Dan Cohen, Dean of Libraries, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, and Professor of History, shares records of activism held within Northeastern's library.

Jack McDevitt, Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Director of the Institute on Race and Justice, weighs in on the topic of compensation for police for The Boston Globe.

Dan O'Brien, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Director of Boston Area Research Initiative, joined Steve Bartha, Town Manager of Danvers; Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera; Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer; Boston Mayor Martin Walsh; Marc Draisen, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council; and moderator Sid Espinosa, Director of Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at Microsoft and the former Mayor of Palo Alto, California for the closing keynote of BARI's "What Cities and Towns Need Now" Conference to discuss rebuilding stronger communities post-COVID-19.

Alan Clayton-Matthews, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy and Senior Research Associate at the Dukakis Center, provides context for a disappointing quarter for the state's economy for MassLive.

Marty Blatt, Affiliate Professor of the Practice in History, published an op-ed in Commonwealth Magazine urging Massachusetts residents to rename iconic Fanueil Hall and shed its connection to the slave trade.