Lauren SampsonCognoscenti contributorLauren Sampson is a staff attorney at Lawyers for Civil Rights.Recently publishedThis School Year, Low-Income Students Will Suffer The MostAdditional state money is critical for low-income students and students of color, whose educational needs have only deepened during the pandemic, write Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Lauren Sampson.CognoscentiSep 10, 2020The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing The Census. This Is How We Fight BackBy filling out Census 2020, immigrant communities will send a clear message to this administration: we are here, we count and we are not going anywhere.CognoscentiAug 6, 2020What A More Diverse City Council Could Mean For Boston’s Latino CommunityWe shouldn't be surprised that diverse candidates won by prioritizing issues important to immigrants and communities of color. We should be surprised it took Boston this long to get here.CognoscentiNov 8, 2019Trump’s Proposed Changes To The Census Would Hurt MassachusettsIf hard-to-count communities are deterred from completing the census, it could mean the loss of millions of dollars and the dilution of Massachusetts’ political power.CognoscentiApr 30, 2019It’s Time For BPS To Overhaul Exam-Schools AdmissionsBlack and Latino students are systemically underrepresented in Boston's exam schools, write Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Lauren Sampson. Systemic barriers require systemic solutions.CognoscentiMar 13, 2019AdvertisementThe Case For 'All Resident' VotingA proposal in Somerville would grant voting rights to non-citizen residents in municipal elections. Right now, that population is the epitome of “taxation without representation.” CognoscentiFeb 27, 2019Hate Crimes Are Multiplying In Massachusetts But We Can't Blame TrumpWe must grapple with our own personal biases, unconscious or otherwise, write Lauren Sampson and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal.CognoscentiJan 4, 2019The Next Challenge In The Opioid Epidemic: Battling Rising Rates Of HIVMassachusetts must continue to treat the opioid epidemic like a public health crisis rather than a criminal justice issue, write Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Lauren Sampson. CognoscentiNov 30, 2018
This School Year, Low-Income Students Will Suffer The MostAdditional state money is critical for low-income students and students of color, whose educational needs have only deepened during the pandemic, write Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Lauren Sampson.CognoscentiSep 10, 2020
The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing The Census. This Is How We Fight BackBy filling out Census 2020, immigrant communities will send a clear message to this administration: we are here, we count and we are not going anywhere.CognoscentiAug 6, 2020
What A More Diverse City Council Could Mean For Boston’s Latino CommunityWe shouldn't be surprised that diverse candidates won by prioritizing issues important to immigrants and communities of color. We should be surprised it took Boston this long to get here.CognoscentiNov 8, 2019
Trump’s Proposed Changes To The Census Would Hurt MassachusettsIf hard-to-count communities are deterred from completing the census, it could mean the loss of millions of dollars and the dilution of Massachusetts’ political power.CognoscentiApr 30, 2019
It’s Time For BPS To Overhaul Exam-Schools AdmissionsBlack and Latino students are systemically underrepresented in Boston's exam schools, write Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Lauren Sampson. Systemic barriers require systemic solutions.CognoscentiMar 13, 2019
The Case For 'All Resident' VotingA proposal in Somerville would grant voting rights to non-citizen residents in municipal elections. Right now, that population is the epitome of “taxation without representation.” CognoscentiFeb 27, 2019
Hate Crimes Are Multiplying In Massachusetts But We Can't Blame TrumpWe must grapple with our own personal biases, unconscious or otherwise, write Lauren Sampson and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal.CognoscentiJan 4, 2019
The Next Challenge In The Opioid Epidemic: Battling Rising Rates Of HIVMassachusetts must continue to treat the opioid epidemic like a public health crisis rather than a criminal justice issue, write Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Lauren Sampson. CognoscentiNov 30, 2018
