Lauren Sampson
Cognoscenti contributor
Lauren Sampson is a staff attorney at Lawyers for Civil Rights.
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This School Year, Low-Income Students Will Suffer The Most
Additional 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.
The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing The Census. This Is How We Fight Back
By 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.
What A More Diverse City Council Could Mean For Boston’s Latino Community
We 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.
Trump’s Proposed Changes To The Census Would Hurt Massachusetts
If 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.
It’s Time For BPS To Overhaul Exam-Schools Admissions
Black and Latino students are systemically underrepresented in Boston's exam schools, write Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Lauren Sampson. Systemic barriers require systemic solutions.
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The Case For 'All Resident' Voting
A 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.”
Hate Crimes Are Multiplying In Massachusetts But We Can't Blame Trump
We must grapple with our own personal biases, unconscious or otherwise, write Lauren Sampson and Iván Espinoza-Madrigal.
The Next Challenge In The Opioid Epidemic: Battling Rising Rates Of HIV
Massachusetts 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.