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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

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The Tufts Daily

Murrow Forum will return to Tufts with CNN’s Abby Phillip on April 3

The Edward R. Murrow Forum on Issues in Journalism will return to Tufts for the first time since 2018 at noon on April 3 with CNN’s Abby Phillip slated as this year’s speaker.

WGBH

Boston Public Radio full show from March 6, 2023

Evan Horowitz, director of Tisch College’s cSPA, discusses Governor Maura Healey’s state budget and tax package, including planned cuts, expanded child/family credits, and the impact of millionaire’s tax.

The Eagle-Tribune

Healey pitches plan to divvy up millionaires' tax money

cSPA's report indicating that an income tax surcharge for higher-earners in Massachusetts would raise an estimated $1.3 billion annually beginning in 2023 is mentioned in this article.

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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

Brendan Hartnett’s Data for Democracy

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