Welcome to Boston SSN

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Discussion on Massachusetts Fair Share Amendment

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Gov. Healey’s opportunity to drive transformative change

About the chapter

Boston SSN brings together scholars from a broad range of policy fields at Harvard, MIT, the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts, and other Boston area universities. Members are particularly interested in strategies to address rising economic inequality, strengthen the integrity of American democracy, and ensure the successful implementation of health care reform. Other interests include the challenges faced by low-income mothers, the consequences of the prison boom, environmental policy, immigration policy, and school reform.

Leaders
  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Civic Engagement
  • Inequality
  • Housing
Salem State University
  • Civic Engagement
  • Immigration
Fitchburg State University
  • Colleges & Universities
  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Education
Tufts University
Members
  • Civic Engagement
  • Gender & Sexuality
  • Law & Courts
  • Reproductive Health
Smith College
  • Media & Public Opinion
  • Race & Ethnicity
Mount Holyoke College
  • Environment & Energy
Mount Holyoke College
  • Immigration
  • Race & Ethnicity
Harvard University
  • Law & Courts
  • Criminal Justice
  • Science & Technology
Suffolk University
  • Civic Engagement
  • Inequality
University of Arizona
  • Civic Engagement
  • Democracy & Governance
  • Media & Public Opinion
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Economy
  • Labor
University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Media & Public Opinion
  • Civic Engagement
  • Public Health
Tufts University
  • Children & Families
  • Inequality
  • Housing
University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Children & Families
  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Education
  • Gender & Sexuality
Tufts University
  • Civic Engagement
  • Media & Public Opinion
Clark University

Latest in the News

"Pushing Against Jim Crow: The Amazing Worlds of African American Fraternal Orders," Theda Skocpol, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, April 25, 2023.
"No More Climate Legislation Needed; It’s Time for Action," Joan Fitzgerald (with Michael J. Walsh and Ted Landsmark), Environment / Opinion, CommonWealth, April 3, 2023.
Guest to discuss Boston Foundation’s Inaugural Boston Climate Progress Report on Policy tonight/GBH News, Joan Fitzgerald, March 3, 2023.
"Massachusetts Needs a Coastal Adaptation Agency," Joan Fitzgerald (with Julie Wormser and Jonathan Lamontagne), The Boston Globe, February 28, 2023.
Jennie C. Stephens quoted by Molly Callahan, "Northeastern Professor Says the Green New Deal’s Focus on Renewable Energy Could Fight Global Warming, Create Healthier Communities" Northeastern Global News, February 22, 2023.

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