Read the “storty” about the 2023 Tortys at HLS Today, here. The event has since grown into one of the semester’s leading social events. In addition to showcasing creative film presentations, a number of students also displayed their talents, ranging
Economic Injustice
At the the 2023 Corporate Capture of the Legal System Conference at Harvard Law School, Noam Chomsky and Jon Hanson discussed “The Legal Sources and Consequences of Corporate Power” (moderated by Michael Lehavi and introduced by Eleftheria Papadaki). The conference
Jessenia Class’s new article on The [F]law uncovers how corporate actors funding Cop City under the guise of public safety and “neighborhood prosperity” are harming the very people they claim to serve. Read the article here. “Foundations and corporate actors
At the the 2023 Corporate Capture of the Legal System Conference at Harvard Law School, Suzanna Bobadilla moderated a roundtable conversation, “Challenging Corporate Power by Agitating, Educating, and Organizing,” among a group of brilliant and innovative lawyers and organizers who
At the the 2023 Corporate Capture of the Legal System Conference at Harvard Law School, Lisa Fanning moderated a roundtable conversation among a brilliant group of law students, who discuss their Special-Edition contributions to The [F]law on the topics of
Boston is known for its schools, its sports teams, and, to many, its racism. However, the city has an incredibly rich history of radical Black activism. Most notably, the effort by activists to separate the predominantly Black neighborhood of Roxbury
Agricultural interests dominate California’s political scene and the state’s water supply. Meanwhile, many farmworker communities in the Central Valley go without water. Without reform soon, California is headed into a dire water catastrophe. Read Isa Badia Bellinger‘s compelling article on
At the the 2023 Corporate Capture of the Legal System Conference at Harvard Law School, Sam Rosen moderated a roundtable conversation among a brilliant group of legal journalists regarding the corporate capture of legal journalism. Corporate Capture of Legal Media
At the the 2023 Corporate Capture of the Legal System Conference at Harvard Law School, Briahna Joy Gray brilliantly delineated the mechanisms of corporate influence over the political system and the legislative process. Briahna hosts her own podcast, Bad Faith,
From slavery to convict leasing to prison labor, corporations have profited from Black labor for centuries. In her article in The [F]law, Kiese Hansen describes how and why corporations should pay for reparations. And how making them do so would