Wendy E. Parmet

Director, Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University

Mackenzie Darling

Law student

Judges need to develop a more nuanced understanding of the social determinants of health, and how their rulings affect health outcomes.

[L]egal professionals are left without the tools for making informed decisions while applying laws that relate to public health and safety.

The Education Judges Don't Get Is Potentially Deadly

Participants behind a banner reading COVID BEHIND BARS = DEATH at the rally in Rikers Island. ( (ErikMcGregor/ LightRocket via Getty Images)

Participants behind a banner reading COVID BEHIND BARS =

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If we banish them, all cruelty will be possible.

What Deporting Sick Immigrants Says About America

Mariela and Gary Sanchez, and their son Jonathan, entered the U.S. in 2016 on tourist visas. Sixteen-year-old Jonathan gets treatment for cystic fibrosis at Boston Children’s Hospital. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)