Writing

‘A Tombstone’: Abandoned Bicycles Outside Federal Courthouse Are a Symbol of U.S. War on Immigrants (Streetsblog NYC)
A look inside immigration courts and their impact on food delivery drivers.

Over 2,000 protest in wake of student detainment (The Tufts Daily)
Students show up en masse to support international student Rümeysa Öztürk.

Tufts students, local community rally at ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ (The Tufts Daily)
At the height of student activism, the Tufts community backs Gaza.

Tufts sues National Institutes of Health over executive order endangering federal funding for medical research (The Tufts Daily)
Universities band together after the Trump Administration makes cuts to funding.

Universal Daylighting Has Majority Support on the City Council — Will Speaker Adams Give It a Vote? (Streetsblog NYC)
New York City’s Council Speaker is sitting on a landmark bill that could make every intersection safer for pedestrians.

Massachusetts lawmakers introduce bill targeting legacy admissions (The Tufts Daily)
In Massachusetts, wealth-based admissions practices could become a thing of the past.

A Homeowner Looking to Rent Out Rooms Was Blocked by an Obscure Law — Now Lawmakers Want to Change the Rules (The Tufts Daily)
The mayor of Somerville prevents a father from collecting extra cash on spare rooms.

Somerville councilors turned around on a job cut, then learned of the staffer’s run for RI state office (Cambridge Day)
City councilors didn’t know that a key official was also running for public office — in another state.

‘The campus just stopped’: Solar eclipse captures students’ attention (The Tufts Daily)
The first total solar eclipse to hit New England in decades brings together the student body.

Architects of Academia (The Tufts Daily Magazine)
What does the campus’s latest remodel say about the past and future?

Sage Advice: Cry for caffeine (The Tufts Daily)
In another weekly column, a reader asks about caffeine addiction.