A recently released Pew Study (from August) found that blacks and whites have sharply different reactions to the police shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Mo., and the protests and violence that followed. Blacks are about twice as likely
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In the spring of 2014, Jon Hanson surveyed students registered for his corporations class, before the semester began, to get a sense of how they felt about the most pressing policy problems, whether they were being addressed or would be
Last week, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Eric Lichtblau spoke at Harvard Law School about his disturbing new book, “The Nazi’s Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men.” The book explores how thousands of Nazis — from concentration
Yesterday, Toby Merrill, attorney and senior clinical fellow at the predatory lending practice at the legal services center of Harvard Law School. was one of the two guests interviewed on Radio Boston to discuss important questions being asked bout for-profit
In Harvard Crimson (By Jon D. Hanson, Jacob Lipton, and Sarah Paige): With less than one week to go, the Massachusetts gubernatorial election between Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker could hardly be closer. A recent WBUR poll found that the two most
SYSTEMIC JUSTICE Jon Hanson with Jacob Lipton Spring 2015 Course Meets: W, Th, F 1:20pm – 2:40pm 4 classroom credits This course will employ insights from numerous disciplines, including history, the mind sciences, economics, and law to explore some of