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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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