on two distinct ways public health professionals think about advocacy: ‘selling’ public health or ‘giving voice’ to communities who tend not to be heard in public health research and policy discussions, and the risks inherent in both approaches.

Guest Author Kat Smith

11.01.2017 a race car on a wet track

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Speed Kills: The Fast-Moving Advances of Automated Vehicles

Automated vehicles were intended to address deaths caused by human error, but a lack of caution in developing them puts consumers in danger.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

10.31.2017 Graph showing reasons for nonelderly adults being uninsured in 2016

“I’m uninsured because…”

Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 98% of respondents do want health insurance, but lacked access.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

10.30.2017 Boy looking out of the window of a schoolbus

Better Needs Assessments for Better Education Outcomes

About one in six US public schools did not meet standards for student achievement in the 2014-2015 school year. Children of color and kids from low-income families are most affected by the low performance of these schools.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

10.26.2017 Graph comparing food insecurity by type of college

Food Insecurity at Two-Year Colleges

A recent Urban Institute study finds that students at two-year colleges are at risk of food insecurity. Could a review of the work requirements for SNAP eligibility help?

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

10.25.2017 Graphic showing annual average per capital growth in GDP conditional on test scores, years of schooling completed

Schooling vs. Learning

A World Bank report on how schooling is not the same as learning: students are leaving school without a real working knowledge of what their classes were supposed to teach.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

10.23.2017 Black and white photo of a bird in the middle of a chain link fence

Allies in Criminal Justice Reform

Massachusetts is one of only four states that has not implemented medical parole, which allows allows incarcerated individuals with terminal illness or permanent incapacitation to return to their communities.

Guest Authors Brena F. Sena, Cherie L. Ramirez

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