Interview with Barack Obama

Professor of History Heather Cox Richardson, author of the book Democracy Awakening and the hit newsletter 'Letters from an American,' interviewed the former president as part of the Connecticut Forum. Connecticut Public Radio | Full video Transcript

Helping children in crisis

BC School of Social Work Salem Professor Theresa Betancourt and colleagues from the World Bank and UNICEF write on the need to strengthen adaptive social protections for families globally: World Bank blogs. | She comments on child labor in sub-Saharan Africa for NPR.

Selling genetic data

Genetic-testing company 23andMe is for sale in bankruptcy court, but a lawsuit opposes selling the data, collected from user DNA, without express consent. BC Law Assistant Professor Shelly Simana comments: New York Times, Bloomberg News.

The ubiquity of 'therapy speak’

Too many people are pathologizing the human experience, and it's not healthy, writes Connell School of Nursing Assistant Professor Victor Petreca, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner: Boston Globe "Ideas."

International students

Lynch School Professor of the Practice Chris R. Glass weighs in on mounting challenges for international students in, or planning to come to, the U.S.: Inside Higher Ed, BBC News.

Clash over deportations

BC Law Professor Daniel Kanstroom, founder of the Immigration and Asylum Clinic, comments for TIME magazine on President Trump's use of the National Guard to respond to ICE protests in L.A., and for NBC News.com on judicial efforts to thwart deportations of foreign students.