Civil Rights

Legal Lens documentaries

Law and documentary film may seem far apart, but they actually share many connections. With the guidance of filmmaker and producer Joseph Tovares and support from the Hewlett Foundation, 12 Harvard Law School students from eight countries have worked since January on the Legal Lens project. You can view the films here on BostonGlobe.com.

EDITORIAL
Police reform bill historic but just a beginning
The Legislature made good on its promise. More work lies ahead.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD
What happens when college cops patrol off campus?
University police officers are armed and capable of arresting people far from their schools, but they don’t necessarily answer to municipal governments.

IDEAS | David Velasquez
Take down the language barrier to citizenship
A more inclusive America would be more democratic and truer to its founding values.

EDITORIAL
Cruel and all too usual: State fails inmates with mental illness
Only a consent decree and federal monitor can assure state prisons make reforms called for in a Justice Department probe.

Joan Vennochi
Waltham hasn’t delivered on its promise for Fernald
Like the national reckoning over race, the city’s holiday light display forces us to confront society’s historic mistreatment of a class of people — in this case, people with intellectual and physical challenges.

LETTERS
Social workers can’t provide person-centered care in state’s dehumanizing prison setting
"Conditions of mental health watches within the state Department of Correction are equivalent to solitary confinement; this is not treatment."

Barbara Smith
What Joe Biden should say about white supremacy
The start of the Biden-Harris administration would be the ideal time to attempt something that has never been done before: Name, confront, and end white supremacy.

RENÉE GRAHAM
America doesn’t want unity. It wants absolution without restitution
Until it repairs the damage inflicted on those long marginalized, this nation’s deep divisions will persist.

IDEAS | KEVIN LEWIS
Social Studies: When bleed no longer leads, the women’s vote and military force
Unexpected findings from the world of social science.

Abdallah Fayyad
This election does not fit any one narrative
The American electorate is too complex to neatly explain what happened.

CIVIL RIGHTS

Legal Lens documentaries

EDITORIAL
Police reform bill historic but just a beginning
The Legislature made good on its promise. More work lies ahead.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD
What happens when college cops patrol off campus?
University police officers are armed and capable of arresting people far from their schools, but they don’t necessarily answer to municipal governments.

IDEAS | David Velasquez
Take down the language barrier to citizenship
A more inclusive America would be more democratic and truer to its founding values.

EDITORIAL
Cruel and all too usual: State fails inmates with mental illness
Only a consent decree and federal monitor can assure state prisons make reforms called for in a Justice Department probe.

Joan Vennochi
Waltham hasn’t delivered on its promise for Fernald
Like the national reckoning over race, the city’s holiday light display forces us to confront society’s historic mistreatment of a class of people — in this case, people with intellectual and physical challenges.

LETTERS
Social workers can’t provide person-centered care in state’s dehumanizing prison setting
"Conditions of mental health watches within the state Department of Correction are equivalent to solitary confinement; this is not treatment."

Barbara Smith
What Joe Biden should say about white supremacy
The start of the Biden-Harris administration would be the ideal time to attempt something that has never been done before: Name, confront, and end white supremacy.

RENÉE GRAHAM
America doesn’t want unity. It wants absolution without restitution
Until it repairs the damage inflicted on those long marginalized, this nation’s deep divisions will persist.

IDEAS | KEVIN LEWIS
Social Studies: When bleed no longer leads, the women’s vote and military force
Unexpected findings from the world of social science.

Abdallah Fayyad
This election does not fit any one narrative
The American electorate is too complex to neatly explain what happened.

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CIVIL RIGHTS

Legal Lens documentaries

EDITORIALPolice reform bill historic but just a beginningThe Legislature made good on its promise. More work lies ahead.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYADWhat happens when college cops patrol off campus?University police officers are armed and capable of arresting people far from their schools, but they don’t necessarily answer to municipal governments.

IDEAS | David VelasquezTake down the language barrier to citizenshipA more inclusive America would be more democratic and truer to its founding values.

EDITORIALCruel and all too usual: State fails inmates with mental illnessOnly a consent decree and federal monitor can assure state prisons make reforms called for in a Justice Department probe.

Joan VennochiWaltham hasn’t delivered on its promise for FernaldLike the national reckoning over race, the city’s holiday light display forces us to confront society’s historic mistreatment of a class of people — in this case, people with intellectual and physical challenges.

LETTERSSocial workers can’t provide person-centered care in state’s dehumanizing prison setting"Conditions of mental health watches within the state Department of Correction are equivalent to solitary confinement; this is not treatment."

Barbara SmithWhat Joe Biden should say about white supremacyThe start of the Biden-Harris administration would be the ideal time to attempt something that has never been done before: Name, confront, and end white supremacy.

RENÉE GRAHAMAmerica doesn’t want unity. It wants absolution without restitution Until it repairs the damage inflicted on those long marginalized, this nation’s deep divisions will persist.

IDEAS | KEVIN LEWISSocial Studies: When bleed no longer leads, the women’s vote and military forceUnexpected findings from the world of social science.

Abdallah FayyadThis election does not fit any one narrativeThe American electorate is too complex to neatly explain what happened.

EDITORIAL
Police reform bill historic but just a beginning
The Legislature made good on its promise. More work lies ahead.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD
What happens when college cops patrol off campus?
University police officers are armed and capable of arresting people far from their schools, but they don’t necessarily answer to municipal governments.

IDEAS | David Velasquez
Take down the language barrier to citizenship
A more inclusive America would be more democratic and truer to its founding values.

EDITORIAL
Cruel and all too usual: State fails inmates with mental illness
Only a consent decree and federal monitor can assure state prisons make reforms called for in a Justice Department probe.

Joan Vennochi
Waltham hasn’t delivered on its promise for Fernald
Like the national reckoning over race, the city’s holiday light display forces us to confront society’s historic mistreatment of a class of people — in this case, people with intellectual and physical challenges.

LETTERS
Social workers can’t provide person-centered care in state’s dehumanizing prison setting
"Conditions of mental health watches within the state Department of Correction are equivalent to solitary confinement; this is not treatment."

Barbara Smith
What Joe Biden should say about white supremacy
The start of the Biden-Harris administration would be the ideal time to attempt something that has never been done before: Name, confront, and end white supremacy.

RENÉE GRAHAM
America doesn’t want unity. It wants absolution without restitution
Until it repairs the damage inflicted on those long marginalized, this nation’s deep divisions will persist.

IDEAS | KEVIN LEWIS
Social Studies: When bleed no longer leads, the women’s vote and military force
Unexpected findings from the world of social science.

Abdallah Fayyad
This election does not fit any one narrative
The American electorate is too complex to neatly explain what happened.