WEEK OF JUNE 8, 2026
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Korey Tillman, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, has published "Punitive Inertia: Anti-Blackness and the Policing of Motion" in Social Problems.
As AI systems become more complex, scholars are racing to develop legal frameworks. Here are just a few examples.
Northeastern Global News
Patricia Williams
University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities
Hilary Robinson
Associate Professor of Law and Sociology
AI hiring tools can be biased, new study finds
Marketplace
AI Has Ruined the Job Market
The Atlantic
AI tools lead to ‘clear racial disparities’ in job hiring
Financial Times
Katie Creel
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
Houstonians are falling victim to welfare theft, and Texas could do more to protect them, experts say
Houston Chronicle
Christopher Bosso
Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Book publishing’s AI panic is here. And nobody knows what to do about it
Vance Ricks
Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science
Will AI ruin the social sciences — or revolutionize them?
nature
David Lazer
University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences
As Stephen Colbert signs off, America loses a prophet
Religion News Service
Elizabeth Bucar
Professor of Religion; Dean's Leadership Fellow
Nearly 7 million kids live in a home where guns aren’t securely stored, study finds
James Alan Fox
Research Professor of Criminology
To combat gender bias in the police, they got cops to roleplay. It was shockingly effective.
Northeastern Global News
Nishith Prakash
Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Why Trump’s proposed $250 bill could set a new precedent
Edward Miller
Teaching Professor of History
Oscar Brookins
Emeritus Faculty of Economics
Transparency or confusion: Trump admin's X engagement outpaces Biden's
USA Today
Rebekah Tromble
Professor, Political Science and Computer Science
How Todd Blanche Avoided Pam Bondi’s Missteps With Trump
Newsweek
Costas Panagopoulos
Distinguished Professor of Political Science
What must not be lost: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical confronts artificial intelligence
Orthodox Observer
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology
Lessons from Boston on Mass. school segregation lawsuit
CommonWealth Beacon
Dan O'Brien
Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative
Israel’s killing of another 2 Hamas leaders is unlikely to break Gaza deadlock. Here’s why
Boston Herald
Max Abrahms
Associate Professor of Political Science
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