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A woman wears a sculpture that shows her head behind bars.

Rewriting Their Prison Stories, Sentence by Sentence

A first-of-its-kind national journal of literature and art gives voice to hundreds of people affected by incarceration

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The Hill

Willow Project approval heightens tensions between Biden and progressives

Research from Tisch College’s CIRCLE that found the 2022 midterms had the second-highest youth voter turnout in 30 years is mentioned in this article. Data on the increase in youth voters between the 2016 and 2020 elections is also linked.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Young voters can help Democrats. Will enough of them cast ballots in Wisconsin Supreme Court race?

Nancy Thomas, director of IDHE, comments on Wisconsin measures that create voting barriers, noting that the state “has a history of trying to suppress the student vote." Findings from CIRCLE on youth voter support of abortion rights are also included.

Physician Mitchell Lunn speaks at a Tufts event.

A Groundbreaking Study on LGBTQ+ Health Was Just the Start

Physician Mitchell Lunn, A04, engages communities that are largely ignored in medical research

Jackson Lubke sits on a carpet in from of a blue background

Jackson Lubke’s Window Into Housing Equity

The budding economics researcher studies gentrification, wealth economics, and the power of home ownership

Brendan Hartnett’s Data for Democracy

His undergraduate research takes aim at the rise of authoritarianism at home and abroad.

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Tufts Offers Haven for Scholars at Risk

An expanded university program hosts four academics - a veterinary surgeon, a human rights leader, a banking expert, and a professor of international relations - who fled peril in Ukraine and Afghanistan

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Democracy Works

Finding The “We” In Civic Engagement

Associate Dean Peter Levine joins this “Democracy Works” podcast episode to discuss his approach to dealing with the challenges of collectively engaging people in civic engagement.

Alumni Profile: Ruby Belle Booth

“I’ve always been more interested in the civics of it all.” Ruby Belle Booth, A21 began working with Tisch College’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) as an undergraduate and continues to study and support young voters as the research center’s Elections Coordinator.