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Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University. Akram speaks about how her upbringing impacts her work today and the importance of human rights law. COURTESY OF SUSAN AKRAM

School of Law director advocates for Palestinian refugee rights

Sara Sugita April 10, 2024
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the Boston University School of Law, said she saw generational trauma firsthand. Akram started teaching at BU in 1993, where she now supervises students representing international non-governmental organizations at the International Human Rights Clinic, IHRC.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Death by Pitchfork | On the Record

Addison Schmidt January 24, 2024
Condé Nast’s merge with champion music publication Pitchfork threatens to kill the spirited focus on the underground music scene that made Pitchfork worth reading.
Jung Kim / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: The Marc Jacobs tote bag — a flawed hero in the saga of sustainability

Sujena Soumyanath April 12, 2022
How can a brand with a sustainability rating of “terrible” claim the aesthetic of the average environmentally-conscious, fast-fashion denouncing, progressive tote wearer? 
BERMAN: Dear Democrats: take action and hope that irony swings both ways

BERMAN: Dear Democrats: take action and hope that irony swings both ways

Max Berman November 17, 2016

On Nov. 8 at 7 p.m., optimism ran through my veins. I turned on CNN while I continued to study for a midterm scheduled for the next day. By 8 p.m., I brushed away some nerves, but I could no longer concentrate...

Anna Kendrick stars as Cinderella in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Into the Woods," which will be released on Dec. 25. PHOTO COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY PICTURES

INTERVIEW: Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine on timelessness of once upon a time in ‘Into the Woods’

Joe Incollingo December 8, 2014

“Once upon a time…” With that, this story begins as so many others do. It makes sense, though; even with a steady stream of rebooted and reimagined fairy tales giving, say, machine guns to Hansel...

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